Communication
1.1 prefer.to. for several reasons.我喜欢…甚于……有几个原因。
【解析】prefer “较喜欢”,用法如下:
(1)prefer A to B 喜欢…甚于…
I prefer paper books to e-books. 比起电子书我更喜欢纸质书。
Even on holidays Mr Wang preferred reading to doing nothing.即使在假日,王先生宁愿读书也不愿闲着。
注:在这种结构中,to 为介词,而不是不定式待号,故其后应接动名词形式,决不能接动词原形。另外,为了保持前后对应关系,prefer 后面也应接动名词形式。
(2)prefer to do sth. 比较喜欢做某事
They prefer to spend the rest of the morning wandering in the streets. 他们比较喜欢把早上的闲暇时间用来在街上闲逛。
(3) prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 宁愿做某事而不愿做某事
I prefer to climb the hills rather than go to the seaside during my holiday. 假日里我宁愿去爬山也不愿去海边。
2. Compared with paper books, e-books benefit students in many aspects. 相比起纸质书,电子书在很多方面能让学生受益。
【解析】compared with/to 与……相比较
compare 的过去分词短语形式用作状语时,compared to 和compared with 可以互换。例如:
Compared with/ to western countries, China uses materials very carefully. 和
西方国家相比,中国使用物资很节省。
compare to 与 compare with 的区别:
compare…with.… 把…和…比较(常表示同类相比,比较)
compare…to…把…比作…(常表示异类相比,比喻)。例如:
Let's compare this song with that one. 让我们把这首歌和那首歌作一下比较。The girl is often compared to the moon in his poems. 在他的诗里,女孩常被比作月亮。
基础练习
一、短语互译。
1. 只要______________________________________________________________
2.两个都_____________________________________________________________
3.比如_______________________________________________________________
4. 在…看来__________________________________________________________
5. 允许某人做某事____________________________________________________
6. prefer... to___________________________________________________________
7. compared to/with_____________________________________________________
8. first of all___________________________________________________________
二、用方框中所给单词的正确形式填空。
compare lover disadvantage unlike benefit
1. The new rules _____ the workers in that factory.
2. As a flower _____ , she grows many beautiful flowers in the garden. M
3. He always goes home early after school _____ other boys in his class.
4. The new robot is liked by many people but it still has some _____ .
5. How can you _____ your car with mine
三、连词成句。
1. such as, however, dictionaries, carry around, and, not easy to, can be, paper books, heavy (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
2. paper books, e-books, benefit, compared with, in many aspects, students (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
4. when, moreover, get tired, we, for a long time, on the screen, e books, read, our eyes, easily, can (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
5. the, reading, while, both, pleasure, the, can be, different, ways, you, of, experience, quite, give (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
四、根据中文提示完成句子。(每空一词)
1. 只要你努力,你几乎能做任何事情。
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ , you can do almost anything.
2.英语和法语他都能讲。
He can speak _____ _____ _____ _____ .
3. 请允许我来介绍一下我自己。
Please _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ .
4. 依我看来,健康是我们生命中最重要的。
_____ _____ _____ , health is _____ _____ _____ in our lives.
5. 我妈妈喜欢看书甚于上网。
My mum _____ _____ _____ going online.
6. 为什么你不现在就走呢?
_____ _____ _____ _____ now
7. 我和他都将参加这次英语演讲比赛。
_____ _____ _____ _____ will take part in the English speech contest.
8. 很抱歉,让你等了这么长时间。
I'm sorry I _____ _____ _____ for such a long time.
五、阅读理解。
A Nobel Prize is considered by most people one of the highest international honours a person can receive. As you know, the prizes were started by a Swede called Alfred Nobel. He was born in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Alfred Nobel was a great scientist. He made two important inventions, and so he became very rich. Although he was rich, Nobel was not a happy man. He never married or had children. Also, he was a sick man during his large part of life. When he died at the age of 63, he left a fund of $9,000,000. The money was to be used in giving prizes to those who made great achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature, and for world peace.
The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10, 1901, five years after Nobel's death. Since then, many famous people from all over the world have been given Nobel Prizes for their achievements.
Each prize has three parts. The first part is a gold medal. Second, a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a diploma saying that he has been given the prize. The third part of the prize is a large amount of money about $ 40,000. Often a prize is given to just one person, but not always. Sometimes a prize is shared. It may be given to two or more people who have worked together. It is also sometimes true that a prize is not given at all if there is no great achievement. In 1972, for example, no Nobel Peace Prize was given.
1. When was Alfred Nobel born
A. In 1938. B. In 1833.
C. In 1896. D. In 1906.
2. What kind of person would you say Alfred Nobel was
A. He was a rich, happy and lucky man.
B He was a poor, unhappy and unlucky man.
C. He was a poor, but happy and lucky man.
D. He was a rich, but unhappy and unlucky man.
3. The underlined word "diploma" in the passage most probably means
A. certificate(证书) B. letter
C. ticket D. card
4. How many persons is a Nobel Prize given to
A. Only one person. B. Two persons.
C. Three persons. D. Not always one perso
参考答案
一
1. as long as 2. both ... and ... 3. such as
4. in one's opinion 5. allow sb. to do sth. 6. 喜爱…甚于
7.与…相比 8.首先
二
1. will benefit 2. lover 3. unlike 4. disadvantages 5. compare
三
1. However, paper books, such as dictionaries, can be heavy and not easy to brs carry around.
2. Compared with paper books, e-books benefit students in many aspects.
3. E-books can be stored in a reader, which is much lighter.
4. Moreover, our eyes can get tired easily when we read e-books on the screen for a long time.
5. While both ways give you the pleasure of reading, the experience can be quite different.
四
1. As long as you try hard
2. both English and French
3. allow me to introduce myself1.
4. In my opinion; the most important
5. prefers reading to
6. Why don't you go
7. Both he and I
8. kept you waiting
五
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