Florence Nightingale
In May, 1855, after six months of labour, Miss Nightingale could look with something like satisfaction1at the condition of the Scutari hospitals. ... One simple comparison of figures was enough to reveal the extraordinary change: the rate of mortality among the cases treated2 had fallen from 42 per cent to 22 per thousand. But still the indefatigable lady was _disibledevent= as though）（好像）引出的與事實不符的從句中，謂語用虛擬式，即用動詞過去時（表示與現在事實不符）或過去完成時（表示與過去事實不符）：
This American speaks Chinese as if he were a Chinese. （不用 he was） 這位美國人講漢語像個中國人似的。
He told the story as if it had happened to him. 他講這故事就好像發生在他身上似的。