Unit 5 Canada-“The True North ”
重点句型
1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.
她们不想一路乘飞机,而决定先飞到温哥华,再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。
常用结构:
rather than... 是……而不是……;与其……不如……;不愿
He ran rather than walked.他是跑的而不是走的。
Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 与其让蔬菜烂掉,他不如半价把它们卖掉。
联想拓展
do A rather than do B = rather than do B, sb. does A
某人不做B却做A
A rather than B是A而不是B
would rather do A than do B = would do A rather than do B
宁可做A而不做B
prefer to do A rather than do B 最喜欢做A而不做B
would rather sb. did/had done sth. 宁愿某人做某事
温馨提示
rather than表示客观事实,它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。后接不定式时,不定式可以带to,也可以不带to。但rather than位于句首时,则只能接不带to 的不定式。
2. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres.
那儿的湿度很大,所以树都长得特别高,一些高达90多米。
some measuring over 90 metres 是独立主格结构。
联想拓展
独立主格结构由名词或代词加上其他成分构成,在语法上是一个独立的短语,不是句子,作用相当于状语从句,可表示时间、原因、条件、行为、方式或伴随情况。
构成形式:名词(代词) + 现在分词/过去分词/形容词/副词/不定式/介词短语。
①作时间状语:
The meeting over, they left the hall.
会议结束了,他们离开了大厅。
②作原因状语:
My watch having been lost, I didn’t know what time it was.
我的表丢了,我不知道几点钟了。
③作条件状语:
Time permitting, I shall go to the cinema with you.
如果时间允许的话,我会和你一起去看电影。
④描述伴随行为或补充说明:
Mary entered the room, her hands in her pockets.
玛丽走进房间,手放在口袋里。