impress 用法

Unit 3 Art and architecture

Warming up /listening / speaking

1. Where would you prefer to live?

prefer vt

释义：to choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value 更喜欢

用法1 prefer+名词/代词/动词－ing形式（可再接＋to+另一名词/代词/动词－ing形式

例句①I prefer green to yellow.

对于绿色与黄色，我更喜欢绿色。

②I prefer dancing to singing.

我喜欢跳舞胜于唱歌。

用法2 prefer ＋动词不定式（可再接rather than do something）

例句①They prefer to play cards rather than see such TV plays.

他们宁愿打牌也不愿看这样的电视剧。

②The hero preferred to die rather than surrender.

这位英雄宁死不屈。

用法3 prefer＋宾语＋动词不定式（作宾语补足语）。

例句①I should prefer you not to stay here too long.

我希望你不要在这里呆得太久了。

②Let me wash the dishes----would you prefer me to dry them?

我来洗盘子――你要我擦干盘子吗？

用法4 prefer＋that从句（从句的谓语动词should型的虚拟语气，should常省略）

例句①Would you prefer that we reschedule the meeting for next week?

你是否愿意我们把会议改期到下周呢？

②She preferred that we should do it in the kitchen .

她宁愿我们在厨房做这件事。

拓展：preference n.

释义：liking for something more than something else. （与其他物较之）喜欢，偏爱

例句①It’s entirely a ma tter of preference.

这完全是个见仁见智的问题。

②A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.

老师不应偏爱任何一个学生。

考例:

Employees who have worked here for many years will give over

newcomers.

A preference B. prejudice C. promise D. preface

(Key: A )

2. What materials would you use?

material n.

释义：①the substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.

材料，原料

② s omething, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or

incorporated into a finished effort. 素材，材料

例句①We use high-quality raw material for our goods.

我们的产品是用优质原料制造的。

②He is not officer material.

他不是当官的材料。

③He is collecting material for a book.

他正在搜集素材（资料）写书。

④S he’s collecting material for a newspaper article.

她正在搜集素材在报纸上发表文章。

3. Amy and Danny want to buy some furniture for their new home.

(1) furniture: n.

释义：the movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working 家具

例句①My parents gave me a piece of furniture as the present of my wedding.

我的父母送我一件家具作为我结婚的礼物.

②They booked a lot of furniture yesterday.

他们昨天预订了许多家具。

4. They visit a shop and talk with a shop assistant about their tastes and preference.

(2) taste n.

释义：a personal preference or liking 嗜好;个人的偏好或喜好

sense by which flavour is known 味觉

sensation caused in the tongue by things placed on it 味道

例句①She has a taste of foreign travel.

她有到国外旅游的爱好。

②I don’t like the taste of this cheese.

我不喜欢这乳酪的味道。

③My sense of taste isn't very good; I have a cold.

我的味觉不是很好，我感冒了。

3. It is also convenient to live close to your work.

convenient: adj.

释义：suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs 省力的，方便的

例句①The dish-washer is very convenient.

这个洗碗机很方便。

②We must arrange a convenient time and place for the meeting.

我们必须安排一个合适的时间和地点开会。

用法：It is convenient for/to sb (to do..) (做…)对…是方便的

词组：If convenient 假如方便的话

For convenience 为了..的便利

At one’s convenience在…便利的时候

拓展：convenience n. 方便，便利

释义：the quality of being suitable to one's comfort, purposes, or needs 方便

例句①We bought this house for its convenience.