Units3—4重难点解析
2008-09-08许梅
许 梅
1. Where would you prefer to live? 你更喜欢住在哪里?
prefer作动词,表示“更喜欢,宁可”,用法如下:
(1)prefer后面跟名词、动名词或动词不定式,表示两者中“更喜欢某物/更喜欢做某事”。例如:
——Which do you prefer, coffee or tea? 咖啡和茶,你更喜欢哪个?
——I prefer coffee. 我更喜欢咖啡。(跟名词)
He prefers playing ping-pong. 他更喜欢打乒乓球。(跟动名词)
She prefers to live in the small village. 她更喜欢在小村庄居住。
(跟动词不定式)
(2)prefer sb. to do sth.表示“宁愿让某人做某事”。例如:
His mother prefers him to take part in the match.
他母亲宁愿让他去参加比赛。
We prefer you to go with us tomorrow.
我们宁愿你明天跟我们一起去。
(3)句型prefer…to…表示“喜欢……胜过……”,可以连接两个名词或动名词,表示“喜欢某物/做某事胜过某物/做某事”。例如:
They prefer Chinese food to western food. 他们喜欢中餐胜过西餐。
Mona prefers watching TV to listening to the radio.
莫娜喜欢看电视胜过听收音机。
(4)句型prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.表示“宁可做某事,而不愿做另外的事”。例如:
I prefer to stay at home rather than go out.
我宁可待在家里,也不愿出去。
She prefers to do her homework rather than play with them.
她宁可做功课,也不愿跟他们玩。
(5)句型would prefer doing sth.表示“宁可做某事”,后面用动名词,这里d是would的缩写。例如:
I would prefer staying at home in rainy days.
下雨天我宁可待在家里。
Id prefer living in a large city. 我宁可住在大城市里。
2. Well, I must say Id rather live in a traditional siheyuan.
那么,我必须说我宁愿生活在一个传统的四合院。
would rather表示“宁愿”,用法如下:
(1)句型would rather do sth.表示“宁可/宁愿做某事”,后面的动词要用原形。它的否定句是would rather not do sth.,表示“宁可不/宁愿不做某事”。这里d是would的缩写形式。例如:
I would rather read a long novel at home.
我宁愿待在家里看一本长篇小说。
Theyd rather not tell him the truth. 他们宁可不告诉他真相。
——Would you like to stay for more while? 你再多待一会儿吧?
——Id rather not; I have to leave now. 不了,我必须现在走。
(2)句型“would rather+陈述句”,表示“宁愿……”,后面的从句通常用过去时态。用一般过去时,表示将要发生或正要发生的事情;用过去完成时,表示一种虚拟语气,与事实相反。试比较:
I would rather you passed the exam. 我宁愿你通过考试。(将要发生的动作)
I would rather you had passed the exam. 我宁愿你已经通过考试了。(事实上没有通过)
(3)句型would rather…than…连接两个动词原形,表示“宁可……,也不……;
