Would rather和prefer都表示偏爱。虽然它们有相似的意思，但它们的用法不同。一、选择正确的选项来完成下列的句子1. I prefer brown sugar _____ (to, than, that) white sugar.2. I don't want to go out. I'd rather _____ (to stay, staying, stay) home.3. I like trekking [ˈtrekɪŋ] in the mountains, but I prefer _____ (lying, lie, to lying) on a sandy beach.4. I'd rather go in December _____ (that, than, to) in May.5. I'd rather come with you _____ (than stay, than staying, to stay) here alone.6. I prefer travelling by bus _____ (rather than travel, to travelling, to travel) by train.7. I usually have tea, but today I'd prefer _____ (to have, having, have) coffee, please.8. I'd prefer to read for a while _____ (that watch, to watch, rather than watch) TV.9. I'd rather you _____ (to stay, stay, stayed) here with me and the kids.10 .She _____ (rather, would rather, would prefer) to stay in a hotel.
二、答案、参考翻译及解析1. to我喜欢红糖胜过白糖。解析：prefer A to/rather than B 表示比起 B 更喜欢 A，没有 prefer A than B 的结构，所以选 to.2. stay我不想出去。我宁愿呆在家里。解析：would rather 后面接不带 to 不定式，所以选 stay.3. lying我喜欢在山上徒步旅行，但我更喜欢正确地躺在沙滩上。解析：prefer 后面涉及的不定式或动名词的格式有：prefer to do sth 或 prefer doing sth，所以选 lying.4. than我宁愿12月份去也不愿5月份去。解析：在陈述句中，would rather 常与 than 连用，用于在两个特定的动作中做出选择；在一般疑问句中常与 or 连用，用来询问别人的选择，所以只选 than.5. than stay我宁愿和你一起去也不愿一个人呆在这里。解析：同题4，不管与 than 或 or 搭配，would rather 后面直接动词时，只有一种形式，那就是不带 to 不定式，所以选 than stay.6. to travelling我宁愿坐公共汽车也不愿坐火车。解析：同题3，prefer A to/rather than B 中的 A 与 B 是对等的成分，也就是要么全是动名词，要么全是不定式，所以选 to travelling.7. to have我通常喝茶，但今天我更喜欢喝咖啡。解析：同题2，would rather 后面直接接动词时，只用不带 to 不定式，所以选 to have.8. rather than watch我宁愿读一会儿书也不愿看电视。解析：当 prefer/would prefer 要表达宁愿做某事也不愿做另外一件事时，用 rather than 引入另一件不愿意做的事，rather than 后面接不带 to 不定式，9. stayed我宁愿你和我还有孩子们待在这里。解析：Would rather 也用来表达一个人宁愿另一个人做什么，这种结构类似于非真实条件句，对已经发生的事情表示遗憾或后悔，格式是：would rather sb + 过去时或过去完成时，所以选 stayed.10. would prefer她宁愿住在旅馆里。解析：从后半句的不定式 to stay，可以看出只能用 would prefer，因为 rather 是副词，不能单独直接置于不定式前，would rather 后面跟的是不带 to 不定式。
