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冠詞(Article):在名詞之前對名詞起限制作用的一種虛詞。
一、冠詞的分類
1, 不定冠詞:沒說是哪一個,不特指時用a或an。
We tooka taxito Huizhou yesterday.
I wrote my phone number onan envelope.
A horseis smaller thanan elephant.
2, 定冠詞:特指上文提到過的或談話雙方都知道的人或事物,用the。
Is this the book that you are looking for?
She was at home in the garden.
I like the present that I got from mum yesterday.
二、不定冠詞的用法
1, 輔音因素前面用a,如:
a day、a ruler、a computer、a bag,a table;
2, 元音因素前面用an,如:
an aspirin、an egg、an igloo、an orange、an umbrella;
an apricot tree、an eagle、an ID card、an old photo、auniform;
3, 在單獨的一個字母前不定冠詞的用法:
There is an“f”in the word fox.
Mr. Li has one fox,在這句話中的任何一個字母前都需要用an. 如:
There is a "u" and an "s" in the word "use".
三、定冠詞的用法
1. 除知道是哪一個外,當所談?wù)摰氖挛镏挥幸粋€時,用the,如:
The earth goes around the sun.
Man travelled to the moon many years ago.
2, the的讀法。如:
出現(xiàn)在輔音字母前,the讀[e?],如the cup,the paper;
出現(xiàn)在元音字母前,the讀[ei],如 the aspirin,the egg;