Unit 3

Words and Expressions

1.prefer: 更喜欢；宁愿 Eg: We prefer to eat out. 我们比较喜欢上馆子吃饭。Which one do you prefer, an apple or an orange? 你想要哪个，苹果

还是橘子？I would prefer he worked hard. 我倒希望他能够努力学习。

1)prefer sth. to sth ； prefer doing sth. to doing sth. ； prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.喜欢… ; 更喜欢… ; 宁愿…而不愿…Eg:I think I prefer music to art.I much prefer cats to dogs. 猫和狗之中我更喜欢猫。 我喜欢游泳，更喜欢爬山。

用法点拨

I prefer climbing to swimming.I prefer to climb rather than swim.

Practice ： 今天下午，我宁愿呆在家里也不愿出去。 This afternoon, I prefer staying at home to goin

g out. I prefer to stay at home rather than go out. 补充： would rather do sth. than do sth. 也可以

表示宁愿做…而不愿做…。 刘胡兰宁愿死也不愿屈服。 Liu Hulan would rather die than give in.

2.persuade: 劝服；劝说 ; Eg: They used force to persuade him.

他们用武力逼他就范 .I had a great trouble to persuade him.我费了很大的劲儿去说服他 .

Do you think you can persuade me?你以为你能说服我吗？

用法归纳： of sth.persuade sb. to do sth. 劝服某人做某事 ==talk sb. into doing sht. How can I persuade you of my honesty?

我如何能够让你相信我的诚实？I persuade him not to smoke. 我劝他不要抽烟 .

近义词辨析 persuade/advise/suggest persuade 强调结果，劝说成功，“劝服”的意思；而 a

dvise 和 suggest 只表示“劝说”、“建议”，不强调结果； advise 可以用作 advise doing sth 和 advise sb. to do sht.; 而 suggest 后直接 doing 而不能接 sb. to do sth., 但可以接 suggest to sb. to do sth. 的形式。 Eg:

I advised him to give up smoking, but he didn’t listen to me.

I persuaded him to give up smoking and he never smokes again.

The teacher suggested to me to be careful.

注意 :try to persuade 相当于 advise ，强调动作，不强调结果。 Eg ；

I tried my best to persuade him into returning to school, but failed.

Practice: 尽管医生建议病人戒烟，但是没有能够说服他这

样做。 Though the doctor advised his patient to give u

p smoking, he wasn’t able to persuade him to do so.

I ______ him to go on, but he refused.advised

高考链接

While shopping, people sometimes can’t

help ____ into buying something they do

n’t really need.

A. to persuade B. persuading

C. being persuade D. be persuaded 　

1. I __ him not to smoke, but he didn’t think it necessary. A. persuaded 　 B. advised 　 C. hoped 　　　 D. suggested 　　

2. I was able at last to ____ my mother to follow my advice. A. suggest 　　　 B. advise 　　　　

C. persuade 　　 D. leave off 　　

实例

2. Finally/at last/in the end

1) They talked about it for hours.

Finally, they decided not to go.

2) The children arrived home at last/in

the end after the storm.

3) My dream will come true in the end.

finally 一般指一系列事物或论点的顺序的最后项内容 , 或用在动词前 , 表示“等了好久……才” , 没有感情色彩 . at last只能指时间位置 , 不能指时间顺序 , 在意思上是指经过周折、等待、耽搁到”最后、终于” ( 出现所期待的结果 ), 常常带有较浓厚的感情色彩 . in the end 可与 at last和 finally 通用 . 但若出现了非期待中的结果 , 用 in the end, 还可以用于预卜未来。

4) The war lasted four years before the

North won _______________.

5) Your idea will turn out right

_________.

6) ______, I want to thank you for

helping me.

in the end/ at last

in the end

Finally

与 Give 连用的常见短语give away: 赠送，泄露。 Eg:

Don‘t give away this secret. 别洩漏这个秘密。The boss gives away a lot of money to the studen

ts in our school every year.

give in: 屈服，投降Don’t give in if you fail only once.

At last he gave in to his fate.

give off: 发出 ( 光、热、味道等 )

The sun gives lots of light and heat.

give out: 分发，用完，公布，消耗尽。 Eg: The teacher gave out the examination papers.

Our food supply at last give out.我们的食物终于用完了。He has refused to give out any information on the matter.他已拒绝发表有关此事的任何消息。give up: 放弃

You ought to give up smoking; I gave it up last year.Never give up!

Practice:1)The news of the President's death _________ i

n a radio broadcast.

2)He pretended to be an American, but his accent ____him ______.

3) The doctors had ____ her ____ but she recovered from her heart cancer.

4 ） Please ____your examination papers __(to the teacher) when you've finished.

was given out

gave away

given up

give in