[第216次聽寫]on a street vs in a street

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1 So, imagine youre standing on a street anywhere in America and a Japanese man comes up to you and says,

on a street vs in a street

美國人用on更多, 英國人用in更多

注意美國人也會用in, 但表示的常常是另外一個意思

on=在...表面, in=在...裡邊

on a street=可以是車在馬路上開, 可以是人在馬路旁邊走, 可以是電線杆在馬路旁邊立著不動

in a street=常常用於在馬路中間, 比如經常會對小盆友這樣說: Hey, dont go into the streets, ok?

這二者的區別, 也可以聯想一下on the tree vs in the tree來體會

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1 So, imagine youre standing on a street anywhere in America and a Japanese man comes up to you and says,

2 "Uh, Excuse me, what is the name of this block?"

3 And you say, "Im sorry, well, this is Oak Street, thats Elm Street. This is 26th, thats 27th."

4 He says, "OK, but what is the name of that block?"

5 You say, "Well, blocks dont have names. Streets have names.

6 blocks are just the unnamed spaces in between streets."

7 He leaves, a little confused and disappointed.

8 So, now imagine youre standing on a street, anywhere in Japan.

9 You turn to a person next to you and say,

10 "Excuse me, uh, what is the name of this street?"