指代词指的是什么?
when the French architect and engineer Maj_Pierre L' Enfant first began to lay out the plans for a new Federal city,he noted that Jenkin's Hill,overlooking the area,seemed to be "a pedestal waiting for a monument."It was here that the U.S. capitol would be built.其中的the area 是指的什么呢?请高手指教[em09]
