in case of ….. 假如，如果發生；防備

eg：In case of fire , ring the alarm bell . 遇火警時立即按警鈴

小case ！＝a piece of cake輕松的事, 不費吹灰之力

＝ It’s a peanut （花生）

＝No sweat ！ 輕易 ＝ It’s a breeze 表示事情很簡單，很容易

＊breeze [bri:z] n.微風，輕風 vi.飄然而行

※stay on the bus 留在車上 ； stay at home呆在家裏

stay in bed 臥病在床； stay up 熬夜

※ prefer vt.更喜歡，寧願

prefer sth to sth 更喜歡前者，而不是後者

prefer doing to doing …更喜歡做前者，而不是做後者

寧願做A而不作B 、比起B更喜歡A

prefer to do rather than do…. 寧願作某事，而不願作某事（一次性的喜好）

eg：I prefer coffee to tea . 我喜歡喝咖啡而不是茶。

eg：He prefers walking to cycling . 比起騎自行車 ，他寧願步行

eg：She prefers to be alone rather than have supper with him .

比起與他吃晚飯，她寧願獨自一人

A. Exercise选择正确的词 :

1. Hurry up! You'll (lose) (miss) the bus.

2. That doorknob has come(lose)(loose). It will fall off soon.

＊ doorknob ['d :.n b] n. 門把手

3. Do you(expect)(wait for) him to change his mind?

4. If you bet on that horse you will (loose) (lose) your money.

＊ bet [bet] vt.打賭；確信 vi.打賭 n.打賭；賭注

5 . He (waited) (expected) at the street corner for over half an hour before his girlfriend arrived.

1. miss 2. loose 3 .expect 4. lose 5. waited vi (wait for)

bet on sth 就...打赌

B. Exercise ： 改写以下句子, 用It takes或It took来开头.

1. I get to the office in an hour.

→ It takes me an hour to get to the office

2. I reached Tokyo in fifteen hours.

→ It took me fifteen hours to reach Tokyo.

3. He wrote the book in six months.

→ It took him six months to write the book.

1. in the country is something he loves .

a. Traveling +ing 起名詞作用可做主語 b. Travel

c. The traveling（×） d. To traveling（×）

2. This is as far as we go. We don't go .