100个经典句型提高英语战力1000（No.85）
85. I prefer to live in the country rather than live in the city.
我宁愿住在农村，而不愿住在城市。
其实，这个句子也可以是：
I prefer to live in the country rather than living in the city.
当然，也可以是：
I prefer to live in the country rather than in the city.
经典句型解析：prefer to……rather than+do或doing
在许多种表达“宁愿……而不愿，与其……不如”句型中，今天只讲解prefer to……rather than+do或doing，许多人肯定会惊掉了下巴，在各种语法上都是说：prefer to do……rather than+do啊，怎么后面rather than也可以接doing呢?是的，的确可以，只是被许多标准化考试所不知道而已。大家如果只是应付考试，还是以rather than后接动词原形为妙，因为根本没有机会和那个愚蠢的出题者理论啊。请看例句加以学习融会贯通：
Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.
航空公司更愿意换新员工而不是对旧员工重新进行培训。
I prefer to take a train to Beijing rather than fly there.
我宁愿乘火车去北京，而不愿意乘飞机去那。
I prefer to do housework rather than sit there doing nothing.
我宁愿做家务也不愿坐在那里无所事事。
I prefer to swim rather than skating.
我喜欢游泳而不喜欢滑冰。
I prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than go outside.
与到外面去玩比起来， 我更喜欢在家里度周末。
I prefer to live in England rather than go abroad.
我宁可住在英格兰，不想出国。或是译为：与出国对比，我宁可住在英格兰。
I prefer to see animals in their natural surroundings rather than in zoos.
我比较喜爱看见在环境下的小动物,而不是在小动物园里。
其实：prefer to do……rather than+do或doing都是正确用法：
I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than drive/driving all the way to your mother’s.
我宁愿在家里度周末，而不愿开车跑那么远的路去你母亲家度周末。
I would prefer to read a poorly-written book rather than read/reading a poorly-written review of it.
我宁愿读一本写得不好的书，而不愿读一篇写得不好的关于它的书评。
所以，上述句子里的rather than后的动词原形都可以改写为doing形式。
所以：prefer to do A rather than do B= prefer to do A rather than doing B
另外，在这个句型里，rather than引导的部分，也可以放在句首：
Rather than sit/sitting here waiting, I prefer to go to find out what on earth has happened.我宁愿去探个究竟，也不愿坐在这儿等待。
其正常语序句子为：
I prefer to go to find out what on earth has happened rather than sit /sitting here waiting.
