4) prefer sb. to do sth.：宁愿某人做某事

e.g. We prefer Mr. Smith to teach us English Literature.

4、interview：n. 会见、面试、采访（人）

e.g. give sb. an interview：接见某人、接受采访； have / hold an interview with sb.：与某人面谈； a job interview：求职面试； a television interview：电视采访

vt. 与（某人）面谈、对......提出询问

e.g. Our manager himself will interview those who applied for the job.

She was interviewed by many reporters about her marriage.

5、go shopping：动词go后面习惯上用doing，这里的doing是动名词。

　　常用的这种结构还有：go fishing, go skating, go camping, go dancing ....

6、reach：vt. 有多种意思：

1）到达、得到、使......明白

e.g. After two hours' drive, we reached the village.

Your letter reached me yesterday afternoon.

One day she suddenly reached my understanding.

2) 伸手够着 e.g. Can you reach the top of the door?

vi. 也有多种意思

3) 伸出 (与out连用）

e.g. The poor man reached out his hand to take the money.

4) 伸手去取...... （与for连用）

e.g. All the children reached for the candies.

5) （势力、范围等）扩展、延伸

e.g. The river reaches eastwards to the sea.

The park reaches as far as the river bank.

reach：还可以作名词，"伸手够得到的地方"，常用短语：

within one's reach：在某人伸手够得着的地方；

out of one's reach：在（某人的）手所不能及的地方；

beyond one's reach：意思同 out of one's reach：

e.g. The medicine is beyond my reach. Next time please put it within my reach.

7、describe：vt. 描写、形容

e.g. No word can describe my surprise at the moment.

Please describe exactly what you think of him?

describe sb. / oneself as ...：把......说成......

e.g. He described himself as an artist.

She described his class as beyond all praise.

description：n. 叙述、描写 give sb. a brief / general / full / vivid description of...：向某人简要/大概/完整/生动地描述......

e.g. At the meeting, the headmaster gave us a general description of the schools he visited.

The witness gave a brief description of the accident to the police.

8、claim：vt. 要求（获得......）声称、需要

e.g. He claimed extra pay for working extra hours.

Can I claim payment for the damage he caused?

She claimed that she had had a meal with that great man. =

She claimed to have had a meal with that great man.