Section Ⅱ Warming Up & Reading—Language Points prefer vt
(preferred; preferred; preferring)更喜欢;选择某事物(而不选择其他事物)(2017·北京卷)As far as I’m concerned, I prefer the journey along the Yangtze, the longest river in China
就我个人而言,我更喜欢沿着中国最长的河流——长江旅行
(1)prefer (sb
) to do sth
宁愿/更喜欢(某人)做(某事)prefer (doing) sth
to (doing) sth
与(做)某事相比更喜欢(做)某事prefer to do
rather than do
宁愿做……而不愿做……prefer that sb
(should) do sth
宁愿某人做某事(2)preference n
偏爱;优先权;偏爱的,事物①I prefer you to come tomorrow,because I’m too busy now
我希望你明天来,因为我现在太忙了
②He prefers to die rather than give in to the enemy
他宁死也不屈服于敌人
[即学即练]——单句语法填空①Nowadays many children prefer surfing the Internet at home to taking(take) exercise outdoors
②Rather than drive all the way every day, he prefers to cycle(cycle) to his office
③We preferred that they (should