Unit 119

To, been to, into By car / in my car

(a) To

Мы говорим go to/come to/travel to(и т.д.), когда

речь идет о местах или событиях. Например:

Мы говорим get to (однако arrive in/at -

см. Unit 118e):

- What time did you get to London/work/the party?

Мы говорим go home/come home/get home и т.д.

(без предлога):

- I'm tired. Let's go home. - What time did you get home last night?

(b) Been to

I have been to (a place)=Я побывал где-то; Я ездил

туда, но теперь я вернулся назад (см.Unit 13c):

- Have you ever been to Japan?

- I've been to Rome four times.

- Ann has never been to a football match in her life.

- Jack has got plenty of money. He has just been to the bank.

(c) Into

Go into/come into и т.д. = enter

(в комнату/в здание и т.д.):

- I opened the door and went into the room.

- Don't wait outside! Come into the house.

- The man the police were chasing ran into a shop.

- A bird flew into the room through the window.

(d) By car / in my car

Мы используем by ..., чтобы сказать, каким

образом мы путешествуем:

- `How did you go to Paris?' `By plane.'

- Tom usually goes to work by bicycle / by car / by bus / by train.

Однако, мы говорим `on foot':

- Did you come here by car or on foot?

Однако, нельзя сказать by, если Вы говорите

`my car/the train/a taxi' и т.д.

Говорят `in my car' (но не `by my car'),

`on the train' (но не `by the train').