三、other than的其他搭配 
① nothing other than “只是、仅仅” 
  They were given nothing other than dry bread and water for their evening meal.  
他们只得到了干面包和水作晚餐。 
② no other than “正是、恰恰是” 
  It was no other than my best friend, Mary. 这不是别人，正是我最好的朋友玛丽。 
③ no + 名词 + other than “正是……” 
  It was no other person than Mr Smith. 那人正是史密斯先生。 
④ none other than “不是别人/别的东西，正是……” 
   It was none other than Tom! We thought he was in Africa. 
不是别人而正是汤姆！我们还以为他在非洲呢！ 
【横向辐射】would rather/sooner和prefer/would prefer的区别
would rather和would sooner之间一般没有区别，但经常接触到的是would rather。如：Tom would rather /sooner read than talk． 汤姆宁可读书而不愿谈天。
 请注意
1）would rather后跟不带to的不定式+than+不带 to的不定式，而prefer后跟动名词+to+动名词。有时prefer后面也可跟名词，而在would rather之后要求只带动词原形。如：He prefers wine to beer．= He would rather drink wine than beer．
他喜欢喝红葡萄酒而不喜欢喝啤酒。
2）某些 prefer+名词的情况不能用 would rather完全确切地表达出来：He prefers dogs to cats．（他喜欢狗而不喜欢猫。）和 He would rather have dogs than cats．（他宁可养狗而不愿养猫。）很明显，这两句的意思并不完全相同。
3） would rather+不带to的不定式有时可代替 would prefer+带 to的不定式。 
I’d rather fly than go by sea．=I’d prefer to fly．我宁愿乘飞机也不愿乘船。
这两个结构后面带名词时情况也一样：
I’d prefer a coffee．=I’d rather have coffee than gin．
我想喝点咖啡。/我想喝点咖啡，不想喝杜松子酒。
4）would rather/sooner和would prefer后面都可跟完成式，但后者带to。
We went by sea but I’d rather have gone by air=I’d prefer to have gone by air．
我们是乘船去的，可我本想乘飞机去。（我愿意乘飞机去，可我的愿望未能实现。） 这和 would like+不定式的完成式有点相似，would like+带to 的不定式的完成式也表示未能实现的愿望。
【课堂变式】
It showed us that what these children need is a happy family _____money and food.
  A. instead  B. but also  C. not only  D. rather than
【解析】由句意可知，孩子们需要的是一个幸福的家庭而不是金钱和食物。other than + 名词/代词意为“而不是”。故选D

语法知识：宾语补足语
1．宾语补足语
 宾语补足语和宾语一起称为复合宾语，可作宾语补足语的有：名词，代词，形容词，副词，分词，不定式，介词短语，名词从句。
（1）We call him Jim.我们叫他吉姆。
（2）Whom do you think of me? 你以为我是谁？
（3）Please keep the room clean.请保持室内清洁。
（4）He found her out.他发现她出去了。
（5）She found the book interesting.她认为这本书很有意思。
（6）You’d better have your shoes mended.你还是请人把鞋补一补吧。
（7）Make yourselves at home.不要受拘束。
（8）We made him what he is.是我们使他成为现在这样。
 2．宾语补足语的注意事项
  1）作补语的形容词应放在宾语后，若放在前则变成了定语。
（1）We found the man honest.我们发现此人很诚实。（宾补）
（2）We found the honest man.我们发现了这个诚实的人。（定语）
 2）在动词elect, choose, make之后用作补语的名词，若是表示“身份，职位”则不带冠词。
    They elected Li Lei monitor last week.上周他们选李雷当班长。
3）有些动词后通常跟“to be＋名词或形容词短语”作补语，但to be常省去。这些动词有：think, consider, believe, imagine, suppose, see, find, feel, etc.。
   He thinks himself (to be) a clever man.他认为自己很聪明。
4）复合宾语可变为宾语从句。
   We think her a nice woman.→ We think that she is a nice woman.我们认为她是个很好的人。
5）动词let, make, have及感官动词后用不带to的不定式作补语，若变为被动语态，应将to加上。
  I saw tears come into her eyes.→ Tears were seen to come into her eyes.我看到她眼里含着泪。
6）感官动词后跟不带to的不定式或现在分词作补语，其区别在于不定式强调事实经过或动作已完成，而现在分词则强调当时情景或动作正在进行。请比较。　　
  （1）I like to hear her sing.我喜欢听她唱歌。
     I heard her singing last night.昨晚我听到她在唱歌。
  （2）I saw him cross the road and go into the hospital.我看见他走过了马路，进了医院。
       I saw him crossing the road when I looked out of the window.
       当我向窗外看时，看见他在过马路。