Working the land
rid oneself of debt 還清債務(wù)
break away from 擺脫；放棄
you must break away from such a bad habit.
你必須改掉這樣的壞習(xí)慣。
it won’t be long before we can be/get rid of the pest altogether.
不用太久，我們就能把這種害蟲消除干凈。
高手過招
同義句轉(zhuǎn)換 （原創(chuàng)）
could you rid yourself of the bad habit of smoking?
could you the bad habit of smoking?
答案: get rid of
9. would rather
寧愿，寧可
i’d rather you didn’t. (常用來委婉拒絕別人)
我希望你不要。
he would rather stay at home watching tv.
他寧愿待在家里看電視。
i’d rather not go there. 我寧愿不去那里。
i’d rather you came tomorrow than today.
我寧愿你明天來而不是今天來。
i’d rather have made a telephone call to him yesterday.
我昨天本想給他打個(gè)電話的。
聯(lián)想拓展
would rather...than...是常用句式，意為“寧可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……”
would rather＋從句時(shí)，從句要用虛擬語氣，用動詞的過去時(shí)表示。
would rather have done 本想做……（而實(shí)際上未做）
高手過招
單項(xiàng)填空
①—shall we go skating or stay at home?
—which do yourself? （•01•江西南昌檢測）
a. do you rather b. would you rather
c. will you rather d. should you rather
②i’d rather the basketball match last night. otherwise, i would have finished my paperwork by now.
（•01•江蘇徐州檢測）
a. not have watched b. not watch
c. hadn’t watch d. haven’t watch