<例句>
One of my friends is still in hospital.
我的一個朋友還住在醫(yī)院里。
<語法分析>
個體名詞如school, prison, market, hospital, bed, class和court等直接位于某些介詞后,當表示該名詞的深層意義時,不用冠詞。當bike, car, bus, train, boat, ship和plane等詞與by連用,表示一種交通手段時,不用冠詞,但是當這些名詞特指某一種交通工具時,則要與冠詞連用。在月份、星期、季節(jié)、三餐等的名詞前,通常不加冠詞,如有描繪性修飾語時,可加冠詞。兩個名詞各指不同的人、事和概念時,要用冠詞。兩個名詞如指同一個人、同一物時,后一個名詞可不用冠詞。
<觸類旁通>
(1) She has gone to market.
她去市場了。
語法分析:個體名詞前不用冠詞。
(2) I go to work by bike.
我騎車去上班。
語法分析:當bike, car, bus, train, boat, ship和plane等詞與by連用,表示一種交通手段時,不用冠詞。
(3) She went out on a bike.
她騎一輛車子出去了。
語法分析:當這些名詞特指一種交通工具時,則要與冠詞連用。
(4) Summer comes after spring.
春去夏來。
語法分析:季節(jié)名詞前一般不用冠詞。
(5) He came to that place in the auturn of 1990.
他1990年秋天去過那個地方。
語法分析:如果有限定詞修飾或表示一般特定的時間,則需要用定冠詞。
(6) This road winds its way from west to east.
這條路自西向東蜿蜒而行。
語法分析:在并列使用的兩個名詞前,常省掉冠詞。
(7) They are the students of our school.
他們是我們學校的全體學生。
語法分析:在復數(shù)名詞或數(shù)詞前用the強調(diào)全體,不用則強調(diào)部分。
(8) She raises a black and a white dog.
她養(yǎng)了一只黑狗和一只白狗。
語法分析:兩個形容詞都有冠詞,后面的名詞為單數(shù),表示兩個不同的事物,如后一個形容詞沒有冠詞,則指一物。
<鞏固練習>
1. ______ water in th wet clothes is being burned into vapor.
2. She is in ______ first year class.
3. After the school I returned home on _____ 9:20 train.
4. Our school was completed in _____ October of 2000.
5. We had ______ terribly cold winter last year.
6. _____ breakfast I had last morning was very nice.
7. She came first in ______ race.
8. She sang and played _____ piano.
9. My brother went to see ______ film yesterday evening.
10. I listen to ______ radio every morning.
11. Turn on ______ TV please.
12. ______ square has four sides.
13. I cannot finish the task in so short _____ time.
14. Brave _____ man though he is, he trembles at the sight of snakes.
<參考答案>
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