the way理解

MALE PROFESSOR:And on this ranch model, theres one more important feature thats not present in the Cape Cod.

MALE PROFESSOR:It has a large window in the living room, called a picture window, which gives you kind of a framed view of the outside.

MALE PROFESSOR:The way the ranch is set up, when you look out this picture window, from the living room, youre looking out from the back of the house instead of from the front.

请问，这里的the way，是否等于 In this way? 若是，这种介词结构放句首，是做方法状语呢？

The way the ranch is set up, when you look out this picture window, from the living room, youre looking out from the back of the house instead of from the front.

the way= as = in the way that/in which 引导方法状语从句，修饰主句 youre looking out...

不可以改为in this way.

the way在此已经被重新剖析为连词了。意为：根据...的方法。含有缘由的意味。房屋盖成这个样子，所以你。。。

ranch在本句不是牧场、农场的意思，而是ranch house的缩写形式，指低矮的平房。