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1．After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town.在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后，我继续驶往下一个城镇。

（1）表示一个大范围中的某一个地方时要用介词in：Beijing is in the north of China.北京位于中国的北部。

（2）副词on紧跟在动词后面时可以表示“向前”、“继续下去”等意义：He talked on until everybody had gone.他滔滔不绝地讲到大家都走了。

I was reading when my friend called. After he had gone, I went on to read.我朋友来看我时我正在看书。他走了以后我便继续看书。

2．I stopped and he asked me for a lift.我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。

名词lift的含义之一是“（给步行者）搭便车”、“免费搭车”：Last night, I had to walk home. No one would give me a lift.昨晚我不得不走回家。谁也不愿意让我搭车。

I was lucky today. I got a lift soon after I had left the village.我今天运气好，离开村子不久就搭上了便车。