地理位置面积表达

介绍地理位置（Location）

“位置”的表达

(1)

be

situated

/

located

in/on/to…

+地点名词/(方向+of+地点名词

)

(2)

be/lie

in/on/to+

地点名词/(方向

+of+地点名词)

e.g.:

Guangdong

lies

on

the

south

of

Human.

The

island

lies

off

the

East

coast.

这座岛在东海岸附近。

Shanghai

lies

in

the

east

of

China.上海位于中国的东部（在境内）。

Ireland

lies

to

the

west

of

Britain．爱尔兰位于不列颠之西。

(3)

be/lie

off

+某一地点，常为海岸等(常指水中岛屿等，意“相隔、相离”)

e.g.:

Many

islands

lie

off

China's

east

coast.

(4)

lie/be

on

the

river/

coast

of

(A地在…河畔或海滨)

e.g.:

London

lies

on

the

River

Thames.伦敦位于泰晤士河畔。

(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.城市被郊区包围着。

方向的表达：东南方：southeast西南方：southwest

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

TheMingTombsarelocatedabout50kmtothenorthwestofBeijing.天津位于北京东南120公里处。

Tiajinissituatedl20kmsoutheastofBeijing.(四)要表示方位的“偏向”时通常用by正东偏北：eastbynorth

正南偏西：southbywest

正北偏东：northbyeast

正南偏东：southbyeast如：Wearesailinginthedirectionofeastbynorth.我们正朝着正东偏北方向航行。

Theislandliessouthbyeastfromhere.那个岛位于此地的正南偏东方向。介绍面积(Area)

表示“占地面积”的句型：

(1)

……

has/

covers

an

area

of/

takes

up

...square

kilometers/

metres。

某地占地…面积。

eg:

The

small

town

covers

an

area

of

5

square

miles.

小镇占地5平方英里。

Xingjiang

takes

up

about

one-sixth

of

our

territory.新疆占我国国土的六分之一。

(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.

城镇

面积

100多平方公里

(3)

Thecity/town/school

……+

is

+

数词

+long

and

+数词

+

wide。某地多长多宽。

e.g.:

The

garden

is

30

metres

long

and

20

metres

wide.

这花园长三十米,

宽二十米。

in(to，on，at)theeastof1．要表示A在B的东部，即：A在B的范围之内时就用"AisintheeastofB"，如：JapanisintheeastofAsia.日本在亚洲东部。

ItalyisinthesouthofEurope.意大利在欧洲南部。2．如果A在B的东方，即：A在B的范围之外，且相隔有一定的距离，就用"AliestotheeastofB".口语中有时可将tothe省去。如：Japanlies(tothe)eastofChina.日本位于中国东方。

Francelies(tothe)eastofEngland.法国位于英国东方。3．如果A在B的东边（侧），即：A与B相邻接。就用"AisontheeastofB".如：GuangdongisonthesouthofHunan.广东在湖南南边。

ShangdongisonthenorthofJiangsu.山东在江苏北边。4．如果把方位词当作一个整体看，或是看成一点，就用"AisattheeastofB"如:Therewasabig

battleatthenorthoftheLiaodongPeninsula.

在辽东半岛的北边有一场大战。5．如果要表示“A位于B东面100公里处”时我们既可以说"Aliesl00kmtotheeastofB"，也可以说"Alies100kmeastofB".后者在美国口语中更为常见。如：Theplanecrashed30milessouthofthecity.飞机在离城南30英里处坠毁。

Suzhoulies50milestothewestofShanghai.苏州位于上海西面50英里处。

2.

“方向”的表达

(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”的表达

political/commercial/cultural

centre,

the

capital

of,

the

(second)

largest…..in

China/

in

the

world

二）介绍人口(Population)

1.

询问“人口”：

What’s

the

population

of

+

某地?

这个国家有多少人口?

2.

表述“人口”的数量：

(1)

The

city

has

a

large/

small

population

(of

…)

某地人口众多/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.

这个县的农村人口为40万。

(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)

数词+

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农民。

【Practice】

这个村子有5000人,

大多数人为渔民。The

village

has

a

population

of

5000,

most

of

whom

are

fishermen.

中国人口众多，有十三多亿人口。China

has

a

large

population

of

1,300,000,000.

Australia

has

a

population

of

about

20

million.

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