the coast north of Vancouver是什么意思？

■本站特約作者  劉永科

下面是人教版英語(yǔ)必修三第5單元中的一個(gè)句子：The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. 溫哥華北面的海岸上有著世界上最古老和最美麗的森林。對(duì)north of Vancouver這個(gè)短語(yǔ)，有3個(gè)問(wèn)題需要討論：

1.“north of +地點(diǎn)名詞”是個(gè)什么詞組？

2.“north of +地點(diǎn)名詞”在句子中能做什么成分？

3. north of Vancouver表示in the north of Vancouver，還是to the north of Vancouver？

第1個(gè)問(wèn)題：“north of +地點(diǎn)名詞”是一個(gè)of介詞短語(yǔ)，又在of前加了方位副詞north，構(gòu)成了一個(gè)含有副詞修飾的介詞短語(yǔ)，表示方位。例如：a railway north of the city城北的一條鐵路。類似的詞組還有：

“south of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

“east of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

“west of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

“northeast of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

“northwest of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

“southeast of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

“southwest of +地點(diǎn)名詞”

第2個(gè)問(wèn)題：“north of +地點(diǎn)名詞”，在句中可以作定語(yǔ)、表語(yǔ)和地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)。例如：

【作定語(yǔ)】

The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. 溫哥華北面的海岸上有著世界上最古老和最美麗的森林。

They lived in a village north of London.他們住在倫敦北部的一個(gè)村莊里。

All the states east of the Mississippi were connected during this decade.在這十年中，密西西比河以東的所有各州都連上了鐵路。

The little plane came down at the old airport south of the town.小飛機(jī)在城南的飛機(jī)場(chǎng)降落了。

He and Mrs. Kessler live in a big house west of here.他和克斯勒太太住在西邊的一棟大房子里。

【作表語(yǔ)】

The United States is north of the equator.美國(guó)位于赤道以北。

The lake is due north of the village.這個(gè)湖位于村莊的正北方。

Canada is north of the United States.加拿大在美國(guó)的北面。

The Olympic Stadium is north of the city centre.奧林匹克體育場(chǎng)在市中心的北部。

Behai Park is just north of the Forbidden City.北海公園就在故宮的北側(cè)。

【作地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)】

The two roads meet just north of the city.兩條馬路就在城市的北面匯合。

I live north of Seattle and work around that area quite a bit.我住在西雅圖北部，相當(dāng)多的時(shí)間在那一帶工作。

Edinburgh is a long way north of London.愛(ài)丁堡在倫敦北面很遠(yuǎn)的地方。

Lying north of the church is a girls' senior high school.位于這座教堂以北的是一所女子高中。

I do not know the address, but it's two blocks north of the hotel. 　 　我不知道地址，但地點(diǎn)是離酒店北邊兩條街的地方。

North of the equator nights are longer than days.赤道以北地區(qū)，黑夜比白天長(zhǎng)。

It is just 137 kilometres north of the equator.它位于赤道以北僅137公里。(www.hz123456.com)

The airport, he informed me, was half a mile north of the town.他告訴我飛機(jī)場(chǎng)在城區(qū)以北半英里處。

The park is about two miles north (south, east, west) of our school.公園在我校以北（以南、以東、以西）約兩英里處。

North of the equater about 61 percent of the surface is covered by water.北半球大約有百分之六十一的表面為水所覆蓋。

North of the city lies a railway.城市北邊有一條鐵路。

Just north of Germany lies the Baltic Sea.波羅的海位于德國(guó)正北面。

The hotel is situated two miles north of downtown.那家旅館位于鬧市區(qū)以北兩英里處。

第3個(gè)問(wèn)題：north of Vancouver表示in the north of Vancouver，還是to the north of Vancouver? 根據(jù)句子意思，應(yīng)該是to the north of Vancouver，因?yàn)楹０妒恰霸跍馗缛A市區(qū)外的北部”，而in the north of Vancouver則是“在溫哥華市區(qū)內(nèi)的北部”。此外，方位詞前有了介詞還需要加定冠詞the。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，“north (south, east, west) of +地點(diǎn)名詞”表示“在該地點(diǎn)名詞的外部”，等于“to the north (south, east, west) of +地點(diǎn)名詞”。若表示在該地點(diǎn)名詞的內(nèi)部，則用“in the the north (south, east, west) of+地點(diǎn)名詞”。　　

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