【语境翻译】
I'd rather not tell you everything. 我宁可不愿意告诉你全部事实。Jerry已经长大懂事了，虽然生意破产了，但是自己承受，不愿让母亲担忧。他说这句话是为母亲着想。其母亲也想分享自己儿子的痛苦烦恼，就说：Just come out and say it. 这段小小的独白可见母子情深呀。Just a few moths ago, my father was bited by a dog but he told nothing about it to me because he didn't make me worry about him. 真是可怜天下父母心呀。

【关键短语】
在Jerry话中最精彩的短语就是would rather这个短语。It's similar to saying "prefer to". Both of them means"to like one thing better than another or choose this one better than another one ". 译为：宁愿，宁可，更喜欢and so on. “Would rather” is a perfectly important phrase. Let's look at it's uses by some example sentences.

① She would rather die than give a speech. 她宁可死也不愿意做演讲。Here is sentence pattern: ssomebody would rather do something than do something, 宁可......也不....... ② Would you rather have a walk or take a bus? 你愿意走路还是愿意坐公交车？Here's a sentence pattern: Would somebody rather do something or do something? 某人愿意做这件事还是那件事？③ —— Do you mind if I smoke? —— Well, I'd rather you not. ——如果我抽烟，你介意吗？—— 嗯，最好不要抽。

Here's a sentence patter: somebody would rather somebody do something. 这个句式在给予两件事情的前提下，为别人选择做做其中一件事情。如果是否定句，则在从句中的rather后面加上not。

那么是为自己选择了，则为对话中的句式somebody would rather do something。For example: —— Do you want to come with me? —— I'd rather not(go with you). 你愿意给我走吗？—— 不想。

【视野拓展】
By the way let's look at another phrase including "rather". It is "rather than (something or somebody）" which means "instead of (something or somebody)". 译为： 而不是(某人或某物)，如果说而不是做某事，than后面接动名词，即为：rather than doing something. I , rather than you, should do this work. 应该做这事情的是我而不是你。I'll have a cold drink than coffee. 我要的是冷饮而不是咖啡。Rather than 可以放在句子中间，也就是主语和位于之间，前后用逗号都要使用逗号。再如：I , rather than plying Pipa, like to ply piano. （I like to ply piano rather than plying Pipa .） 我喜欢的是弹钢琴而不是琵琶。

【翻译习题】
Please translate the sentences into English.
1 江姐宁死不屈。

2 我倒希望立即把信件寄出。

3 你为何不向别人求助而是自己干呢？

4 宁缺毋滥。

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