天津大良中学-学年高一英语Module2学案II.docVIP

2. a couple of 1) 两个……，一对……，一双…… 如： I saw her a couple of days ago. 我两天前看过她。 2) 两三个，几个人 如： I asked him a couple of questions. 我问了他几个问题。 3. 1）would rather 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would rather not do sth。如： I would rather drink tea than coffee. 我宁愿喝茶而不愿喝咖啡。 I would rather not go. 我宁愿不去。 I would rather go today than tomorrow. 我宁愿今天去，而不愿明天去。 would rather 也可跟从句，且从句常用一般过去时。如： I’d rather we had dinner now.我倒愿意现在就吃饭。 I’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards. 我宁愿你现在就知道，而不是后来。 2）prefer to do相当于rather than do，意为“比较喜欢……而不喜欢……”。如： She preferred to stay at home rather than go out. 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： He prefers skiing to skating. 他喜欢滑雪，较不喜欢溜冰。 II. Cultural corner Intensive Reading Read the passage and answer the following questions. What kind of differences in schools does this passage describe? 2.What is the relationship between teachers and students in some countries like France and Britain? 3. What’s the main difference between state schools and private schools? Fill in the blanks according to the text. The relationship between teachers and students in Germany, and Spain is ____ ______ where ________ and ______ for the teacher is considered very important. The same is ____ __ Russia. In northern European countries, _______, the relationship between teachers and students is _____ ________and_____ ______. In America, students and teachers are quite ______ ___ each other. Language Points 1) relationship n. 关系 relationship between And B with sb (人、团体、国家之间的)关系, 联系 She has a very close relationship with her sister. 她和她妹妹关系非常的亲密。 I have established a good working relationship with my boss. 我已经和我的老板建立起良好的工作关系。 a father-son relationship 父子关系 2) formal ①正式的, 礼节的 反义词informal The Prime Minister made a formal declaration. 首相发表正式文告。 formal clothes礼服 ② 拘泥形式的, 刻板的 You needn’t be so formal with me.你对我不必要如此拘谨。 3) relaxed adj. 轻松的, 松懈的, 宽松的 He