英语中表示方位的东、西、南、北四个名词是east, west, south和north。在使用时要注意以下几点：
1. 在通常情况下，其前要加定冠词。如：
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. 太阳从东方升起，至西方落下。
Better farmlands lie in the north of the state. 肥沃的农田分布在该国北部。
The north is less expensive to live in than the south. 北方的生活费用比南方低。
Go toward the south to get to Mexico from Texas. 向南走从德克萨斯州进入墨西哥。
但是，当强调方位对比时，可以不用冠词。如：
South is opposite north on a compass. 罗盘上南与北相对。
与单词：north 相关的例句或者名人名言
Canada is located in northern North America.
加拿大位于北美洲北部。
The North Pole is at the northern part of the Earth.
北极在地球的北端。
The Atlantic Ocean lies between Europe and the North America.
大西洋位于欧洲和北美之间。
Iceland is an island that lies off the north west of Europe.
冰岛是欧洲以西隔海相望的一个岛屿。
He walked north.
他往北走去。
※The university imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively.——Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and mathematician大学提供信息，但它是富于想象力地提供信息。英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 A N
※The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and nathematician——世界的悲剧就在于有想象力又缺乏经验，而有经验的人又缺乏想象力。 英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 .A . N.
