沪教版（初中一年级）七年级英语下册：Unit People around us（Grammar）.ppt

Unit 1 People around us（Grammar） The definite article the Using the with the verb play Read the following sentences together. Sara found an interesting photo yesterday. The photo was of her grandpa. A boy got on a train just now. The boy was fat but very friendly. An actor and a doctor got into a taxi. The actor was talking and the doctor was listening. The Sun is shining brightly. Find out when and how to use the definite article the. Rules about “the” 1 a.通常说话中初次提到的人或物的名词前用不定冠词，以后再次提到同一人或物时已明确所指的对象，具有特指意义，所以名词前面须用定冠词。 b.表示世界上独一无二的事物的名词前须用定冠词。 play the guitar play table tennis Musical instruments play the piano play the guitar play the violin play the drum *play erhu Sports play basketball play football play table tennis play badminton play baseball play tennis play volleyball play golf What are the rules behind this? Rules about “the” 2 a.表示乐器的名词前须用定冠词。例如：play the piano, play the guitar, play the violin等。 b.表示体育运动的名词前不用冠词。例如：play basketball, play football, play table tennis等。 Grammar exercise the violin football basketball the piano tennis the guitar Can you pronounce in a sentence correctly? the banana the apple the dog the elephant the university the umbrella the noisy boy the imporant person Rules about “the” 3 a.定冠词the在元音音素前发/ði:/或 /ði/ ；在辅音音素前发/ðə/。判断一个单词是以元音开头还是以辅音开头，应根据音标而不是元音字母 a, e, i, o, u。 b. 同时，不定冠词a和an的发音也遵循这条规则，即a用在以辅音音素开头的单词前，读作/ə/，只有强调时才读作/ei/。 an用在以元音音素开头的单词前，一般读作/ən/，只有强调时才读作/æn/ 。 Using the with a phrase to describe a particular person or thing. Make sentences with “the” to describe people and things in the classroom. For example: The woman in green is the teacher. The boy in red is from China. The 名词 介词短语 动词 其他部分 The pencil on the table is short. The book about dinosaurs has interesting pictures. The boy with short hair sings really well. The hole in the road is dangerous. We can conclude that: In pairs, talk about the people in the pictures below. Use the words in brackets to help you. Add the if necessary. Follow the