59. Conquering English is not different from conquering a great mountain; both of them require determination, courage, and perseverance.
征服英语不亚于征服一座高山，都需要决心，勇气和毅力。
经典句型解析59：
be different from．与……不同
be not different from不亚于，无异于，
The worker of today is different from the worker of yesterday.
如今的工人和以往的不同了。
Paul’s very different from/to his brother.
保罗与他的哥哥大不一样。
This visit is very different from/to last time.
这次访问与上一次大不相同。
London was different from most European capitals
伦敦同大多数欧洲国家的首都都有所不同。
He's different from my ex.
他和我的前夫不一样。（ ex前任，可以是男，也可以是女）
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Now it is different from the past.
现在和过去不同了。
He wants to push himself forward and be different from the others.
他就爱出风头，搞个人突出。
注意：
1.be different常接介词from、to或than,在英语中常用different to,在美语中有时用
different than,而different from英美都用。在口语中, different from有时可接从句。
She is quite a different girl _________she was five years ago.
A. from B. to C. than D. with
一般说来，若两个比较的对象是名词、代词或状语短语等，则用different from [to, than] 均可(尽管有普通与不普通之分，有英国英语与美国英语之别)。 但是若提出来供比较的对象是一个没有引导词的句子，则通常只用 different than。注意上题就是这种情况。又如：
Schools are different than they used to be. 学校与原来不一样了。
顺便说一句，若是一个以 what 引导的从句，则可以用 from或 to。比较：
She is quite different from [to] what we thought.
＝She is quite different than we thought. 她跟我们原来想象的大不一样。
所以，最佳的答案应是C。
She looked different than I'd expected.
她看上去与我想象的不一样。
Tom seemed different than he did in Germany.
汤姆和在德国时好像不一样了。
后接其他从句，如：
Her version of events is subtly different from what actually happened.
她对事件的描述跟实际发生的情况有些微妙的出入。
Everything about the country seemed utterly different from what I'd experienced before
这个国家的一切似乎与我以前的经历完全不同。
The ideological make-up of the unions is now radically different from what it had been.
协会的思想观念与过去截然不同。
Our village is very different from what it was before.
我们村跟从前大不一样了。
2.different在肯定句中可用very修饰,在否定句中则用much修饰。表示否定时用no修饰different比用not否定的语气强,后者只指“相同”,而前者则强调“一模一样”“毫无差别”。
Living in Africa was very different from home and quite an experience.
生活在非洲完全不同于在家里，那真是一次不同寻常的经历。
His public image is very different from the real person.
他在公众心目中的形象与他真实的本人截然不同。
He was very different from the general run of movie stars.
他和一般的电影明星迥然不同。
The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal.
养育孩子的现实经常与浪漫的理想大相径庭。
To learn from foreign countries is entirely different from worshipping everything foreign.
学习外国与崇洋媚外完全是两回事。
Her background is markedly different from her husband's.
她的背景和她丈夫的截然不同。
Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin.
生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
The new methods are radically different from the old.
新的方法迥然不同于旧的方法。
American English is significantly different from British English.
美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。
His world seemed so different from mine
他的生活圈子和我的似乎有天壤之别。
Everything about the country seemed utterly different from what I'd experienced before
这个国家的一切似乎与我以前的经历完全不同。
Japanese democracy is certainly different from ours
日本的民主制度无疑与我们的不同。
Presidents are not any different from anybody else; they're human beings.
总统跟一般人没有什么不同；他们也是人。
In essence, your situation isn't so different from mine. （否定句）
从本质上讲，你我的情况并非相差很远。
Working at home isn't much different from working at the offic.
在家工作与在办公室工作并没有多大差别。
The new school isn't much different from the old one.
新学校与老学校区别并不太大。
2.A differs from B= A is different from B.
The story he told police differed from the one he told his mother.
他在警方和母亲那里说辞不一。
The story he told police was different from the one he told his mother.
他在警方和母亲那里说辞不一。
Health education wisdom in the UK differs from that of the United States.
英国的健康教育理念与美国的不同。
Health education wisdom in the UK is different from that of the United States .
英国的健康教育理念与美国的不同。
