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Sentence patterns prefer to do sth (rather than do sth) doing sth to doing sth sth would prefer to do sth( rather than do sth) sth sb to do sth eg liu hulan prefers to die rather than give in. 冒号（Colon，“:”） 4.冒号也可用于商业或正式信函的称谓后面，如 Dear Mr. Lee:(美国英语中，信件或演说词的称呼语之后用冒号，而在英国英语中多用逗号。) 5.冒号用于数字时间的表示，如16:45 或 4:45 p.m. 6.冒号用于主标题和副标题之间，如 Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data 分号（Semicolon，“;”） 1.与中文一样，分号用于分隔地位平等的独立子句。在某些情况下，使用分号比使用句点更显出子句之间的紧密联系，另外分号也经常与连接副词 thus, however, therefore一起使用(放在这些词语之前)。如 I realize I need exercise; however, I’ll lie down first to think about it. 2.在句子中如果已经使用过逗点，为了避免歧义的产生，就用分号来分隔相似的内容。如 The employees were Tom Hanks, the manager; Jim White, the engineer; and Dr. Jack Lee. 需要注意的是：一个完整的句子以大写字母开始，以句点结束。写英文时用逗点代替句点、分号、冒号或破折号叫“逗号错”，这正是中国学生所要避免的。请比较下列例句：误：It was raining hard, they could not work in the fields. 5.逗点用于一个较长的修饰短语之后，如 In the middle of the coldest winter on record, the pipes froze. 6.逗点用于直接引用的句子之前，如 Mary said, “Let’s go fishing.”（注意：这里说的和上面提及的冒号在直接引语中的使用不一样。如果是引用比较正式的发言讲话就要用冒号，一般情况下就用逗点。） 如果句中含有间接引用就不需要逗点，如 Mary said we should go fishing. 在反问句之前要使用逗点，如 :He worked very hard, didn’t he？ Will you come back tomorrow? I don’t know when he will come back. Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data I realize I need exercise; however, I’ll lie down first to think about it. The employees were Tom Hanks, the manager; Jim White, the engineer; and Dr. Jack Lee. Since he’s your younger brother, please take care of him. In the middle of the coldest winter on record, the pipes froze. Homework 1 write your favourite teacher and write some criteria for a good teacher. 2 finish activity 14 on page 78. * Section 3 Function + Grammar + Writing Function: Choose the correct answers I’d prefer to do “Travel” I’d rather do “Life in the Future”. I’d rather do translation than revision, Mr. Stanton. I’d means ________