▲ 这时，常用句型为：
It will (not) be + 时间段 + before从句（从句用一般现在时态） It was (not) + 时间段 + before从句（从句用一般过去时态） 肯定形式译为“…之后才…”；否定形式译为“没过多长时间就…” Eg. It will be ten years before we meet again. It wasn’t long before he told me about it.
③ 还未来得及…就…，不等…就… He rushed out of the room before I could say a word. ④ 趁着还没有…就… I must write it down before I forget it.
5. set down vt. 记下，写下，登记；放下；让某人下车 eg. You don’t have to set down all that your teacher said. Please set yourself down. 请登记。 Set down the heavy bags and take a rest. Please set me down at the next corner.
6. a series of (+ 复数名词) 一连串，一系列，一套 eg. a series of questions/books/pictures ▲ series n. 单复数相同，作主语时，谓语动词的单复数取决于series的单复数。 Eg. There has been a series of car accidents at the crossing.
Three series of papers are handed out to the students.
7.I don’t set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do … 我不愿意像大多数人那样在日记中记流水帐……
Part 1. Warming up
1、 prefer 宁愿；更喜欢 用法：
(1) prefer + n. / pron. The boy preferred a detective story. (2) prefer + v. -ing Do you prefer living abroad?
(3) prefer + to do She prefers to live among the working people. (4) prefer sb. to do sth. She preferred him to stay at home. (5) prefer + n. / pron. / doing + to + n. / pron. / doing 喜欢……而不喜欢
I prefer the town to the country.
While he was in the office he preferred doing something to doing nothing.
(6) prefer to do...rather than do = would rather do ... than do... 宁愿……而不愿
I prefer to walk there rather than go by bus. (7) prefer + 从句(谓语动词用should do，should可省略) She preferred that he should do it in the kitchen. 2. Imagine that you plan to spend a holiday. imagine的用法
▲构词：① imagination n. [C / U] 想像，想像力，想像的事物 ② imaginative adj. 富有想像
力的
▲搭配： imagine sth / doing sth You can imagine the situation there.
I can’t imagin (my) marrying a girl of that sort.
【考例】 I can hardly imagine Peter ___across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
A. sail B. to sail C. sailing D. to have sailed
[答案与解析] C imagine后接动词的-ing形式，本句的Peter是这个动名词的逻辑主语。
Part 2. Pre-reading, reading and comprehending
1. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike
trip. 从高中起，我姐姐王维和我就一直梦想做一次伟大的自行车旅行。 (1)ever sinde从那以后
It is/has been+一段时间+since+一般过去时(从句中的动作不能延续)自从……至今已经
多久了。
eg: It’s five years since I left there. 我离开那里有五年了。 注意：在―It’s +一段时间+since从句‖，如果since 从句的谓语动词是延续性动词，那么，
它所表示的时间是从那个动作结束时起算，意为―不做。。。多久了‖。 eg: It’s five years since he smoked. 他戒烟五年了。 (2) dream about/of 梦见，梦想 2、
(1)、说服; 劝服; sb 说服某人
persuade sb. (not) to do sth. sb. into / out of doing sth.
eg：I persuaded him to do it. =I persuaded him into doing it. （2）、使相信，使信服
persuade sb of sth 使某人信服某事 persuade sb that … 使某人相信… eg：He has persuaded me of its truth.
I am persuaded that such is the fact.
persuasive adj. 有说服力的 persuasion n. 说服，信服
【注意】如果―劝说‖不服, 不能直接用persuade, 而应用try to persuade sb to do或advise sb
to do.
1. I __ him not to smoke, but he didn’t think it necessary. A.persuaded B. advised C. hoped D. suggested
2. I was able at last to ____ my mother to follow my advice. A.suggest B. advise C. persuade D. leave off
3. While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ____ into buying something they don’t really
need.
A.to persuade B. persuading C. being persuade D. be persuaded 3. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. (复习get用法，详见Unit1知识点详解）
4. It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it