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1．Which kind of transport do you prefer to use：bus or train？(P17)
你更喜欢哪种交通工具，公交车还是火车？
(1)transport n. & vt.运输，运送
I normally travel by public transport.
我出门通常乘坐公共交通工具。
A helicopter was used to transport the wounded.
一架直升飞机被用来运送伤员。
①transport...(from...)to...把……(从……)运到……
②transportation(美)＝transport(英)运输，交通工具
It took all day to transport the furniture to the new apartment.把家具搬到新居用了整整一天。
transport / traffic辨析
transport 作“交通”讲时，实指运输工具。
traffic 作“交通”讲时，指街上的行人、车马，着重指数量的多少。故在“交通拥挤，交通事故”中，“交通”都用traffic一词。
trans为前缀，意为“进入另一处或状态”。例如：
translate v．翻译
transplant v．移植；移栽
transfer v．转移
transform v．把……转换成；变换
选词填空：transport，traffic
①My husband is using my car，so I have no means of ________.
②________is interrupted in many places.
③We ran out of gas right in the middle of the main street and blocked ________.
【答案】 ①transport ②Traffic ③traffic
(2)prefer vt.更喜欢；选择某事物(而不选择其他事物)；宁愿
Of the two opinions，I prefer the former.
这两种意见中我倾向于前一种。
A/The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.
