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1.Which kind of transport do you prefer to use:bus or train?(P17)
你更喜欢哪种交通工具,公交车还是火车?
(1)transport n. & vt.运输,运送
I normally travel by public transport.
我出门通常乘坐公共交通工具。
A helicopter was used to transport the wounded.
一架直升飞机被用来运送伤员。
①transport...(from...)to...把……(从……)运到……
②transportation(美)=transport(英)运输,交通工具
It took all day to transport the furniture to the new apartment.把家具搬到新居用了整整一天。
transport / traffic辨析
transport 作“交通”讲时,实指运输工具。
traffic 作“交通”讲时,指街上的行人、车马,着重指数量的多少。故在“交通拥挤,交通事故”中,“交通”都用traffic一词。
trans为前缀,意为“进入另一处或状态”。例如:
translate v.翻译
transplant v.移植;移栽
transfer v.转移
transform v.把……转换成;变换
选词填空:transport,traffic
①My husband is using my car,so I have no means of ________.
②________is interrupted in many places.
③We ran out of gas right in the middle of the main street and blocked ________.
【答案】 ①transport ②Traffic ③traffic
(2)prefer vt.更喜欢;选择某事物(而不选择其他事物);宁愿
Of the two opinions,I prefer the former.
这两种意见中我倾向于前一种。
A/The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.