Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading—Language Points rather than 而不是(教材 P33)Abstract art is about shapes and colours rather than objects.抽象艺术是关于形状和颜色而不是物品的艺术。(1)rather than 是一个连词，常用来连接平行结构，即前面是名词， 后面也跟名词；前面是动词原形，后面也要跟动词原形。(2)rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与 rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。①We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite, rather than divide us. 当我们学会让我们的差异结合起来而不是将我们分离的时候，我们就会获得很多。②Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to_judge(judge) everything so harshly.很快，她学会了感激生活，而不是刻薄地判断所有事情。③I think Tom, rather than you, is(be) to blame.我认为不是你，而是汤姆应受到责备。④His poetry is marked with fancy rather than imagination(imagine)．与其说他的诗歌想象丰富，还不如说是幻想。 settle in 安放；安顿；使(自己)安下心来；适应；解决；定居(教材 P34)Of course, even though Picasso was Spanish, he left Spain while he was still a young and struggling artist, and settled in Paris, France.当然，尽管毕加索是西班牙人，但是当他还是一名年轻而又苦苦挣扎的艺术家时，他离开了西班牙，定居在了法国巴黎。(1)settle v． 解决；安排；(使)定居；(使)沉淀settle down (使)安顿下来，(使)安心下来settle down to sth. 专心致志于……settle oneself 使某人自己稳定/冷静下来(2)settler n． 定居者；殖民者settlement n. 殖民；殖民地 ①He settled his child in a corner of the compartment.他把孩子安放在包厢的一个角落里。②After the excitement, I tried to settle myself(I)．兴奋之余，我努力让自己冷静下来。③He wants me to settle down,_but now I want him to find an adventure.他想让我安顿下来，但是现在我想让他冒一次险。[巧学活用]——完成句子1(1)我认为如果你付出两倍的努力， 问题就会立刻解决。If you double your efforts, I think, the problems can_be_s...
