介紹地理位置（Location）

“位置”的表達(dá)

(1)

be

situated

/

located

in/on/to…

+地點(diǎn)名詞/(方向+of+地點(diǎn)名詞

)

(2)

be/lie

in/on/to+

地點(diǎn)名詞/(方向

+of+地點(diǎn)名詞)

e.g.:

Guangdong

lies

on

the

south

of

Human.

The

island

lies

off

the

East

coast.

這座島在東海岸附近。

Shanghai

lies

in

the

east

of

China.上海位于中國的東部（在境內(nèi)）。

Ireland

lies

to

the

west

of

Britain．愛爾蘭位于不列顛之西。

(3)

be/lie

off

+某一地點(diǎn)，常為海岸等(常指水中島嶼等，意“相隔、相離”)

e.g.:

Many

islands

lie

off

China's

east

coast.

(4)

lie/be

on

the

river/

coast

of

(A地在…河畔或海濱)

e.g.:

London

lies

on

the

River

Thames.倫敦位于泰晤士河畔。

(5)

There

stands(使屹立)….

eg:

There

stands

an

old

temple

on

the

top

of

the

mountain.

(6)

be

surrounded

by/with…

eg:

The

city

is

surrounded

by

suburbs.城市被郊區(qū)包圍著。

方向的表達(dá)：東南方：southeast西南方：southwest

西北方：northwest東北方：northeast如：十三陵位于北京西北50公里處。

TheMingTombsarelocatedabout50kmtothenorthwestofBeijing.天津位于北京東南120公里處。

Tiajinissituatedl20kmsoutheastofBeijing.(四)要表示方位的“偏向”時(shí)通常用by正東偏北：eastbynorth

正南偏西：southbywest

正北偏東：northbyeast

正南偏東：southbyeast如：Wearesailinginthedirectionofeastbynorth.我們正朝著正東偏北方向航行。

Theislandliessouthbyeastfromhere.那個(gè)島位于此地的正南偏東方向。介紹面積(Area)

表示“占地面積”的句型：

(1)

……

has/

covers

an

area

of/

takes

up

...square

kilometers/

metres。

某地占地…面積。

eg:

The

small

town

covers

an

area

of

5

square

miles.

小鎮(zhèn)占地5平方英里。

Xingjiang

takes

up

about

one-sixth

of

our

territory.新疆占我國國土的六分之一。

(2)

It’s

a

city/town/school…..

with

an

area

of……square

kilometers

eg:

It’s

a

town

with

an

area

of

over

100

square

kilometers.

城鎮(zhèn)

面積

100多平方公里

(3)

Thecity/town/school

……+

is

+

數(shù)詞

+long

and

+數(shù)詞

+

wide。某地多長多寬。

e.g.:

The

garden

is

30

metres

long

and

20

metres

wide.

這花園長三十米,

寬二十米。

in(to，on，at)theeastof1．要表示A在B的東部，即：A在B的范圍之內(nèi)時(shí)就用"AisintheeastofB"，如：JapanisintheeastofAsia.日本在亞洲東部。

ItalyisinthesouthofEurope.意大利在歐洲南部。2．如果A在B的東方，即：A在B的范圍之外，且相隔有一定的距離，就用"AliestotheeastofB".口語中有時(shí)可將tothe省去。如：Japanlies(tothe)eastofChina.日本位于中國東方。

Francelies(tothe)eastofEngland.法國位于英國東方。3．如果A在B的東邊（側(cè)），即：A與B相鄰接。就用"AisontheeastofB".如：GuangdongisonthesouthofHunan.廣東在湖南南邊。

ShangdongisonthenorthofJiangsu.山東在江蘇北邊。4．如果把方位詞當(dāng)作一個(gè)整體看，或是看成一點(diǎn)，就用"AisattheeastofB"如:Therewasabig

battleatthenorthoftheLiaodongPeninsula.

在遼東半島的北邊有一場大戰(zhàn)。5．如果要表示“A位于B東面100公里處”時(shí)我們既可以說"Aliesl00kmtotheeastofB"，也可以說"Alies100kmeastofB".后者在美國口語中更為常見。如：Theplanecrashed30milessouthofthecity.飛機(jī)在離城南30英里處墜毀。

Suzhoulies50milestothewestofShanghai.蘇州位于上海西面50英里處。

2.

“方向”的表達(dá)

(1)

east,

south,

west,

north

,

northeast

,

northwest,

southeast,

eastern,

southern,

western,

northern

……

(2)

in

the

middle/centre

of

(3)

at

the

foot

of,

on

the

top

of…

(4)

To

the

east/west/north/south

of

…….

is…..

e.g.:

West

of

the

city

stands

a

tall

building.

3

“地位”的表達(dá)

political/commercial/cultural

centre,

the

capital

of,

the

(second)

largest…..in

China/

in

the

world

二）介紹人口(Population)

1.

詢問“人口”：

What’s

the

population

of

+

某地?

這個(gè)國家有多少人口?

2.

表述“人口”的數(shù)量：

(1)

The

city

has

a

large/

small

population

(of

…)

某地人口眾多/稀少(有……

人口)

e.g.:

China

has

a

large

population

of

1300

million.

(2)

The

population

of

…is…

e.g.:

The

rural

population

of

the

county

is

400,000.

這個(gè)縣的農(nóng)村人口為40萬。

(3)

The

population

increases/

decreases…

e.g.:

The

population

here

is

increasing

year

by

year/

rapidly.

(4)

The

population

has

grown

to…

(5)The

city,

with

a

population

of…,

is

…,

It

is

a

….

with

a

population

of….

e.g.:

Beijing,

the

capital

of

China,

is

a

large

city

with

a

population

of

over

12,000,000.

(6)

數(shù)詞+

percent

of

the

population

are

...百分之…的人口是…

e.g.:

Eighty

percent

of

the

population

here

are

farmers.

百分之八十的人口是農(nóng)民。

【Practice】

這個(gè)村子有5000人,

大多數(shù)人為漁民。The

village

has

a

population

of

5000,

most

of

whom

are

fishermen.

中國人口眾多，有十三多億人口。China

has

a

large

population

of

1,300,000,000.

Australia

has

a

population

of

about

20

million.

Ch