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.(P34)

　　她们不想一路乘飞机，而是决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。

　　★rather than与其；不愿(连接两个并列成分)

　　①I'd like to go there by train rather than by air.

　　我愿意坐火车而不是乘飞机去那儿。

　　②He was busy writing a letter rather than watching(watch) TV.

　　他正忙于写信而不是看电视。

　　(1)rather than连接的两个并列成分作主语时，谓语与rather than前面的成分在人称和数上保持一致。

　　③I think Tom, rather than you, is (be) to blame.

　　我认为是汤姆，而不是你应受到责备。

　　(2)rather than后接不定式时，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。

　　④At last I decided to write rather than (to) telephone.

　　＝At last_rather_than_telephone I decided to write.

　　最后我决定写信而不是打电话。

　　2．People say it is Canada's most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. (P34)

　　人们都说，它(温哥华)是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山和太平洋环抱着。

　　★surround vt.包围；围绕

　　(1)surround sb./sth. with sb./sth. 使某人/物包围某人/物

　　be surrounded by/with ... 被......包围

　　(2)surrounding adj. 周围的

　　surroundings n. 环境(指周围的具体的物质环境)

　　①The farmer surrounded his house and garden with a fence.

　　那个农民用一道篱笆把房子和花园围住。

　　②To some people, happiness meas they are surrounded (surround) by family and friends.

　　对于有些人来说，幸福就是被家人和朋友包围着。

③(福建高考写作)Only in this way can we live in more comfortable and beautiful surroundings (surround)．