85. I prefer to live in the country rather than live in the city.

我寧愿住在農村，而不愿住在城市。

其實，這個句子也可以是：

I prefer to live in the country rather than living in the city.

當然，也可以是：

I prefer to live in the country rather than in the city.

經典句型解析：prefer to……rather than+do或doing

在許多種表達“寧愿……而不愿，與其……不如”句型中，今天只講解prefer to……rather than+do或doing，許多人肯定會驚掉了下巴，在各種語法上都是說：prefer to do……rather than+do啊，怎么后面rather than也可以接doing呢?是得，得確可以，只是被許多標準化考試所不知道而已。大家如果只是應付考試，還是以rather than后接動詞原形為妙，因為根本沒有機會和那個愚蠢得出題者理論啊。請看例句加以學習融會貫通：

Airlines would prefer to update rather than retrain crews.

航空公司更愿意換新員工而不是對舊員工重新進行培訓。

I prefer to take a train to Beijing rather than fly there.

我寧愿乘火車去北京，而不愿意乘飛機去那。

I prefer to do housework rather than sit there doing nothing.

我寧愿做家務也不愿坐在那里無所事事。

I prefer to swim rather than skating.

我喜歡游泳而不喜歡滑冰。

I prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than go outside.

與到外面去玩比起來， 我更喜歡在家里度周末。

I prefer to live in England rather than go abroad.

我寧可住在英格蘭，不想出國。或是譯為：與出國對比，我寧可住在英格蘭。

I prefer to see animals in their natural surroundings rather than in zoos.

我比較喜愛看見在環境下得小動物,而不是在小動物園里。

其實：prefer to do……rather than+do或doing都是正確用法：

I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than drive/driving all the way to your mother’s.

我寧愿在家里度周末，而不愿開車跑那么遠得路去你母親家度周末。

I would prefer to read a poorly-written book rather than read/reading a poorly-written review of it.

我寧愿讀一本寫得不好得書，而不愿讀一篇寫得不好得關于它得書評。

所以，上述句子里得rather than后得動詞原形都可以改寫為doing形式。

所以：prefer to do A rather than do B= prefer to do A rather than doing B

另外，在這個句型里，rather than引導得部分，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.我寧愿去探個究竟，也不愿坐在這兒等待。

其正常語序句子為：

I prefer to go to find out what on earth has happened rather than sit /sitting here waiting.