in case of ….. 假如,如果發生;防備
eg:In case of fire , ring the alarm bell . 遇火警時立即按警鈴
小case !=a piece of cake輕松的事, 不費吹灰之力
= It’s a peanut (花生)
=No sweat ! 輕易 = It’s a breeze 表示事情很簡單,很容易
*breeze [bri:z] n.微風,輕風 vi.飄然而行
※stay on the bus 留在車上 ; stay at home呆在家裏
stay in bed 臥病在床; stay up 熬夜
※ prefer vt.更喜歡,寧願
prefer sth to sth 更喜歡前者,而不是後者
prefer doing to doing …更喜歡做前者,而不是做後者
寧願做A而不作B 、比起B更喜歡A
prefer to do rather than do…. 寧願作某事,而不願作某事(一次性的喜好)
eg:I prefer coffee to tea . 我喜歡喝咖啡而不是茶。
eg:He prefers walking to cycling . 比起騎自行車 ,他寧願步行
eg:She prefers to be alone rather than have supper with him .
比起與他吃晚飯,她寧願獨自一人
A. Exercise选择正确的词 :
1. Hurry up! You'll (lose) (miss) the bus.
2. That doorknob has come(lose)(loose). It will fall off soon.
* doorknob ['d :.n b] n. 門把手
3. Do you(expect)(wait for) him to change his mind?
4. If you bet on that horse you will (loose) (lose) your money.
* bet [bet] vt.打賭;確信 vi.打賭 n.打賭;賭注
5 . He (waited) (expected) at the street corner for over half an hour before his girlfriend arrived.
1. miss 2. loose 3 .expect 4. lose 5. waited vi (wait for)
bet on sth 就...打赌
B. Exercise : 改写以下句子, 用It takes或It took来开头.
1. I get to the office in an hour.
→ It takes me an hour to get to the office
2. I reached Tokyo in fifteen hours.
→ It took me fifteen hours to reach Tokyo.
3. He wrote the book in six months.
→ It took him six months to write the book.
1. in the country is something he loves .
a. Traveling +ing 起名詞作用可做主語 b. Travel
c. The traveling(×) d. To traveling(×)
2. This is as far as we go. We don't go .