꼭 기억할 핵심

여행 영어는 장소 전치사의 실전입니다: 큰 곳은 arrive in, 지점은 arrive at, 큰 탈것은 get on, 작은 차는 get in, 호텔은 stay at, 객실은 stay in.

역 승강장에서 캐리어를 들고 기다리는 여행자의 수채화
맥락이 있으면 의미가 잘 보입니다.

01Leaving: airports and stations

Arrive in London but arrive at the airport: cities and countries are containers, stations and terminals are points. Check in at the counter, wait at Gate 12, and go through security — through, because you pass inside a controlled space. Say each step of your next trip aloud with its preposition; airports are perfect rehearsal stages.

We arrived in London at midnight.

arrive in + city / country

We arrived in London at midnight.

Big places take arrive in; stations take arrive at.

02Boarding: on and in

Get on the plane, the train, the bus, and the subway — large vehicles you board. Get in the car and in the taxi — small cars that enclose you. Getting off reverses it: get off the train, get out of the taxi. Flight attendants announce it daily: we are now boarding at Gate 12, on flight 302 to Paris.

They got on the train just before it left.

get on + large vehicle

They got on the train just before it left.

Trains are boarded, so use on.

03Staying: hotels and rooms

Stay at a hotel but in Room 301: the hotel is the point on your itinerary, the room is the space around you. Sleep on the second floor — floors are surfaces — and eat in the restaurant or at the restaurant, depending on whether you mean inside the dining room or the venue as a meeting point. Same building, different pictures.

We stayed at a small hotel near the river.

stay at + hotel

We stayed at a small hotel near the river.

Hotels as itinerary points take at.

04Asking the way

Directions run on a fixed set: next to the bank, between the station and the park, opposite the museum, at the end of the street, on your left. Walk past the church, then turn left at the lights. Notice how every landmark is a point (at) and every side is a surface (on) — the whole system from the earlier guides, working in one conversation.

이제 당신 차례

연결해 보세요.

고르기 전에 상황을 먼저 읽으세요. 이유가 답만큼 중요합니다.

Name the gate as a point.
확인 문제 1

Our flight boards ? Gate 12 in ten minutes.

Name the gate as a point.

전치사를 고르고 이유를 확인하세요.

답과 해설 보기

at · Gates and counters are points: at Gate 12.

The museum sits in the middle.
확인 문제 2

The museum is ? the station and the park.

The museum sits in the middle.

전치사를 고르고 이유를 확인하세요.

답과 해설 보기

between · Between marks the middle of two landmarks.

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