二 经常发生问题的区域 (Areas that often cause problems)

　　1. Jobs (工作)

　　如果有许多人做这个工作我们用 a 或 an.：

　　My husband is an architect. (=there are many architects)

　　但是如果一个工作特别对应一个人，我们就要用“the”了：

　　He is having talks with the French foreign minister(外交部长). (=there is only one)

　　2. Superlative (最高级)

　　我们使用“the”在形容词最高级前面：

　　She is the best person for the job.

　　3. Last and next

　　有一些形容词如 “last” 和 “next ”同时可以用也可以不用定冠词“the”但是句意会发生变化

　　I saw James last night. (=the one before this one)

　　It is the last night of our holiday. (=the fanal one)

　　I will see you next week.(=the one after this one)

　　4. Institutions: school, prison, university, church, home, hospital

　　和以上机构连用时我们不用定冠词“the”

　　My sister had to stay in hospital overnight.

　　然而，如果我们指的是这个建筑，我们就要用“the”

　　Our flat is opposite the hospital.

　　三 在表示时间和地点的短语中用或不用定冠词 (phrases of time and place)

　　1. Phrases of time

　　有些时间短语必须用“the”

　　Dates: the 25th of December / December the 25th

　　Parts of the day: in the afternoon, in the evening, in the morning ( but at night, at lunchtime)

　　Decades or Centuries: the 1980s, the 21st century

　　另外一些时间短语不用“the”

　　Years or Seasons: in 2002, in summer

　　Months or Days: in August, on Friday, see you tomorrow

　　2. Place names

　　国家，大洲，岛屿，洲，省，城市前不加“the”(countries, continents, islands, states, provinces, town, cities)

　　in Asia, to Sydney from Texas in Turkey in Britain in America

　　例外情况

　　the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, the Arab World (可以发现国家名作为缩写的话要加“the”)

　　如果我们指的是一个地区(region)那么我们不需要用“the”

　　North-west Inida, Northern Europe

　　但是如果我们指的是对于一个地区的方位或方向就要加上“the”

　　in the east of the country, in the south of Italy, on the coast

　　大多数路，街，公园，桥梁，商店，酒店不用加“the”(raods, streets, parks, bridges, shops, restaurants)

　　Central Park, Oxford Street, Tower Bridge

　　但是有命名的剧院，电影院，旅馆，画廊，博物馆加“the”(names of theatres, cinemas, hotels, galleries, museums)

　　the Hermitage, the National Theatre, the Odeon, the Ritz

　　特别的山和湖不加“the”

　　Lake Victoria, Mount Everest

　　山脉，河流，海洋，运河要加“the”

　　the Atlantic, the Yangtze River, the Himalayas, the Panama Canal

　　以上内容就是有关托福写作语法冠词的使用，希望通过以上内容的学习，从今往后我们能够避免写作中的冠词使用错误。

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