课堂探究

　　1．Rather than take the aeroplane all the way，they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.

　　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。

　　考点：rather than 与其；不愿

　　①高考典题Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.

　　塞缪尔计划当一名律师而不是音乐家。

　　②The father rather than the children is to blame for it.

　　为此受到责备的是父亲而不是孩子们。

　　③He preferred to stay at home watching the World Cup rather than go to the Expo Garden.

　　他宁愿待在家里看世界杯也不愿去世博园。

　　考点延伸 阅读下列句子，指出黑体词组的含义。

　　④I don't know any French people other than you.

　　除了你，我不认识别的法国人。

　　含义：____________

　　⑤He is 21 years old-or rather he was born in 1993.

　　他21岁了，确切地说，他1993年出生。

　　含义：__________

　　⑥I'm busy now.I would rather you came here tomorrow.

　　我现在忙，宁可你明天来这里。

　　含义：________

　　即学即用

　　用rather than/other than/or rather/would rather填空

　　（1）There's nobody here ______ me.

　　（2）He ______ be to blame for it than tell the truth.

　　（3）My husband prefers to stay at home at weekend ______ go shopping with me.

　　（4）He worked till late last night，______，early this morning.

　　语法填空

　　（5）It is the test system，rather ______ the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.

　　（6）He prefers selling them at half price rather than ______（allow）the vegetables to go bad.

　　（7）Nowhere else ______ than in Britain can one experience four seasons in a day.

　　翻译句子

（8）我决定给他发个电子邮件，而不是打电话。