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岸乘火車橫穿加拿大到達東海岸。 【觀察思考】 (1)He would die rather than give in. = He would rather die than give in. = He preferred to die rather than give 。 (2)You rather than I are going to go 。 (3)She enjoys singing rather than 。 (4)I decided to write rather than (to)。 (5)He ran rather than 著。 【辨析】 other than而不是 。不同于 or rather更確切地說 rather than 而不是 。寧愿 ?? 而不愿 ?? (1)寧愿 ?? 而不愿 ?? (2)rather than 連接兩個并列成分作主語時 ,謂語與 rather than前面的名詞或代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。 (3)rather than 連接前后兩個并列的成分形式時 ,必須保持一致。如果后接不定式 ,不定式可以帶 to,也可以不帶 to,但當 rather than位于句首時 ,只能 接不帶 to的不定式。 down 。(使 )平靜 /安定下來 【教材原句】 That afternoon aboard the train,the cousins settled down in their seats. 那天下午表姐妹倆才登上火車落了座。 【觀察思考】 (1)Her parents expected her to get married and settle down soon. 她父母期望她結(jié)婚 ,盡快安定下來。 (2)They finally settled down to a discussion of the main problem. 他們最終開始專心于對主要問題的討論。 (1)settle down 。(使 )平靜 /安定下來 (2)專心于 ?? to do 【教材原句】 Earlier that day,when they crossed the Rocky Mountains,they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. 那天早些時候 ,當她們穿越落基山脈時 ,她們總算見到了野山羊 ,甚至還看到了一只大灰熊和一只鷹。 【觀察思考】 (1)We managed to get / succeeded in getting to the airport in time. 我們最終成功地到達機場。 (2)Why not try taking a plane this time? 這次試乘飛機怎么樣 ? (3)Try to follow me when I speak English in class. 在課上 ,我說英語時 ,你要努力跟上我。 manage to do sth. = 設法成功做成某事 【聯(lián)系拓展】 試圖 /設法 /努力做某事 嘗試著做某事 a gift for ...對 ?? 有天賦 【教材原句】 Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of doll