成人专升本《英语》措辞备考八

冠词

二、定冠词的基本上使用方法

1.表明特殊的人或物品。

Give me the magazine.

Have you decided on the prices yet?

The book on the table is an English dictionary.

Beijing is the capital of China.

2.转述前文提及的人或物品。

Last week， I saw a flim. The film is about a love story between two middle-aged people.

The old man saw a house in the field. He went into the house and found a beautiful girl sitting there and singing.

3.用以修饰词前边，意味着一类人或物品。

the poor 穷光蛋 the rich 有钱人 the wounded 负伤的人

the sick 生病的人 the beautiful 漂亮的事情 the old 老人

the young 年轻人

4.用以表明全世界*的物品的专有名词前边。

the moon， the sun， the earth

The moon moves aroud the earth.

We have friends all over the world.

Dont build castles in the air.

5.用以序数词、方位名词、修饰词与介词的**别前边，介词**别前边的the 可以省去。

January is the first month of the year.

The sun rises in the east.

Japan lies to the east of China.

Beijing lies in the north of China.

Ireland lies on the Great Britain.

At the Childrens Palace， some children learn to play the piano， others learn to play the violin.

Last week we went to the theatre.

Among the three girls she speaks English the best.

“东、南、西、北”作介词时，前边不用冠词。

We are walking south.

修饰词**别前若有物主代词，也不加定冠词。

Monday is my busiest day.

6.用以姓式的复数形式前，表明一家人或夫妇。

The Lius have moved to Guangzhou.

The Simths came to China for visit in 1996.

7.不可数名词前边一般不用定冠词，但若有约束性定语装饰，或表明特殊一部分、特殊內容时，前边要加定冠词。

Drink some water.

Is the water in the well fit for drink?

What do you think of the music?

He cant take the advice his mother gives him.