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冠词的用法 一.冠词的种类: 1. 定冠词: the 2. 不定冠词: a / an 当紧跟不定冠词之后的单词是辅音发音开头时,不定冠词应该用a, 当紧跟不定冠词之后的单词是元音发音开头时,不定冠词应该用 an.。 a + [辅音……] a wallet, a European country an + [元音 …… ] an hour, an 8-year-old boy 一般说来,冠词应放在名词或名词词组的最前面. a matter, an easy problem, a necessary action, the world, the old stone bridge, 注意:在以下六种词中,只能使用其中的一种词修饰名词: 冠词、指示代词(如:this, that, these, those)、形容词性物主代词(如:my, your, his, her等)名词所有格(如:Tom’s, the Smiths)、不定代词(如:every, each, any)以及疑问代词(如:which, what). 1. 我的一位朋友 (不能说: my a friend) a friend of mine 或 one of my friends 2.你的这两位老师 (不能说:your the two teachers) the two teachers of yours 3.哪一把伞是你的? (不能说:Which an umbrella is yours?) Which umbrella is yours? 4. 一辆这种自行车 (不能说:a this kind of bike) a bike of this kind 5.每隔几天一次 (不能说:once every a few days) once every few days 三.冠词的用法 1.a / an 表示数量 “一”,但不强调数量 “一”.如果强调数量“一”,应该用one.请比较: I have a brother. (想告诉别人: “我”有兄弟,虽然提到了 “一个”,但想强调的是 “我”不是独生子女,或想强调的是 “我”不是有姐妹.) I have only one brother. (想告诉别人: “我”并没有两个、三个兄弟.) 2.不表示数量 “一”,而是表示类别,可以在单数可数名词前加a /an. A horse runs faster than an elephant. 注意:也可以在单数可数名词前加the或在复数可数名词前不加 任何冠词表示类别.不可数名词表示类别时不加任何冠词. 例如: The horse runs faster than the elephant. Horses run faster than elephants. One can not live without air or water. 3.对于说话者特指但听话者还不知的单数可数名词(人或物),第一 次提到时,前面经常加a / an;再次提到才加the,这时,说话者和听话者都知道是特指哪一个人或物. At a science museum in Canada, you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes through your body. Last year I was lucky enough to have a chance to visit the museum. I bought a computer 3 years ago, but I have sold the computer (=it) already. 4.在形容词、现在分词或过去分词前加the可以表示一类人或物,且表示复数. the poor, the sick, the following, the wounded, the English, the French 5.在最高级副词前可以加the,也可以不加the;在最高级形容词前 一般要加the; 但是, 如果不表示 “最”, 而是表示“非常”, 则应 在最高级形容词前加 a / an, She sings (the) most beautifully in our school. Xiamen is the most beautiful city in Fujian Province. Xiamen is a most (=ve