方位的表达方式
第一节  交通工具 “规则”
一、介词规则
(一)by条款:骑车、乘(驾)车、乘船、乘飞机可以使用介词by。
  1by 后跟"光棍"名词,即名词不加任何修饰。如:bybike/bus/car/train/ship/boat/plane。
如:She is going to the Great Wall (长城) by car/ bus.
  2by ship 可用by sea表示;by plane 可以用by air 表示。如:
  a. How long does it take by ship/sea? b. They often come back by plane/air.
(二)in/on条款:步行、骑车、乘车、乘船、乘飞机可以使用介词 in/on。
  1.步行只可用on foot。(注意:步行不用by foot)如:Sometimes I go to school on foot.
  2. 骑自行车须用介词 on :on a/ one's bike。
  3. 乘车、乘船、乘飞机可用in也可用on: in/ on a bus/train/ship/boat/plane。
  4. 乘坐小汽车应使用 in a car,不用 on a car。
  条款说明(一)
  1. "by +名词"短语,多可以用in/on 短语替换来表示"骑、乘"之意。如:
  a. His father goes to work by bike. →His father goes to work on a bike.
  b. They go to the railway station (火车站) by car. →They go to the railway station in a car.
  2. by sea,by air 是一种比较随便的口语结构,故不宜用in 短语和on短语进行改写。即:
  by sea 不可用in/on the sea 替换;by air不可用 in/on the air 替换。
  二、动词规则
  以上出行活动皆可以选择性地用动词walk, ride, take, drive 来表示。
  1. 步行用walk (to)。如:She walks home every day.
  2. 骑车用ride a bike。如:Can you ride a bike to go there?
  3. 乘车用 take a bus/train。如:I will take a bus/train to go to Beijing.
  4. 乘飞机用 fly (to ) 或 take a plane。如:We are flying to England next week.
  5. 乘(驾)小汽车用 drive a car。如:They will drive a car to go to the USA.
  条款说明(二)
  动词规则不能与介词规则相结合使用,尤其是动词walk, fly 。如:
  She walks home on foot every day. (×)
  a. She goes home on foot every day. (√)
  b. She walks home every day. (√)
  He will soon fly to London by plane/air. (×)
  a. He will soon fly to London. (√)
  b. He will soon go to London by plane/air. (√)
第二节  英语中方位的表达方式
一、in, to, on和off在方位名词前的区别
1. in表示A地在B地范围之内。如Taiwan is in the southeast of China.
2. to表示A地在B地范围之外,即二者之间有距离间隔。如:Japan lies to the east of China.
3. on表示A地与B地接壤、毗邻。如:North Korea is on the east of China.
4. off表示“离……一些距离或离……不远的海上”。如:New Zealand lies off the eastern coast of Australia.
二、 汉语里“东南西北”的先后顺序到英语里就变成了north,south,east,west;并由此有了下列中、英文表达上的差异。
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。The Ming Tombs are located about 50 km to the northwest of Beijing.天津位于北京东南120公里处。Tiajin is situated l20 km southeast of Beijing.
near, by, beside, at表示“在……附近”时的区别
1. near表示相对的近,实际距离可能还很远。如:Suzhou is near Shanghai.
2. by和beside都表示靠近,实际距离不可能很远,但beside比by更具体地表示出“在……旁边”的意思。如:He was sitting beside her.
3. at也有“在旁边”的意思,但多表示有目的的行为所处的位置,而by和beside仅表示位置关系。如:The students are sitting at the desks listening to the teacher.
at, in和on表示地点时的区别
1at表示地点:
(1)用于指较小的地方。如: I shall wait for you at the station.
(2)用于门牌号码前。如: He lives at 115 Zhongshan Road.
2in表示地点:
(1)用于指较大的地方。如: He lives in Shanghai.
(2)虽然是很小的地方,如果说话人住在那里,也可用in。商店、学校、机关等,若看作一个地点(point)用at,若看作一个场所(place)用in。如:
I met him at the post-office. I’m now working in the post-office.
3on表示地点,一般指与面或线接触,意为“在……上;在……旁”。如:
The picture was hanging on the wall. New York is on the Hudson River.
五、above, over, on, up表示“在……上”之间的区别
1 above指“……上方”,表示相对高度,不一定在正上方,其反义词为below。如:We’re fl
ying above the clouds.
2over指“在……正上方”,表示垂直上方,其反义词为under。如:The bridge is over the river.
3on表示“在……上面”,与物体表面接触,与beneath相对。
如:There is a map on the wall. The earth felt soft beneath our feet.
4、up表示动作的方向往上,反义词为down。如:Please hang the picture up.
  Do 的作用
动词do在句中的作用可以概述为四句十二字:"做"实义,助动词,替前文,强语气。
作用一:实义,动词do
do作实义动词时,有do, does, did, done, doing五种形式,还有及物、不及物之分。如:
1"做;研究;整理;完成"。如:
The old man does an hour of sport every day.She did her homework at home last night.
Mother was doing the cooking when I reached home.Have you done the exercises yet?
2"行动;工作;进展;足够"。如:
Kate does very well in her Chinese.How do you do?Well done! That will do.
作用二:助动do
do作助动词时,只有do, does, did三种形式,无词义,限用于含行为动词的一般现在时和一般过去时两种时态的否定句和疑问句中。如:
They don't have any tickets for tonight's concert.Kate stayed at home last night, didn't she?
How many books does the library have?She doesn't do the washing in the evening.
作用三:替代do
为避免动词的重复,使语言简练,常以do, does, did替代前文所用的行为动词。如:
Tom runs much faster than you do.
-Lucy, can you get some more tea, please?-Sure. I'll do it right away.
-Who broke the cup?-Mimi did.-I like bananas.-So does he.
below反义词作用四:语气do
为突出感情彩,do常用于祈使句、强调句和倒装句中,以加强语气。如:
Do be careful. Don't tell a lie.He did come. -You often go to the park.-So we do.
第三节  介词for的用法
1. 表示“当作、作为”。如: