一:定冠词的习惯用法:
①某家人或某夫妇一般用the+复数。如:the Smiths
②表示整个民族或族人一般加the。如 the Chinese/English
③少数山脉群岛也不用the。如Mount Tai。如名词中有of短语则一般有the.如:the Mountain of seven sighs.
④中国的湖泊一般加 the。如:the West Lake.
R>⑤the+adj表示类别。如:therich.
⑥年代,年龄的约数前常用the。如:in the 1950s,in his teens.
⑦表计量单位用the含有“每”、“每一”
It sells at two dollars the pound.
It sells 16 dollars to the pound.
John is paid by the hour.
⑧下列结构中的冠词。
-have+the+抽象名词+to do sth = be so +adj+ as todo sth
如:He has the politeness/kindness to say hello to me.
=He is so polite/kind as to say hello to me.
不用冠词的场合
抽象、物质、专有名,代词基数用作限定;
泛指节假季节星期几,球棋、呼语与餐名;
刊物、公告与标题,普通名词并列紧相邻;
唯一职位,学科与语种,洲、国、省、市、县街路名。
上述口诀用心牢记,并结合下列说明予以理解
①抽象、物质名词和专有名词一般无冠词,但物质名词、抽象名词具体化,或专有名词泛指时,常用不定冠词,例:
a Mr Wang/a climb/a swim.
for a while/in a hurry/a fire Here is a life of struggle.
Physics is a science. There was a heavy rain last night.等抽象名词受of短语修饰或上下文已予限定,用the.
如:the science of speech sounds 语音学
the music of the film, do me the favor to do sth.
②代数词、基数词作前置定词,不用冠词。
③泛指的节假日、季节、星期前不用冠词。但是季节名词表特定时间或受of知识修饰时用the.如:in thewinter of 1948。
有时泛指时间用a+adj+名词。如:have a hot summer.
④餐名前一般无冠词。但餐名受adj修饰时常常有a(an).特指时用the.
如:have a good supp...