M9U1 Other countries, other culturesPeriod I Word study1. preference n 偏爱,优先,优先权have a preference for 偏爱…Tom has a preference for Chinese novels. Tom 喜欢中国小说。prefer v (preferred, preferred: preferring)a. prefer sth 喜欢"Do you like French?" "Yes, but I_______________." "你喜欢法语吗?""喜欢,但是我更喜欢英语。" 注:prefer 是"比较喜欢,更喜欢"的意思,即 like better,因此就不能再与 better, more 等比较级词语连用。 b. prefer to do sth. They ________________________________________________ in the streets. 他们比较喜欢把早上剩下的时间都用来在街上闲逛。 c. prefer doing sth. So you ___________ without referring to your notes? 这么说,你更喜欢不看稿子做报告了? 注: 这种 prefer 后面接动名词的结构,用来谈论一般情况下"更喜欢某种活动",而在一个特定场合下表示"特别喜欢"时,得用上述 prefer 后接动词不定式结构。 d. prefer sb. to do sth. I _____________________to come to our art exhibition next week. 我宁愿你们下星期抽出点时间来看看我们的美展。e. prefer A to B 与 B 相比更喜欢 A He prefers_______________. 比起语文他更喜欢英语。f. prefer doing to doing He prefers_________________. 同冲浪相比,他更喜欢游泳。g. prefer to do sth rather than (to)do sth.表示“宁愿做……而不愿做……” She prefers_____________________________. 她宁愿呆在家里,也不愿和我们一起去。h. prefer sth. (or sb.) + adj.I prefer_____________. 我宁愿门开着。I prefer_____________. 我爱喝不加奶的咖啡。i. prefer that 在 that 宾语从句中,我们应当用虚拟语气"should+动词原形",其中的 should 可以省略。 We prefer that each new student__________________. 我们希望每位新生修一门理科课程.练习:1. He said he would prefer ___ others rather than ____ by others. A to help; to help B to help; be helped C helping; helped D helping; to be helped2. The young lady prefer dressing up for a party ___ by others. A to being noticed B to be noticed C ra...