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1. rather than... 是……而不是……;与其……不如……;不愿

[典例]

1). he ran rather than walked.

2).rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price与其让蔬菜烂掉，他半价把它们卖掉。

[重点用法]

do a rather than do b = rather than do b, sb. does a 某人不做b却做a a rather than b 是a而不是b

would rather do a than do b = would do a rather than do b 宁可做a而不做b prefer to do a rather than do b 最喜欢做a而不做b would rather sb. did/had done sth. 宁愿某人做某事

注意：rather than表示客观事实，它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。

2. settle down 舒适地坐下或躺下;(使)安静、安顿、安心;习惯於新的生活方式/工作等

[典例]

1). she settled down in an armchair to read her book.

2). when are you going to marry and settle down? 你什麽时候结婚过上安定生活? [短语归纳] 与settle相关的短语：

settle down to… 使某人安下心来做…… settle (down) in ... 在……定居下来

settle a dispute/an argument/an issue 解决一争端/争论/问题

3. catch sight of 看见;瞥见

[典例]

he was happy to catch sight of an eagle flying in the sky. 见到一只鹰在天上飞，他很高兴。 [短语归纳] sight短语： lose sight of 看不见;不再看见 keep sight of 使能看得到;保持看得到的距离 at (the) sight of 一看到(就)

in/within sight 可以看见;在视线内 out of sight 看不见;在视线外

have good/poor sight/eyesight 视力好/差

4. have a gift for... 对……有天赋

[典例]

1). he has a gift for music. 他有音乐天才。

2). the young man is gifted in art. 那个小伙子有艺术天赋。

[重点用法]

have a gift for (doing) sth.= have the gift to do sth. 对……有天赋;有做某事的才能 a man of excellent gifts一个非常有才华的人 a gifted/telented person 一个有天赋的、有才华的人

be gifted at doing sth./in sth. 擅长

5. in the distance 在远处;在远方

[典例]

1). we can see the mountain in the distance.

2). night fell. the hills in the distance turned dark blue. 夜色渐近，远山变成了深蓝色。 [

短语归纳]

distance短语：

at a distance隔一段距离;距离稍远一些 from a distance从远方

keep a distance别靠近

keep sb. at a distance对某人保持疏远

6. as far as 远到，直到;至于

[典例]

1). i’ ll walk with you as far as the post office.

2). i’ ve read as far as the third chapter. 我已读到第三章了。

[短语归纳]

far短语：

as/so far as sb. knows 就某人所知 as far as sb. can see/tell/ remember 就某人看来/所说/所记得

as/so far as sb/sth is concerned 就某人/事物而言 far from sth 毫不;一点也不; 远非 so far, so good. (谚) 到目前为止，一切都很顺利。

7.manage to do 设法做

[典例]

the box was heavy but he managed to carry it away.

[辨析]

manage to do try to do

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