Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.^{副词短语作时间状语开头（复合句）}

造句：As long ago as 1994, I arrived in Beijing with my parents and settled near the Temple of Heaven.^{早在1994年，我就随父母到了北京，并在天坛附近定居了下来。}

settle down ^{安定下来（浪子回头）}

• They'd like to see their daughter settle down, get married, and have kids.
• Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since. ^NCE3-36

He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. ^{主谓结构开头（复合句）}

A be known to B as ... ^{B把A称为⋯}

• He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died. ^NCE3-31

造句：Li Bai is known to the Chinese as 'poet-immortal'. ^{中国人把李白称诗仙}
造句：Basketball player Earvin Johnson soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Americans as 'Magic Johnson'. ^{篮球运动员埃尔文·约翰逊迅速出名了，并且美国人开始把他称为“魔术师约翰逊“。}

Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. ^{让步状语从句开头（复合句）}

In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. ^{介词短语作时间状语开头（复合句）}

• The general commanded his men to fire. ^{他的士兵们}
• He contented himself with a subordinate job. ^{他满足于做下属工作。}

造句：As long ago as the 1930's, the Red Army had completed the successful Long March during which they covered 25,000 li.^{早在20世纪30年代，红军就完成了伟大的长征，在这期间他们走过了25,000里。}

除了使用If做条件还可以使用下面的

In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. ^{介词短语作让步状语开头（简单句）}

regard sb. as ^{视为，认为}

• To do something my brain would regard as creative. ^{做一些我的大脑认为有创造性的事情。}
• We regard her as our younger sister.^{我们把她当做自己的妹妹。}
• Don't regard me as a child. ^{别把我当成小孩看待。}

When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue’. ^{时间状语从句开头（复合句）}

a state funeral ^国葬

• a state visit ^国事访问
• a state banquet ^国宴
• state affairs ^{国是（事）}
• the State Council ^国务院

造句：When Ronald Reagan died at the age of 93, the Americans gave him a state funeral and had a statue built which was dedicated to the memory of the great president.^{当罗纳德里根在93 岁去世时，美国人为他举行了一次国葬，并请人塑了一尊塑像以纪念这位伟大的总统。}

高级作文句子要领

1. 复合句为主，简单句作为点缀和过渡。
2. 句式多变，尤其句首切忌雷同。