必修三 unit 4-5.pptVIP

短语精释 1.rather than　宁愿……而不愿……；而不是……；与其……倒不如……(是并列连词，用于连接两个并列成分) ①Rather than take the aeroplane all the way，they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.(教材P34) 她们不想一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。 ②She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 ③I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 ④He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。 【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。 ⑤I think Tom，rather than you，is to blame. 我认为是汤姆，而不是你，该受到责备。 思维拓展 would rather do...than do＝would do...rather than do宁可……也不…… prefer to do...rather than do...宁可……而不愿…… ⑥He preferred to stay at home watching TV rather than go to the concert. 他宁愿坐在家里看电视也不愿去听音乐会。 ⑦I would rather stay at home watching TV than go to the cinema. 我宁愿坐在家里看电视也不愿去电影院。 2.settle down　定居；平静下来；专心于；使……平静下来 ①She is settling down well in her new job. 她很能适应这份新工作。 ②I want to get married and settle down. 我想结婚并安顿下来。 ③The chairman tried to settle the audience down. 主席尽力让听众安静下来。 ④The teacher told the students to settle down to studies. 老师让学生们专心学习。 6．完成句子 (1)我不喜欢这种奔波的生活，我想定居下来。 I hate all the travel；I want to ________ ________. 答案：settle down (2)你适应新工作了吗？ Have you________ ________ ________ your new job yet? 答案：settled down in 即境活用 3.manage to do　设法做…… = succeed in doing ①...，they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.(教材P34) ……，她们设法看到了野山羊，甚至还看到了一只大灰熊和一只鹰。 ②He managed to finish the work on time. 他设法按时完成了工作。 比较网站 manage to do sth.，try to do sth. manage to do sth.侧重设法做到了某件事情； try to do sth.的含义是“尽力做某事”，但多指做某事没有成功。 ③My brother managed to get there on time. 我的弟弟设法按时赶到了那儿。 ④I tried to persuade him to give up smoking，but failed. 我尽力说服他戒烟，但失败了。 4.catch sight of　看见；瞥见 ①When I was walking in the street，I caught sight of my boss. 当我在街上走路时，看见了我的老板。 思维拓展 at first sight初看时；乍看起来 at the sight of一看见就 in/within sight of在看得见……的地方 lose one’s sight失明，成瞎子 lose sight of看不见…… out of sight看不见 ②At the sight of the police，they