下面是2013年浙江杭州的一道中考英语试题:
Hangzhou is _________ to hundreds of foreign friends who are working and studying here.
A. home B. house C. family D. room
本题答案为A,选对答案并不是太难。但其中有一个搭配,不太明白。这里的home后面为什么用介词to而不用介词of呢?另外,home前为什么不用冠词呢?请专家老师分析指导,谢谢!
黎老师:
is home to李老师:
英国柯林斯出版公司编著《柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典》(柯克尔等译)(外语教学与研究出版社 2011年7月第1版)P1267: home 8. N-SING
Ifyou refer to the home of something,you mean the place where it began or where it is most typical found. 发源地;发祥地;产地;生息地
This south-west region of France is the home of claret.法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。
x老师:
be the home of = be home to