Section Ⅱ　Warming Up & Reading－Language Points

　　 rather than 与其；不愿

　　(教材P34)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，而决定飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。

　　would rather do...than do...＝would do...rather than do...　　　　　　　　

　　 宁愿......不愿......

　　prefer to do...rather than do...

　　 宁愿......而不愿......

　　would rather that... 宁愿......(从句中常用

　　 虚拟语气)

　　①He would rather you didn't do that for the time being.

　　他宁可让你暂时不做那件事。

　　②Rather than travel by car，I'd prefer to_walk(walk)．

　　与其乘汽车旅行，我宁可走路。 【导学号：32222028】

　　[名师点津]　

　　rather than 注意事项

(1)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。