Unit 3　Travel journal

Period 3　知识讲练课

Step 1　Revision:Retelling the text

　　Step 2　Words and expressions

　　1.Which kind of transport do you prefer to use,bus or train?

　　你比较喜欢哪种交通工具,公共汽车还是火车?

　　【观察思考】

　　1)The products can't be transported because of heavy snow.那些产品因大雪而无法运送。

　　2)The film transported us back to New York of the 1950s.这部电影把我们带回到20世纪50年代的纽约。

　　3)The goods were taken good care of during transport.货物在运输期间保存良好。

transport 用作动词时,意为: 运输,运送,即"to take sb./ sth.from one place to another in a vehicle".用作名词时,意为"运输;运送;交通工具"

transporter 名词,运输者

transportable 形容词,可运输的,可运送的

transportation 名词(Am.E),运送,运输

　　【词汇扩展】 以trans 为前缀的词:

　　transfer 移交,转移;transform 转变,变化;translate 翻译;transplant 移植

　　【尝试运用】

　　 用以上词的正确形式填空。

　　1)The city's public 　　　 system is excellent.

　　2)The ship which 　　　 us from Qingdao to Dalian is called "Princess Ⅱ".

　　3)His bike is his only means of　　　.

　　4)How can I 　　　 money from my bank account to his?

　　5)Surgeons have successfully 　　　 a liver into a four-year-old boy.

　　【观察思考】

　　1)"Would you like meat or fish?" "I'd prefer fish,please." "你喜欢肉还是鱼?""请给我鱼吧。"

　　2)I prefer English to Chinese.我喜欢英语甚于中文。

　　3)I prefer speaking the truth to lying.我宁愿讲实话而不愿说谎。

　　4)I prefer to go to America for my further study.我更愿意去美国深造。

　　5)Anne prefers me to replace her at the meeting.安妮更愿意让我代替她去参加会议。

　　6)Would you prefer that we put off our meeting till next week? 你是否更愿意把我们的会议推迟到下一周?

prefer用作动词,表示"更喜欢,认为......胜过......",可用于如下结构:

prefer sth. 更喜欢某物

prefer A to B 喜欢A甚于B

prefer doing A to doing B 喜欢做A甚于做B

prefer to do sth. 更喜欢做某事

prefer sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事

prefer to do A rather than do B 宁愿做A而不做B