冀教版英语必修3 Unit7 New Waves of Technology PPT1.ppt

Nouns and the use of the AS you know,nouns can be divieded into two major types: Common nouns and proper nouns. Let’s look at how we how we use the article the in relation to proper nouns. A proper noun represents a specific thing.it is usually capitalized.There are many proper nouns,including China,the Picaso of China,Xiang tan,HongKong,Peking University,The National People’s Congress etc. As we can see from the above,the article the is used before some proper nouns,but not before others.For exzample,the article the is not used before the proper noun China.But it is used before the proper noun people’s Repulic of China.When should we use the article the and when should it not be used? In general, the is not used before a proper noun. Examples: Qibaishi,Chunjun,Hunan Province,Guangzhou,Nanjing,Tokyo,Japan,Paris,Japanese;Chinese; In the following cases,however,the should be used 1 Names of mountain ranges and groups of islands. Examples: The Rocky Mountainsthe Rockies,the Alps,the TianshanMountain; the Philippines;the Himalayas. Please if we are talking about an individual mountain or island,the is not used Examples: Mount Tai,Christmas Island,Mount Emei 2 Names of rivers ,seas,and oceans. Examples: The Changjiang Riverthe Yangtze River,the Yellow River,the Thames,the Atlantic,the Pacific,the Red Sea,the Suez Canal. 3 Names of straits and bays Examples: The Taiwan Straits,the Gulf of Mexico,the English Channel 4 Proper nouns that are composed of common nouns along with proper nouns. Examples: A names of countries:the People’s Republic of China,the United Kingdom,the United States of America. B names of some organizations:the United nations,the National people’s Congress,the State DepartmentUSA,the Ministry of Education,the World Bank C names of some historical sites and buildings: the Great Wall,the Great Hall of the People,the World Trade Centre. D names of newspapers:the people’s Daily; the Guangming Daily,the New York Times,the Globe and Mail ,the Times,the Was