Unit 3 Art and Architecture Warming Up Reading.pptVIP

1. preference n. 偏爱；喜好；优先（P17） Now people have a preference for private cars. 现在人们偏爱于私家车。 ▲ We prefer quality to quantity. 我们要的是质量而不是数量。 She preferred to stay at home rather than go dancing every Sunday afternoon. 每个星期天下午她宁愿呆在家里也不愿去跳舞。 I prefer walking to cycling. ▲ ▲ For sustainable（可持续性） development, the government has decided to give _______ to those energy-conserving and environment-friendly businesses in many aspects. A. profit B. interest C. preference D. advantage 2. design vt. n. 设计；计划 【原句】If you were free to design your own dream house, what would that house look like? （P17） 如果你可以随意设计自己的理想之家，那么（你设计的）房子会是什么样子的呢？ The book is designed mainly for use in colleges. 这本书主要供大学使用。 I don’t know whether they did it by accident or by design. 我不知道他们这样做是偶然的，还是故意的。 ▲ ▲ I like wearing this pair of gloves very much because they are exactly _______ for very cold climate. A. designed B. aimed C. considered D. used 【解析】选A。此处be designed for 表示“为……准备（设计）的”。 3. taste n. 爱好；鉴赏力；味道；味觉 v.尝起来 【原句】They visit a shop and talk with a shop assistant about their tastes and preferences. (P18)他们去了一个商店，和一个店员谈起了他们的爱好和偏爱。 She has a taste for pop music. 她爱好流行音乐。 His music is to the very taste of many of the young people. 他所创作的音乐符合大多数年轻人的口味。 ▲ ▲ She shows good taste in writing. 她对书法很有鉴赏力。 When you are ill, you can’t taste food properly. Even the food you usually like best tastes bad. 当你病了的时候，你就没有了正常的味 觉，即使平常最喜欢吃的东西尝起来也 很糟糕。 ▲ taste作连系动词用时，无被动且常用物作主语。 The apple tastes good. 那个苹果品尝起来味道很好。 The soup tastes of chicken. ▲ 这个汤有鸡肉的味道 Some people eat with their eyes. They prefer to order what _______ nice. ［2010四川，6］ A. looks B. smells C. feels D. tastes 4. convenient adj. 方便的；近便的 不能用人作主语 It is also convenient to live close to your work. (P18) 住在距离你的工作地点很近的地