Module 1
重点句型
1. Italy is in the south of Europe on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
意大利在欧洲的南端,位于地中海沿岸。
2. In terms of size and population, how big is the European Union compared with China?
与中国相比,在大小及人口方面,欧盟有多大?
3. The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people, twice as big as the population of the United States.
扩大了的欧盟人口超过5亿,相当于美国人口的两倍。
句型探究
1. Italy is in the south of Europe on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
意大利在欧洲的南端,位于地中海沿岸。
be in the south of 在……的南部(在内部)
Shenzhen is in the south of China.
深圳在中国的南方。
表示“某物在哪个方向”有以下几种表达法:
be on the south of 在……的南边(表接壤)
be to the south of 在……以南 (在外部,不接壤)
be south of 在……的南部(不指明在内还是在外),借助there 构成there be 结构。其中的 south 可根据实际情况用 west, north, east等表方位的名词替换。