1. 认识这个词(基础篇)
词:be home to
英英释义:be the place where something or someone is located
例句:Zhongguancun is home to about 9,000 hi-tech companies.
2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
我们都熟悉“home”的意思是“家”,be home to 常用来表示“某人或某物的所在地”,“某地拥有”,比如“中国有十四亿人”就可以说成“China is home to 1.4 billion people”。home 的这种用法是一个常见的、经常被忽略的好用表达。
当我们介绍一个地区的特色时,就可以用到 be home to。注意这里的 home 不可数,只能用单数形式。比如中国的黑龙江省大庆市是中国的石油之城,我们介绍的时候就可以说:
Daqing is home to China’s largest oil reserves.
北京有 7 处历史文化遗产入选联合国教科文组织颁布的“世界文化遗产名录”,我们就可以说:
Beijing is home to seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
北京的中关村有近 9000 家高科技公司,我们就可以说:
Zhongguancun is home to about 9,000 hi-tech companies.
《卫报》在报道中国科幻电影《流浪地球》时说:
China is already home to a thriving science and speculative fiction literary scene.
《经济学人》在提到加州的教育改革时说:
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. 从认识到会用(作业)
1)翻译下面的句子:
埃塞尔比亚有 80 多个民族。
Ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic groups.
(参考翻译:Ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic groups.)
2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。
场景: 江南是鱼米之乡。
造句:Jiangnan, Canal Towns in South of the Yangtze is home to abundant fish and rice.