1. 認識這個詞(基礎篇)
詞:be home to
英英釋義:be the place where something or someone is located
例句:Zhongguancun is home to about 9,000 hi-tech companies.
2. 體會這個詞 (進階篇)
我們都熟悉“home”的意思是“家”,be home to 常用來表示“某人或某物的所在地”,“某地擁有”,比如“中國有十四億人”就可以說成“China is home to 1.4 billion people”。home 的這種用法是一個常見的、經(jīng)常被忽略的好用表達。
當我們介紹一個地區(qū)的特色時,就可以用到 be home to。注意這里的 home 不可數(shù),只能用單數(shù)形式。比如中國的黑龍江省大慶市是中國的石油之城,我們介紹的時候就可以說:
Daqing is home to China’s largest oil reserves.
北京有 7 處歷史文化遺產(chǎn)入選聯(lián)合國教科文組織頒布的“世界文化遺產(chǎn)名錄”,我們就可以說:
Beijing is home to seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
北京的中關村有近 9000 家高科技公司,我們就可以說:
Zhongguancun is home to about 9,000 hi-tech companies.
《衛(wèi)報》在報道中國科幻電影《流浪地球》時說:
China is already home to a thriving science and speculative fiction literary scene.
《經(jīng)濟學人》在提到加州的教育改革時說:
Since California is home to around one in eight American children aged five and under, and also has the nation’s highest poverty rate, what happens there matters a great deal.
3. 從認識到會用(作業(yè))
1)翻譯下面的句子:
埃塞爾比亞有 80 多個民族。
Ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic groups.
(參考翻譯:Ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic groups.)
2)結合自己的生活、學習、工作、興趣等,想象在什么語境下會用到這個表達。先簡要描述這個場景,再造句。
場景: 江南是魚米之鄉(xiāng)。
造句:Jiangnan, Canal Towns in South of the Yangtze is home to abundant fish and rice.