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
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