area/ district 的区别1、area/ district（1）area 表示 “地区、区域”，是普通用词，暗示一个较大的，可能是没有清楚界限的地区，不能用来指行政上的地理单位。如：The old man lives in a mountain area.这位老人生活在山东。This is a less developed area.这是个欠发达地区。Most of the large land areas are connected.多数大块陆地是相连的。（2）district 表示“区、地区、区域”，指为行政管理或选举之目的所分的区。在同一城市，各种性质不同的区域也叫 district。如：Where is the Distr ict of Columbia?哥伦比亚特区在什么地方？The old man used to work in the jin-Cha-Ji Military District.那位老人曾经在晋察冀军区工作。The northeast part of the city is the residential district.这城市的东北部是住宅区。2、take…in one’s arms该结构意为“拥抱”。如：He went into classroom, taking some books in his arms.As a child….:As/When he was a child…，小的时候，该句型中的 as 为连词，意为“在……的时候”，引导时间状语从句。当从句与主句主语一致，且从句谓语为 be 时，可将从句主语及 be 省略。①Even as(he was)a student,Professor Smith showed great interest in maths.甚至上学的时候，史密斯教授对数学就很感兴趣。②As(he was)a boy,he liked playing table tennis with the grown-ups.小时候，他就喜欢和大人们打乒乓球。3、resultas a result 作为结果，结果（发生某情况），可置于句首，也可置于句末She got up very early. As a result, she was able to catch the early bus.她起得很早，因此她赶上了早班车。He has won the game. He is in high spirits as a result. 他赢了比赛，所以他精神高昂。He runs every day .As a result , he has lost weight .他每天跑步，结果他减肥了。as a result of 作为……的结果，as a result of……的结果是As a result of exercise , he has built up his health. The flight was de layed as a result of typhoon .该次班机因台风而延误result in = lead to 导致，造成……结果，如：Hard work results in success.努力终归成功。(= Success results from hard work.成功来自努力) Hard work results in success. 勤奋才会成功。result from 由……产生的结果，如：Success results from hard work. 成功来自勤奋。His illness resulted from overwork. 他的病起因于操劳过渡。
