Than做连词的用法.ppt

1、Than做连词的用法,By Ma Shuya,Page 2,Than做连词的用法,1.比,比较 She looks younger than she is.她看起来比她实际岁数显得要年轻。 He runs a lot faster than I.他跑得比我快多了。 2.(用于rather, sooner之后)与其.(宁愿.) I would rather do some reading at home than go shopping with them.与其和他们去购物,我倒宁愿留在家里读点书。,Page 3,Than做连词的用法,3.(用于else, other等之后)除了.(之外) Sh

2、e has never been to a big city other than Chicago.除芝加哥外她没有去过别的大城市。 4.(用于no sooner, scarcely, hardly之后)当,就 No sooner had we left the village than it began to rain.我们刚离开村子,天就下起雨来了。,Page 4,rather than 用法小结,rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather.than”句式，意思是“宁愿而不愿”，表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。 eg. Shed rather die

3、than lose the children. 她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。 rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是而不是；与其不如”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下：,Page 5,(1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。 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。 (2) 连接两个形容词 The sw

4、eater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。,Page 6,(3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 (4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。,Page 7,(5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to

5、 write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。 注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。,Page 8,(6) 连接两个动词 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑来的，而不是走来的。 注意：这里rather than 后用了walke

6、d，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿而不愿 ”解。,Page 9,rather than的用法,用作连词，相当于but not，意为“而不”、“不是(而是)”、“与其(不如)”，前后连接的成分应该是平行的。eg： He ran rather than walked.他不是在走而是在跑。 You are doing this for yourself rather than for others.你做这件事不是为别人而是为你自己。 It was what he meant rather than what he said.这是他的意思，而不是他说的话。

7、,Page 10,Note（rather than的用法）,1.若 rather than位于句首，其后的不定式通常不带to(也可用动名词)。如： Rather than go there by air, Id take the slowest train.我宁可乘最慢的火车去也不愿坐飞机去。 Rather than waste wasting your time doing it yourself, why dont you call in a builder?你为什么宁愿浪费时间自己去干而不去请一个包工的呢?,Page 11,Note（rather than的用法）,2.连接两个成分作主语

8、时，其谓语动词的数通常与前面一个主语保持一致。如： The teacher rather than the students is to blame.应受责备的是老师而不是学生。,Page 12,other than的用法,1.other than = except, but, apart from “除以外” There is nobody here other than me.这里除了我以外没有别人。 Someone other than your brother should be appointed manager. 应当任命一个除了你兄弟之外的人当经理。 2. other than = besides “除以外，还” English is now spoken in many countries other than England. 除英国外，其他许多国家都讲英语。,Page 13,3.other than = not, instead of, rather than “不、非、而不是” I borrowed some books other than novels. 我借了几本书，都不是