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5. Stick to it and you will be successful. 坚持你的梦想，你终将获得成功。 stick to sth 坚持，不放弃 e.g. She finds it impossible to stick to a diet. 饮食老受控制，她觉得受不了。 He promised to help us and he stuck to his word. 他答应过帮助我们，他没有失信。 stick to, insist on persist in stick to 通常指立场/观点/原则/方法/岗位等 e.g. Please stick to the task until it is finished. insist on 对某种活动坚持不懈，对某种意见 固执不改 e.g. The man insisted on coming into the house. persist in 坚持某种行动，有时固执己见 e.g. He persisted in denying it. 6. One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job. 我辞职的一个星期后, 丈夫也失业了。 give notice 辞职前提前通知自己的工作单位 lay sb off 解雇某人 e.g. They are laid off because of the lack of new order. 由于没有新的定货，他们遭解雇。 7. I decided I still wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouthful of “if onlys” later on. rather than 意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。 (1) 连接两个名词或代词 e.g. He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个 探险者。 You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。 注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作 主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保 持一致。 (2) 连接两个形容词 e.g. The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。 (3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 e.g. She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们将在教室开会而不是大厅。 (4) 连接两个不定式 e.g. I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。 e.g. Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。 ____ trouble, I’ll forget the whole thing.A. Rather than caused B. Than rather caused C. Than rather causing D. Rather than cause D end up with/in sth 以……告终 e.g. I usually end up with soup at di