be home to
释义：be the place where something or someone is located
be home to 常用来表示“某人或某物的所在地”，“某地拥有”，比如“中国有十四亿人”就可以说成“China is home to 1.4 billion people”。home 的这种用法是一个常见的、经常被忽略的好用表达。
当我们介绍一个地区的特色时，就可以用到 be home to。注意这里的 home 不可数，只能用单数形式。
例① 中国的黑龙江省大庆市是中国的石油之城。
Daqing is home to China’s largest oil reserves.
例② 北京有 7 处历史文化遗产入选联合国教科文组织颁布的“世界文化遗产名录”。
Beijing is home to seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
例③ 北京的中关村有近 9000 家高科技公司。
Zhongguancun is home to about 9,000 hi-tech companies.
例④《卫报》在报道中国科幻电影《流浪地球》时说：
China is already home to a thriving science and speculative fiction literary scene.
例⑤《经济学人》在提到加州的教育改革时说：
Since California is home to around one in eight American children aged five and under, and also has the nation’s highest poverty rate, what happens there matters a great deal.
1. 翻译：埃塞尔比亚有 80 多个民族。
Ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic groups.
2. 造句练习
场景: 四川是大熊猫的故乡。
造句: Sichuan, a province in southwest China, is home to giant panda.
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