FunctionandSpeakingActivity11.I’dratherdo“Travel”.2.I’dratherdo“Lifeinthefuture”.3.I’dratherdotranslationthanrevision,MrStanton.1.I’dmeansI’dmeans_______.A.IwouldB.Ihad2.I’dpreferI’dpreferisfollowedby________.A.theverbwithtoB.theverbwithoutto3.I’dratherI’drathercanbefollowedby_______.A.thenB.thanActivity21.Wouldyouliketogotoschoolplaytonight?I/rather/stay/home/revise2.Shallwedosomeworkonvocabulary?I/prefer/do/work/grammarI’dratherstayathomeand/torevise.I’dprefertodoworkongrammar.Writeanswerstothefollowingquestions.Usethewordsprovidedandaddotherwordswherenecessary.3.Whydon’twestudyinthelibrary?I/prefer/study/home4.Whichwouldyouratherplay,tennisorbadminton?I/rather/playtennis/badminton5.Whowouldyouprefertoworkwith,LiKangorZhouKai?I/prefer/work/ZhouKaiI’dprefertostudyathome.I’dratherplaytennisthanbadminton.6.Whichwouldyouratherdiscussnextweek,nineteenth-centuryliteratureortwentieth-centuryliterature?I/ratherdiscusstwentiethcenturyliterature/nineteenth-centuryliteratureI’dratherdiscusstwentieth-centuryliteraturethannineteenth-centuryliterature.I’dprefertoworkwithZhouKai.wouldratherandprefertowouldrather宁愿……而不愿；与其……，倒不如……，后常跟不带to的动词不定式。并与than连用。其否定式为wouldrathernotdosth。如：Iwouldratherdrinkteathancoffee.我宁愿喝茶而不愿喝咖啡。Iwouldrathernotgo.我宁愿不去。Iwouldrathergotodaythantomorrow.我宁愿今天去，而不愿明天去。wouldrather也可跟从句，且从句常用一般过去时。如：I’dratherwehaddinnernow.我倒愿意现在就吃饭。I’dratheryouknewthatnow,thanafterwards.我宁愿你现在就知道，而不是后来。prefertodo相当于ratherthando，意为“比较喜欢……而不喜欢……”。如：Shepreferredtostayathomeratherthangoout.她宁愿呆在家里而不出去。prefer…to…意为“喜欢……甚于……，宁要……而不要……”。如：Heprefersskiingtoskating.他喜欢滑雪，较不喜欢溜冰。HomeworkWriteacompositionaboutyourfavoritesubjectandexplainthereason.
