【问】In front of the picture is the figure of a man.
 标准答案规定(A)为错误，应改为in the front。请问in front of与in the front of有何区别?
 【答】 在in the front of A结构里，the front是A的不可分割的组成部分，因此应译为“A的前面部分”，如the front of the book意为“本书的前面部分”，the front of the car意为“这辆汽车的前部”;而在in front of A结构里，in front of相当于before，因此，应译为“在A的前面”、“在A的面前”。请考察下面的例子及其汉译法：
 1. The introduction is always in the front of the book. (MD)
 导言总是放在书的前部。
 2. In the front of the picture is the figure of a man. (LDCE)
 在这张照片的前部是一位男士。
 3. He’s sitting in the front of the car with the driver. (LCED)
 他跟司机坐在车子的前部。
 4. I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. (New Concept Eng-
 lish，Book 2，L.50)
 我坐在汽车的前部以便观看乡村的景色。
 5. We couldn’t read the notice on the board because several people were standing in frontof it. (LDCE)
 我们看不到布告牌上的公告，因有几个人正站在它前面。
 6. Would you like to sit in front of us? (CGEL)
 请你坐在我们的前面好吗?
 7. A gay and noisy crowd was gathered in front of the Learning Tower of Pisa. (CollegeEnglish，Book 3，P. 50)
 在比萨斜塔的前面集聚了欢欣喧闹的人群。
 8. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you.(New ConceptEnglish，Book 2，L. 69)
 现在我们假设一个小孩突然在你面前穿过马路。
 9. Please don't swear in front of the children. (LDCE)
 请不要当孩子们的面说脏话。
 10. A car was drawing up in front of the house…(EED)
 一辆汽车正要停在房子的前面……
 11. There was a man standing in front of me. (EED)
 有一个人站在我的面前。
 12. At that moment two girls passed in front of me. (Mis)
 这个时候有两个姑娘在我面前走过去。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 There was a big car____.
 A. in front of the his B. in front of his C. in the front of the his D. in thefront of his