_the_decline since the new traffic regulations came into effect. 2．devote vt.为……付出时间/努力/金钱等 (1)devote to 致力于；献身于
devote ...to (doing) sth.把……献给；把……致力于 devote oneself to 致力于；献身于；专心于 (2)devoted adj.挚爱的；忠实的
be devoted to (doing) sth.献身于(做)某事；专心致志于(做)某事 (3)devotion n．深爱；奉献
devote her spare time to playing the violin 她的业余时间用于弹钢琴 devote his life to the educational cause 他致力于教育事业 his devotion to educational cause 他对教育事业的忠诚
[基础练习]——单句语法填空
①(2017·天津卷)I feel that I've been given a second life to devote to something that is meaningful and enormous.
②He devoted himself to painting(paint), so he had absolutely no idea that it was already noon.
③From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork and devotion (devote)． [能力提升]——句式升级
普通表达：The young lady is devoted to teaching the deaf children, and she has little time to care for her own daughter.
①高级表达：Devoted_to_teaching_the_deaf_children,_the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.(过去分词作状语)
②高级表达：Devoting_herself_to_teaching_the_deaf_children,_the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.(现在分词作状语)
3．rather than 而不是
(1)rather than用于连接两个并列成分，后接名词、代词、介词(短语)、v.-ing形式及不定式。当rather than连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与它前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。
(2)“宁愿……不愿……”的表达方式： would do sth.rather than do sth. would rather do sth.than do sth. prefer to do sth.rather than do sth. (3)or rather 更确切地说
other than 除……之外(常用于否定句中) more than 超过，多于；很，非常
learn to appreciate life rather than to judge everything so harshly 学会了感恩生活而不是刻薄地评判每一件事
very late on Friday night, or rather, early Saturday morning 星期五晚上很晚，更确切地说是在星期六凌晨
[基础练习]——单句语法填空
①Facing up to your problems rather than running(run) away from them is the best approach to working things out.
②The truth is that the driver, rather than the passers-by is(be) to blame for the accident.
③The form cannot be signed by anyone other than yourself. [能力提升]——一句多译
孩子们宁愿骑自行车到乡下去，也不愿整天待在家里。
①The children would_cycle_to_the_countryside_rather_than_stay_indoors all day.(would do...rather than do...)
②The children prefer_to_cycle_to_the_countryside_rather_than_stay_indoors all day.(prefer to do... rather than do...)
③The children would_rather_cycle_to_the_countryside_than_stay_indoors all day.(would rather do... than do...)
4．(教材P55)My message is that it_doesn't_matter_if you're black, white, fat, thin, old and young—we're all the same, it's a great world and you can do something with your life.我想告诉大家的是，不管你是黑人还是白人，肥胖还是瘦小，年长还是年幼，这些都不重要——我们都是一样的，这是一个美妙的世界，你可以在有生之年做些事情。
[句型公式] It doesn't matter (to sb.)＋从句“……(对某人来说)没有关系/不要紧”。
(1)It matters a lot/a great deal/much＋从句 ……非常重要 It doesn't matter.(口语)没关系。 (2)as a matter of fact 实际上；事实上
What's the matter? (口语)怎么了？有什么麻烦？ to make matters worse 使情况更糟的是
[金句推送] (湖南卷)Everyone in the village is very friendly.It doesn't matter whether you have lived here for a short or a long time.这个村子的每一个人都很友好，无论你在这里住的时间短还是时间长。
[基础练习]——单句语法填空
①It doesn't matter what you wear, as long as you look neat and tidy.
②There's no reason to be disappointed.As a matter of fact, this could be rather amusing.
③The car had broken down, and to make matters worse(bad), it was beginning to rain.
[能力提升]——完成句子
你帮助别人多少并不重要，重要的是你是否愿意给一个陌生人提供帮助。
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