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) communicate (communicate) with each other face to face.④A teacher should not show preference(prefer) for any one of his pupils.[链接写作]——一句多译我宁愿干活也不愿坐在那里无所事事。(prefer)⑤I prefer to work rather than_sit there doing nothing.⑥I prefer working to sitting there doing nothing. disadvantage n．不利条件；不便之处( 经 典 例 句 )If you don’t speak good English, you’ll be at a big disadvantage when you try to get a job. 你要是英语讲得不好，找工作时就会处于非常不利的地位。(1)at a disadvantage处于不利地位put sb.at a disadvantage使某人处于不利地位(2)advantage n.优势；有利条件take advantage of利用(人或人的弱点等)have an advantage over胜过，优于①His years of experience at the job put me at a disadvantage.他多年的工作经验使我处于不利地位。②A man who can speak English fluently has an advantage over others. 说英语流利的人比其他人有优...
