地图的英文

Prepositionsoflocationanddirection

Herearesomeufulwaystodescribewherethingsare.

Location

Twothingscanbenexttoeachother.(Forexample,AisnexttoBinthealphabet.)

Onethingcanbebetween(orinbetween)twootherthings.(Forexample,BisbetweenAandCin

thealphabet.)

mple,LondonisneartoOxford.

mple,Edinburgh,thecapitalofScotland,isfarfrom

London.

resittingfacetofacewithanotherperson,then

youaresittingoppositethatperson.

Ifyouareinaqueue,someonecanbebehindyou(soyouarebeforethatperson)andsomeone

canbeinfrontofyou(soyouarebehindthatperson).

mple,mycomputerisonmydesk.

mple,Ihaveamoupadundermymou.

upoffourfootballteams(teamA,teamB,teamCandteamd),

teamCarebelowteamB.

reaboveTeamB,andteamBisaboveteamC.

Ontopofmeansthatsomethingisphysicallylocatedaboveanotherthing.

Forexample,,fthe

fthebookisacupofcoffee.

Atthetopmeansthatsomethingislocatedatthehighestpoint."We'repleadthatsheisatthe

topofherclassforEnglish."

Atthebottommeansthatsomethingislocatedatthelowestpoint."We'renotpleadthatsheis

atthebottomofherclassforMaths."

Direction

Acrossmeansontheotherside."Iliveatno1,fromme(ontheothersideof

theroad)isno2,LondonRoad."

"Goacrosstheroad."(=crosstheroad)

Walkalongtheriver.(followtheriver)

Walkbytheriver.(walkneartheriver)

Walkbesidetheriver.(walknexttotheriver)

Goupthestairs.

Godownthestairs.

(Youcanalsowalkupordownaroadorstreet.)

Gothroughthetunnel.(Yougoinoneside,thenyoucomeoutontheotherside.)

Gostraighton(atacrossroadsoraroundabout).

Goroundthecorner.

Walkaroundatown.(Walkinacircle,orinarandompattern.)

Gopastsomething–walkpastsomethingsothatitthenisbehindyou.

Gooversomething–goover/crosstherailwayline.