一、不定冠詞的用法
1、指人或事物的某一種類(泛指)。這是不定冠詞a (an)的基本用法。如:She is a girl. I am a teacher. Please pass me an apple.
2、指某人或某物,但不具體說明何人或何物。如:He borrowed a story-book from the library. A Wang is looking for you. 一位姓王的同志正在找你。
3、表示數(shù)量,有“一”的意思,但數(shù)的概念沒有one強(qiáng)烈。如: I have a mouth, a nose and two eyes.
4、用于某些固定詞組中。如:a bit, a few, a little, a lot of, a piece of, a cup of, a glass of, a pile of, a pair of, have a good time, for a while, for a long time等。
5、用在抽象名詞前,表具體的介紹——a + 抽象名詞,起具體化的作用。如: This little girl is a joy to her parents. 這女孩對她父母來說是一個樂趣。 It is a pleasure to talk with you. 跟您交談?wù)媸且患淇斓氖虑椤?It is an honour to me to attend the meeting. 參加這個會,對我來說是一種榮譽(yù)。
二、定冠詞的用法:
1、特指某(些)人或某(些)事物。這是定冠詞the的基本用法。如: Beijing is the capital of China. The pen on the desk is mine.
2、指談話雙方都知道的人或事物。如: Where is the teacher? Open the window, please.
3、指上文提過的人或事物(第二次出現(xiàn))。如: There was a chair by the window. On the chair sat a young woman with a baby in her arms. The baby was thin.
4、用在世界上獨(dú)一無二的事物前。如:the earth, the moon, the sun。
5、用在序數(shù)詞和形容詞級前。(副詞級前的定冠詞可省略)如: He is always the first to come to school. Bob is the tallest in his class.
6、用在某些專有名詞前(由普通名詞構(gòu)成的專用名詞)。如:the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Science Museum, the Children’s Palace, the Party等。
7、用在一些習(xí)慣用語中。如:on the day, in the morning (afternoon, evening), the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, the next year, by the way等。
8、用在江河湖海、山脈前。如:the Yellow River, the Pacific Ocean, the Alps, the Himalayas
9、用在報刊、雜志前。如:the People’s Daily, the Evening Paper, the Times 泰晤士報
10、表示某一家人要加定冠詞。如: The Browns are at home to receive visitors today. 布朗一家今天要接待客人。
11、用在形容詞前,表某一類人。如:the poor, the wounded, the living, the dead, the rich, the sick等。
12、定冠詞可以表示一事物內(nèi)部的某處。如: The driver always sits in the front of the bus(car).
三、零冠詞(即不用冠詞):
1、專用名詞和不可數(shù)名詞前。如:China, America, Grade One, Class Two, milk, oil, water, paper, science等。
2、名詞前已有作定語用的this, that, my, your, some, any等代詞。如: Go down this street.
3、復(fù)數(shù)名詞表示一類人或事物時。如: We are students. I like reading stories.
4、節(jié)日、日期、月份、季節(jié)前。如:Teachers’ Day, Children’s Day, National Day, in summer, in July等。 Today is New Year’s Day. It is Sunday. March 8 is Women’s Day.
5、在稱呼語或表示頭銜的名詞前,尤其作表語、賓補(bǔ)時。如: What’s the matter, Granny? We elected him monitor.
6、在某些習(xí)慣用語中的名詞前。如:at noon, at night, at first, at last, at most, at least, by bus(train, air, sea), in bed, in time, in front of, go to school, go to bed, go to college, on foot, at table, in ink, in pencil等。
7、在三餐飯和球類運(yùn)動前。如: She goes to school after breakfast every morning. We are going to play football. We usually have lunch at school.
8、科目前不加。如: We learn Chinese, maths, English and some other subjects.