作者：高导
1. Education was intended for white settlers only, and until very recently no school lessons were held in languages rather than English.教育只是为白人殖民者而办的,而且直到最近以前,还没有一所学校使用英语以外的语言进行教学。
1) intend...for是固定搭配,意思是"打算给(某人);打算作(某种用途)",多用于被动结构。例如:
He intended this land for his two sons.他想把这块土地分给两个儿子。
This book is intended for the students of Senior 3.该书专为高三的学生而编。
2) rather than / other than / or rather用法辨析:
① rather than"而不是",不表示主观愿望,而表示一个事实,注意rather than后的动词要和主句中的动词在形式上保持一致。例如:
He has been playing all afternoon rather than getting on with his work.他整个下午不工作,而是一直在玩。
在本单元的这个句子中, rather than相当于other than,意思是"除了......以外"。
② other than"除了......以外",通常用于否定句。例如:
You can't get there other than by swimming across the river.除了游过这条河之外,你是无法到达那里的。
③ or rather"或者",是当我们要纠正已说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切时常用的表达方式。例如:
I'll meet him, or rather I'll ask him to meet me.我要会见他,或者更确切地说,我要请他来见我。
[原题再现]
Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle.
A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride
D. to ride; riding
答案是C。
2. Having been separated from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals not found anywhere else in the world.因为与其它洲分离数百万年了,所以澳大利亚有许多动植物是世界上任何其它地方所没有的。
Having been separated from...是现在分词完成式的被动式作状语。现在分词的一般式表示的动作与句子中的谓语动词的动作同时发生,如果分词所表示的动作发生在谓语动词的动作之前,就用分词的完成式。
[原题再现]
________ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.
A. Having suffered B. Suffering C. To suffer D. Suffered
答案是A。