英语学习要求我们掌握一些技巧才能在运用中应对自如。只要善于总结我们就会发现要表达一种观点可以有很多种句型可选择。我们来看看“宁愿……而不愿”有几种表达方法,请注意动词do的形式:
　　1. would rather do... than do...
　　The city is so crowded that I would rather ride a bike than drive a car to my work place.
　　这个城市如此拥挤，让我开车去上班，还不如骑自行车去（更方便）。
　　2. would do... rather than do...
　　She would stay in rather than go to see that film.
　　比起看电影，她更喜欢呆在家里。
　　3. prefer to do... rather than do...
　　I prefer to live near to my school rather than spend a lot of time traveling every day.
　　如果说要每天花大量时间在路上，我宁愿选择住在离学校近的地方。
　　4. prefer doing... to doing...
　　Granny preferswatching TV to reading because of her poor eyesight.
　　因为奶奶的视力不好，比起看书，她更愿意看电视。
　　5. It’s better to do... than to do...
　　It’s better to act the way we truly think and feel than to follow others.
　　比起效仿别人来，按自己的真实想法去做要更好些。
　　6. ...would rather/prefer that you did...
　　We’d rather/prefer that you didn’t express your opinion about this matter just yet.
　　我们宁愿刚才你没有发表意见。
　　※ 测一测※句子改错※
　　A． Tim prefers to play computer games rather than to watch TV.
　　B． I’d rather not to have told her the news.
　　C． She would rather to play a small role on the stage of real life.
　　D． I’d rather that I don’t admire him so much.
　　编辑/孙栎栎
　　
　　Keys：
　　 A. to watch→watch
　　 C. to play→play
　　 B. to have →have
　　 D. don’t→didn’t