(教材P45)I would rather work for a small business than a large corporation.
我宁愿为一家小企业工作而不是一家大的公司。
【要点提炼】 句中would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是……为好”，后接动词原形，常省略为'd rather，表示优先选择的一种方式。其否定形式是would rather not do sth.。would rather没有人称和数的变化。
Mr.Li would rather not listen to rock music.
李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。
If you'd rather be alone，we'll all leave here.
如果你宁愿独自待着，那我们都离开这儿。
①如果在两者中进行取舍，表示“宁愿……而不愿……，与其……宁可……”的意思时，则可用would rather...than...或would...rather than...的句型。
②使用would rather...than...句型时要注意“平行结构”，即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组，如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。
③在疑问句式中，would rather 与would rather...than...中的would要放在主语之前。
④would rather＋从句，是一个常用的虚拟语气句型，从句谓语用一般过去时来表示现在或将来。其意为“宁愿……，还是…… 好些”“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略。在谈到过去的动作时，谓语则用过去完成时。
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。
Would you rather stay here or go home?
你愿意待在这里，还是回家？
I'd rather you didn't go out alone.
我想你还是不要一个人出门。
用动词的正确形式填空
①I'd rather (stay)at home than (go)out for a walk.
②There is an important meeting tomorrow.I'd rather he ．(come)
【答案】 ①stay；go ②came
appoint vt.任命，委派；约定；指定
(教材P46)Committee members recently appointed me their chairman and have asked me to tell you how much we all appreciate your donation.委员会最近任命我为主席，并让我代为转达我们对您慷慨捐赠的感激之情。
The company decided to appoint a new treasurer.
公司决定任命一位新财务主管。
We must appoint a day to meet again.
我们要约定好下次会面的日期。
