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1. (教材P42) Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight, things began to change.
rather than意为__________
would do sth. rather than do sth.
would rather sth. do than do sth.
prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.
I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
I'd like to go there by train rather than by air.
【易混词辨析】
other than
more than
注意:
1) rather than常起连词的作用,其连接的两个并列成分的词性应该一致。
2) rather than连接的两个并列成分做主语时,谓语动词应与rather than前面的成分在人称和数上保持一致。具有相同用法的词(组)还有as well as / together with / with / besides等。
You rather than I are going to go camping.
The father rather than the children is responsible.
【单句语法填空】
(1) Facing up to your problems rather than _______ (run) away from them is the best approach to working things out.
(2) You rather than your sister _______ (be) to run the shop after your parents retire.
(3) We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite, rather than ______ (divide) us.
2. (教材P42)Rather than cutting out the foods I enjoyed, l added healthy foods to my meals.
(1) ____________
I have decided to cut out smoking and drinking.
Since my heart attack, I've cut fatty foods out altogether.
(2) ____________
You'd better cut out the last two paragraphs of your article. They have no connection with your theme.
(3) ____________
He cut out a picture from the newspaper he had just read.
Two suits can be cut out of this piece of material.
【归纳拓展】含有cut的其他常用短语
cut down
cut off
cut in
cut up
3. (教材P42) Finally, I stopped comparing myself with actresses and models and looking for things that were wrong with my face or body.
compare...with/to...意为__________
We have learned not to compare ourselves with others.
compare... to...还可以意为_________,此时不能和compare...with...互相替换。
Young people are often compared to the rising sun.
【用法扩展】
1) 过去分词短语compared with/to常在句子中做比较状语。(完形填空和阅读题高频短语)
Compared with/to most children, she was indeed very unfortunate.
2) compare notes with sb.
I'd like to compare not