高三英語Canada復習
1. rather than... 是……而不是……；與其……不如……；不愿
[典例]
1). he ran rather than walked. 他是跑的而不是走的。
2).rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price與其讓蔬菜爛掉，他半價把它們賣掉。
[重點用法]
do a rather than do b = rather than do b, sb. does a 某人不做b卻做a
a rather than b 是a而不是b
would rather do a than do b = would do a rather than do b 寧可做a而不做b
prefer to do a rather than do b 最喜歡做a而不做b
would rather sb. did/had done sth. 寧愿某人做某事
注意：rather than表示客觀事實，它連接的并列成分可以是名詞、代詞、形容詞、介詞(短語)、動名詞、分句、不定式、動詞等。后接不定式時，不定式可以帶to，也可以不帶to。但rather than位于句首時，則只能接不帶to 的不定式。
[練習] 根據句子意思及要求填空或翻譯。
1). he came running all the way ______ ______walking.
2). rather than ______ (ride) on a crowded bus, he always prefers ______ (ride) a bicycle.
3). i’ d rather you ______ ______ (not come) yesterday.
4). she likes to keep things in the house ______ ______ throw them away, though many are useless.
5). i think tom, ______ ______ you, ______ ______ ______ (blame).
6). 他寧愿死也不愿在街上乞討。_____________________________________________
答案：1). rather than 2). ride; to ride 3). hadn’ t come 4). rather than 5). rather than; is to blame
6). he would rather die than beg in the street. = he would die rather than beg in the street.
2. settle down 舒適地坐下或躺下；（使）安靜、安頓、安心；習慣於新的生活方式/工作等
[典例]
1). she settled down in an armchair to read her book. 她舒適地坐在單座沙發上看書。
2). when are you going to marry and settle down? 你什麼時候結婚過上安定生活?
[短語歸納] 與settle相關的短語：
settle down to… 使某人安下心來做…… settle (down) in ... 在……定居下來
settle a dispute/an argument/an issue 解決一爭端/爭論/問題
[練習] 根據句子意思及要求填空或翻譯。
1). something is disturbing him, so he can’ t ______ ______ ______ (安下心來) his work.
2). he finally settled down to ______ (do) his homework.
3). they have finally ______ _______ ______ canada.
答案：1). settle down to work 2). doing 3). settled down in
3. catch sight of 看見；瞥見
[典例]
he was happy to catch sight of an eagle flying in the sky. 見到一只鷹在天上飛，他很高興。
[短語歸納] sight短語：
lose sight of 看不見；不再看見 keep sight of 使能看得到；保持看得到的距離