compare A to/with B　把A与B作比较

compared to/with...与......比较起来

(2)comparison n．比较，对照

make a comparison作比较

[语境助记]

(1)The poet compared her teeth to pearls.

那位诗人把她的牙齿比作珍珠。

(2)Compare this with that，and you'll know which is the better.

把这个和那个对比一下，你就会知道哪一个更好一些。

(3)Compared with/to the sun，the moon is much smaller.和太阳相比，月亮小得多。

[题组训练]

(1)把他们的状况与我们的相比很有意思。

It is interesting .

(2)这很难与她以前的书相比--两者是截然不同的。

It is difficult her previous books-they are completely different.

(3)When different cultures，we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.

A．compared B．being compared

C．comparing D．having compared

3．...60 per cent of people prefer football to table tennis...

......与乒乓球相比，60%的人更喜欢足球......

[归纳拓展]

(1)prefer A to B　与B相比更喜欢A

prefer to do/doing sth.宁愿做某事

宁愿做A而不愿做B

(2)preference n．偏爱

in preference to优先于......

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。

[语境助记]

(1)I prefer tea to coffee.

我更喜欢茶而不是咖啡。