(3)preference n. 喜爱,偏爱
have a preference for... 偏爱......
①Spanish singer Domingo once said he preferred__to__devote all his life to music.
西班牙歌唱家多明戈曾经说过他宁愿把一生都奉献给音乐。
②While he was in the office he preferred doing(do) something to doing(do) nothing.
他在办公室里总喜欢干点事,而不喜欢闲着。
③I prefer to__listen(listen) to music rather than watch(watch) TV.
和看电视相比,我更喜欢听音乐。
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(1)prefer不用于进行时态,也不用于被动语态。
(2)prefer意为like better,所以不能说prefer more/better。
4.stand vt.忍耐,忍受;经受(考验、困难等) vi.坐落 n.看台
I really love playing the piano,but I can't stand singing in front of the class.(教材P11)
我的确喜欢弹钢琴,但是我不能忍受在全班同学面前唱歌。
(1)stand常用于否定句和疑问句中,其后常接名词、动词的-ing形式。
(2)stand for代表
①I can't__stand__the__noise here any longer.
我再也受不了这里的噪音了。
②I can't stand being__told(tell) what I don't want to do.
我不容别人指使我做我不想做的事。
③The building in front of which stands(stand) a big tree is our classroom.
前面有棵大树的那个大楼是我们的教室。
④In the stands,his friends and family came to watch his last game.
在看台上,他的朋友和家人前来观看他的最后一场比赛。
[名师点津] stand作"容忍,忍受"讲时,后接动词-ing形式作宾语,常用于否定句和疑问句中,无进行时态,也不用于被动语态。
1.take place 发生,举行
The interview took place in a studio.(教材P10)