【句子】

Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell曾告诉家人,他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师,而非电话的发明者。 

【解析】

的用法

1)once用作连词时,意为“一旦……就……”,用于连接时间状语从句,相当于as soon as

Once you begin to read it, you will like it.
一旦你开始读,你就会喜欢它。

2)once用作副词时,意为“曾经;一度;从前”。它是一个不确定的时间副词,其位置一般是在行为动词之前,系动词之后。

Once he lived in America, but now he lives in England.
他曾经生活在美国,但现在他生活在英国。

3)once用作副词时作“一次”、“一遍”、“一倍”

We go to the plant once a day.
我们一天去工厂一次。

【注意】

注意once用作副词时,在句中的位置不同表示的意思也不同,所以要特别注意。如:

I once went to Shanghai. 我曾经去过上海。
I went to Shanghai once. 我去过上海一次。

4)once常用短语

at once(立刻;马上) once again(再一次;又一次)

once in a while(偶尔;间或) all at once(突然)

once upon a time(很早以前;从前)

rather的用法

1)如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿……,与其……宁可……”的意思时,则可用would rather…than…或would…rather than…的句型

I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。

2)would rather…than…/would…rather than…也可以颠倒为:rather than…would…。Would(rather)和than后都接不带to的动词不定式,若选用的动词相同,那么than 后的动词可以省略。

I would rather have noodles than rice.
我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。

3)使用would rather…than…句型时要注意“平行结构”,即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组,如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。

I would rather go to work by bike than by bus.
我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。 

【练习】

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

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