Unit 3 Art and architecture
Warming up /listening / speaking
Where would you prefer to live?
prefer vt
释义：to choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value 更喜欢
结构：⑴ prefer+名词/代词/动词－ing形式（可再接＋to+另一名词/代词/动词－ing形式
例句 ①I prefer green to yellow.
对于绿色与黄色，我更喜欢绿色。
②I prefer dancing to singing.
我喜欢跳舞胜于唱歌。
⑵ prefer ＋动词不定式（可再接rather than do something）。
例句 ①They prefer to play cards rather than see such TV plays.
他们宁愿打牌也不愿看这样的电视剧。
②The hero preferred to die rather than surrender.
这位英雄宁死不屈。
⑶ prefer＋宾语＋动词不定式（作宾语补足语）。
例句 ①I should prefer you not to stay here too long.
我希望你不要在这里呆得太久了。
②Let me wash the dishes----would you prefer me to dry them?
我来洗盘子――你要我擦干盘子吗？
⑷ prefer＋that从句（从句的谓语动词should型的虚拟语气，should常省略）。
例句 ①Would you prefer that we reschedule the meeting for next week?
你是否愿意我们把会议改期到下周呢？
②She preferred that we should do it in the kitchen .
她宁愿我们在厨房做这件事。
拓展：n. preference
释义：liking for something more than something else. （与其他物较之）喜欢，偏爱
例句 ①It’s entirely a matter of preference.
这完全是个见仁见智的问题。
②A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.
老师不应偏爱任何一个学生。
考例:
Employees who have worked here for many years will give over
newcomers.
A preference B. prejudice C. promise D. preface
Key: A
What materials would you use?
material n. [U] [C]
释义：① the substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.
材料，原料
② something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort:
素材，材料
例句 ①We use high-quality raw material for our goods.
我们的产品是用优质原料制造的。
②He is not officer material.
他不是当官的材料。
③He is collecting material for a book.
他正在搜集素材（资料）写书。
④She’s collecting material for a newspaper article.
她正在搜集素材在报纸上发表文章。
Amy and Danny want to buy some furniture for their new home.
furniture: n. [U]
释义： the movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
家具
例句：①My parents gave me a piece of furniture as the present of my wedding.
我的父母送我一件家具作为我结婚的礼物.
② They booked a lot of furniture yeaterday.
他们昨天预订了许多家具。
考例： All the furniture in the room imported from England.
A. is B. are C. have been D. has been
Key: A
They visit a shop and talk with a shop assistant about their tastes and preference.
taste: n. [U] [C]
释义：①. a personal preference or liking 嗜好;个人的偏好或喜好
②． Sense by which flavour is known . 味觉
③． sensation caused in the tongue by things placed on it.
味道
例句：① She has a taste of foreign travel.
她有到国外旅游的爱好。
② I don’t like the taste of this cheese.
我不喜欢这乳酪的味道。
③My sense of taste isn't very good; I have a cold.
我的味觉不是很好，我感冒了。
考例： Pop music is loved by lots of people, but it is not everyone’s .
A. smell B. favour C. sound D. taste
Key: D
It is also convenient to live close to your work.
convenient: adj.
释义：suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs:
省力的，方便的
例句：①The dish-washer is very convenient.
这个洗碗机很方便。
②We must arrange a convenient time and place for the meeting.
我们必须安排一个合适的时间和地点开会。
结构： It is convenient for/to sb (to do..)
(做…)对…是方便的
词组：If convenient 假如方便的话
For convenience 为了..的便利
At one’s convenience 在…便利的时候
拓展： convenience n. 方便，便利
释义： the quality of being suitable to one's comfort, purposes, or needs 方便
例句 ①We bought this house for its convenience.
我们买下这所房子为的是它方便。
②When and where will it suit your convenience for our next meeting?
我们下次见面什么时候,什么地点对你方便?
考例：Come and see me whenever .
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