①What I should do at present is learn English well.

②The mayor presented him with a gold medal at an official city reception.

③The company presented a mobile phone to each retired worker.

④Many teachers and parents were present at the meeting.

→Present at the meeting were many teachers and parents.

1．prefer...to...

[语境感悟]

(1)(教材P44)．..60 per cent of people prefer football to table tennis...

......与乒乓球相比，60%的人更喜欢足球......

(2)I prefer staying at home to going out with you.

我宁愿待在家里，也不愿意和你外出。

(3)I prefer to work rather than sit there doing nothing.

我宁愿干活也不愿坐在那里无所事事。

[归纳拓展]

prefer A to B　与B相比更喜欢A

prefer v．宁可，宁愿；更喜欢，后可加名词、代词、不定式、动名词、从句等，从句常用虚拟语气，形式为一般过去时或过去完成时，偶尔也用"should＋动词原形"的形式。

prefer doing A to doing B　宁愿做A而不愿做B

prefer to do A rather than do B　宁愿做A而不愿做B

would rather do A than do B　宁愿做A而不愿做B

注意：prefer意为"更喜欢，较喜欢"，相当于like better，所以不可与better，best，more，most连用。

[即时跟踪]　完成句子/单句改错

①我宁愿踢足球也不愿在家看电视。

I prefer_playing_football_to_watching_TV at home./I prefer_to_play_football_rather_than_watch TV at home.

②I prefer better\classical music to pop music.

2．rely on

[语境感悟]

(1)(教材P45)The first is to rely on facts and figures more than opinions.

首先要依靠事实和数据而不是主观臆断。

(2)Some people believe in God and others don't.

有人相信上帝；有人则不相信。