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Places in town 城里的地方
地点及其位置：place、school、hospital、bank、station、park、next to、behind、in front of、near。核心语法是 "Where is …?" 以及用地点介词回答：The bank is next to the shop。英语里动词 "is" 紧跟主语：bank + IS + next to the shop。韩语把动词放在最末，所以韩语母语者说 "The bank next to the shop is" ✗ → "The bank is next to the shop" ✓。
Dialogue
Where does "is" go? — "is" 放在哪里？
- Emma Minsu, where is the bank? 民秀，银行在哪里？
- Minsu The bank the shop next to is. 银行商店旁边在。（口误：韩语把动词放最末——英语是 "The bank is next to the shop"）
- Emma In English, "is" comes after the bank: The bank is next to the shop. 英语里 "is" 在 the bank 之后：The bank is next to the shop。
- Minsu The bank is next to the shop. 银行在商店旁边。
Dialogue
Where is everything? — 各处都在哪里？
- Minsu Emma, where is the hospital? 艾玛，医院在哪里？
- Emma It's near the station. The bank is next to it. 在车站附近。银行就在它旁边。
- Minsu And the park? Where is it? 那公园呢？它在哪里？
- Emma The park is behind the school. 公园在学校后面。
Vocabulary
- place
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noun 地方
- school
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noun 学校
- hospital
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noun 医院
- bank
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noun 银行
- station
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noun 车站
- park
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noun 公园
- next to
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preposition 在……旁边
- behind
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preposition 在……后面
- in front of
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preposition 在……前面
- near
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preposition 在……附近
Grammar
"Where is …?" 与地点词
Explanation
问某物在哪，说 "Where is" + 地点：Where is the bank? 回答时先放主语，再 IS，再地点词：The bank is next to the shop。其他地点词：behind（The park is behind the school）、in front of（The station is in front of the hospital）、near（The bank is near the park）。关键是语序：主语 + is + 地点。韩语把动词放最末（"The bank the shop next to is"），所以英语要记得把 "is" 提到主语正后面。
Examples
- Where is the bank? — It's next to the shop. 银行在哪里？——在商店旁边。
- The park is behind the school. 公园在学校后面。
- The station is in front of the hospital. 车站在医院前面。
- The bank is near my house. 银行在我家附近。
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