2. Using his hybrid rice framers are producing harvests twice as large as before.用他的杂交水稻种子，农民种出比以前多一倍的粮食

倍数表达法：

(1)A+be+倍数+as+adj.+as+B

Asia is four times as large as Europe.

(2)A+be+倍数+比较级+than+B：

Asia is three times larger than Europe.

(3)A+be+倍数+(由某些形容词变化来的)名词+of+B

Asia is four times the size of Europe.

考点例题：

The meeting room is __________________________________________(四倍大)as our classroom.

1. Wishing for things, however, cost nothing.然而，愿望是不花本钱的。

wishing for things为动词的-ing形式做主语.动词的-ing形式由动词原形+ing构成，如：

Collecting information is very important to businessmen.

Learning a foreign language is very useful to me.

to do 也可以作主语，但是表示一个具体的特定的动作，而doing更强调一个抽象的平常的动作。

________________________ basketball is very popular with boys in our school.

________________________ basketball is what I want to do this afternoon.

7. deal with 与do with处理；对待

________ can they deal with waste water in this way?

_________ should do with the problem?

6. pick up捡起，(用车)接某人，学会(语言)，接收(节目)，(无意)获得

She soon picked up French when she went to live in France.

5. bump into (=knock into)碰撞；偶然碰到　 _K^S*5U.C#

He bumped/knocked into his teacher in the street yesterday.

4. refer to指的是提到，查阅

When I said some people are stupid, I wasn’t referring to you.

I don’t know the word. I have to refer to a dictionary.

3. be satisfied with对……表示满足或满意=be content with

You’ve done well at school. I am really satisfied with you.

2. supply…to　 提供……给……

The media supplies a lot of information to us every day.

拓展：

supply sth. to sb. = supply sb. with sth. = sth. be supplied to do

the water supply供水

in short supply供应不足

1. lead a …life过着……的生活

If the operation succeeds, the patient will be able to lead a normal life.

4. would rather宁愿，宁可

He’d rather work in the countryside.

Jane would rather stay at home than go to such parties.

试翻译：他情愿饿死也不愿意在大街上乞讨食物.

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(1)would rather…than…是一惯用句式，表示“宁可(愿)……(而)不要(愿)……

(2)would rather+从句时，从句要用虚拟语气，用动词的过去时表示，如：_K^S*5U.C#

I would rather you didn’t go to Tom’s party tomorrow evening.

考点例题：

---Would you mind my smoking?　 ---I would rather　 _____.

A. you don’t　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. you didn’t　　

He _____________________(rather) walk home _____________ take a bus.