2. I've always preferred the book to the movie. 我一直更喜欢书，而不是电影。
【感知】(1) He prefers green tea to coke. 比起可乐，他更喜欢绿茶。
(2) Some students prefer playing basketball to swimming. 和游泳相比，一些学生更喜欢打篮球。
(3) My friends prefer to go for a walk rather than stay at home. 我的朋友们更喜欢去散步而不是待在家里。
(4) I preferred to read *A Dream of Red Mansions*. 我更喜欢读《红楼梦》。
【思考】prefer 用作动词，意为“”，相当于“like... better”，它的过去式和过去分词都是，其后可跟名词、动名词或动词不定式。
用法：
prefer sth to sth 意为“”。
prefer to do sth 意为“”。
prefer doing sth to doing sth 意为“”。
prefer to do rather than do 的意思是“”。
【运用】
(1) Yesterday the girl (prefer) sports shows to game shows.
(2) They prefer (stay) at home on a rainy day.
(3) Jackie prefers (swim) to (run).
(4) My mum prefers (cook) at home rather than (eat) outside.

思考：更喜欢；preferred；比起某物更喜欢某物；更喜欢做某事；比起做某事更喜欢做某事；宁愿做某事而不愿做某事
运用：(1) preferred (2) to stay (3) swimming；running (4) to cook；eat

3. She's grown too small to reach it. 她变得太小了，都够不到它了。
【感知】(1) The box is too heavy to carry. 这个箱子太重而不能搬动。
(2) He runs too fast to catch up with. 他跑得太快，追不上。
(3) The days grow shorter in winter. 冬天白天变得更短。
(4) Rice grows well in warm weather. 水稻在温暖天气里生长得好。
(5) Farmers grow apples on the farm. 农民在农场里种植苹果。
【思考】“too... to”意为“”，too 后跟或，后面的 to 跟。grow 作不及物动词时，意为，作及物动词，意为，它的过去式为，过去分词为。grow 作为系动词时，意为，后跟。
【运用】
(1) She was so weak that she couldn't take care of her baby. (改为同义句)
She was weak take care of her baby.
(2) The question is too hard for me (answer).
(3) She (grow) angry when she heard the news.
(4) The boy (grow) up already.

思考：太……而不能；形容词；副词；动词原形；生长；种植；grew；grown；变得；形容词
运用：(1) too；to (2) to answer (3) grew (4) has grown