其次，为未来而担忧也是没有用的。

　　[即时演练3]　写出下列单词的反义词

　　①use→useless

　　②smoker→non­smoker

　　③like(喜欢)→dislike

　　④legal→illegal

　　⑤regular→irregular

　　4．其他表达否定意义的词组及固定搭配：far from, safe from, rather than, other than, free from, would rather ... than ..., prefer to ..., rather than ... 等。

　　Your work is far from being satisfactory.

　　你的工作一点也不令人满意。

　　The truth is quite other than what you think.

　　事实真相与你想的完全不同。

　　[即时演练4]

　　(1)单句语法填空

　　①Facing up to your problems rather than running away from them is the best approach to working things out.

　　②The form cannot be signed by anyone other than yourself.

　　(2)完成句子

　　①他宁可辞职也不向老板屈服。

　　He would_rather__quit_than give in to his boss.

　　＝He prefers to quit rather_than give in to his boss.

　　②现在我们不会受森林大火的祸害了。

　　Now we are quite safe_from the forest fire.

　　二、否定句

　　1．全部否定

　　no, not, never, none, nobody, nothing, nowhere, neither ...nor结构均表示全部否定，在汉语中体现为"绝对不"，"没有"，"远不(非)......"，"一点也不"，"根本不......"，"无论如何也没有......"等。

　　-Would you like tea or coffee?

　　-Neither, thank you. I've just had some water.

　　--你是想喝茶还是咖啡？

　　--都不要，谢谢你。我刚喝过一些水。

I knew that nothing would ever discourage him; he would never give up wanting to be a director.