【观察思考】

　　(1)The girl impressed us with her humour.

　　=We were impressed by/with the girl's humour.

　　这个小女孩的幽默给我们留下了深刻的印象。

　　(2)Father impressed the importance of working hard on me.

　　父亲使我意识到努力工作的重要性。

　　(3)Her words made/left/gave an impression on me.

　　她的话给我留下了深刻的印象。

impress vt.使印象深刻;使铭记

impression n.印象;效果

impressive adj.给人以深刻印象的

(1)给某人留下......印象　　　

(2)对......印象深刻　　　

(3)留下深刻印象　　　

　　二、短语集锦

　　1.rather than而不是,宁愿......而不愿......

　　【教材原句】 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。

　　【观察思考】

　　(1)He would die rather than give in.

　　= He would rather die than give in.

　　= He preferred to die rather than give in.他宁死不屈。

　　(2)You rather than I are going to go camping.是你而不是我想去野营。

　　(3)She enjoys singing rather than dancing.她喜欢唱歌而不是跳舞。

　　(4)I decided to write rather than (to)telephone.我决定写信而不是打电话。

　　(5)He ran rather than walked.他跑着而不是走着。

　　【辨析】

　　other than而不是;不同于

　　or rather更确切地说

rather than 而不是;宁愿......而不愿......

(1)宁愿......而不愿......

(2)rather than 连接两个并列成分作主语时,谓语与rather than前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。

(3)rather than 连接前后两个并列的成分形式时,必须保持一致。如果后接不定式,不定式可以带to,也可以不带to,但当rather than位于句首时,只能接不带to的不定式。

　　2.settle down vt.定居;(使)平静/安定下来

　　【教材原句】 That afternoon aboard the train,the cousins settled down in their seats.

　　那天下午表姐妹俩才登上火车落了座。

【观察思考】