教学ppt课件 Unit 2 Working the land Reading.ppt

12. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more, rather than fewer troubles. 1) too much 与much too的区别 too much通常位于动词之后,修饰动词,too 做much的状语, 后面也可接名词。 She does talk too much, doesn’t she? He has too much work to do. 而much too则常用在形容词或副词之前修饰 形容词或副词。 The dress is much too long for me. 这衣服我穿太长了。 I got into the taxi and drove much too fast. 我上了出租车, 并开得飞快。 2) rather than 而不是 Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to Beijing. 要去北京的是玛丽, 而不是她的室友们。 注意: rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。 She ran rather than walked. 她跑着而不是走着。 He is a student rather than a worker. 他是学生, 不是工人。? They lost some books rather than money. 他们丢了一些书, 而不是钱。 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 12. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. 1) therefore: 因此; 所以; 因而 We have a growing population and therefore we need more food.? 我们的人口在增长, 因此我们需要更多的食物。 2) equip v. 装备; 配备 常用搭配equip sb / sth with sth。如： The room is equipped with air conditioning. 这个房间装有空调设备。 They were not equipped to deal with the situation. 他们没有准备好应付这种局面。 We equip our children with a good education. 我们使孩子们受到良好的教育。 We want our son to have an education that will equip him for later life. 13. …to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. export为动词, 意为“输出, 出口; 传播, 输送”。 e.g. Africa is exporting beef to Europe. Italian food has been exported all over the world. The influence of American music has been exported to many parts of the world. [拓展] export还可以用作名词, 作不可数名词时, 意为“出口”; 作可数名词时, 意为“出口商品”, 常用作复数。如： The export of electronic equipment has risen sharply. What are the chief exports of your country? 用export的适当形式填空： In 1990, the company ________ many goods to the African countries. Corn is one