9A Unit2 Grammar1c.ppt

(1) Tony would rather ___ in the pool than __. A. swim; surf B. swimming; surfing C. to swim; to swim D. swim; surfing (2) When I was young, I was very quiet. I  preferred ___ at home to ___ out. A. stay; go B. to stay; go C. staying; going D. to stay; going He would rather go fishing than fly kites. I prefer coffee to tea. He prefers walking to jogging. Go over the usage of ‘would rather…than…’ and ‘prefer…to…’ 2. Make up 8 sentences with ‘would rather…than…’ or ‘prefer… to…’ buy books / buy CDs learn English / learn History listen to pop music / draw pictures live in big cities / live in small villages etc. * * WINTER Template Unit2 Colour (9A) By Chen Yonggang from No.7 Secondary School Ma’anshan, Anhui I don’t look so strong but I like sports very much. I would like to spend one hour on the sports ground every day and I like playing basketball better than football. In summer I prefer going swimming to playing computer games at home. I would rather enjoy hot sunshine than keep myself in a cool room. Self-introduction Express preferences (偏爱、更喜爱) would like to like…better…than prefer… to… would rather…than… I prefer blue to black. You prefer apples to oranges. He prefers coats to sweaters. They preferred sleeping to working. We prefer singing to dancing. Tom prefers swimming to surfing. I prefer to walk home alone. Tom preferred to think of others first. Prefer…to… Work out the rule (1) prefer A to B I prefer red to blue. (2) prefer doing A to doing B I prefer walking to taking a bus. If you only want to talk about the thing you would like to do, you can just use ‘prefer to do sth’. I prefer to walk home. watch TV listen to music weekends sports Kobe Bryant David Beckham At the clothes shop 1. I prefe