誤]Look, there are Alp.
[誤]Look, there are the Alp.
[正]Look, there are the Alps.
[析]具體的某一座山不加定冠詞,如:Mountain Tai.但在山名稱前加定冠詞后,其山名要加s,來表示山脈。the Alps即為阿爾卑斯山脈。如:The Alps are in the center of Europe.
Times is one of the oldest newspapers in the world.
[正]The Times is one of the oldest newspapers in the world.
[析]報(bào)刊名稱前應(yīng)加定冠詞。
[誤]Rich are not always happy.
[正]The rich are not always happy.
[析]在形容詞前加定冠詞表示一類人,而在姓的前面加定冠詞,姓后加s表示某一家,如:The turners are going to move to New York.
[誤]I like to eat bread for breakfast. Bread sells in this shop is very good.
[正]I like to eat bread for breakfast. The bread sells in this shop is very good.
[析]物質(zhì)名詞特指時(shí)也應(yīng)加定冠詞。
[誤]The sun rises in east.
[正]The sun rises in the east.
[析]在方向、方位前應(yīng)用定冠詞,如:in the east, in the west, in the north, in the south, in the direction 及in the past, in the future
[誤]Do you know who invented telephone
[正]Do you know who invented the telephone
[析]在特定和專有事物或名稱前要加定冠詞,
如:the English Channel 英吉利海峽
the Panama Canal 巴拿馬運(yùn)河
the Suez Canal 蘇伊士運(yùn)河
[誤]Would you please buy some food for the supper
[正]Would you please buy some food for supper
[析]泛指一日三餐前無定冠詞。
[誤]I like to climb the mountain in the autumn.
[正]I like to climb the mountain in autumn.
[析]一年四季前不用定冠詞,如:Spring is the best season in a year.
[誤]Sometimes my parents come to school to see me.
[正]Sometimes my parents come to the school to see me.
[析]有些名詞被用作其本身原來所含目的時(shí)不加冠詞,如:go to school上學(xué),leave school(輟學(xué)),after school(放學(xué)),但如果當(dāng)建筑物講時(shí)應(yīng)加冠詞,如例句中其父母來校不是上學(xué),而是看望孩子,則要加定冠詞。又如,He was in hospital for two days.(他在醫(yī)院住院兩天了。)而:He went to the hospital to see his mother.他去醫(yī)院看望他的母親。
[誤]I bought a same dictionary as she bought.
[正]I bought the same dictionary as she bought.
[析]在慣用法the same, the only, the very前的定冠詞不可換為不定冠詞。
[誤]The police caught the thief by his arm.
[正]The police caught the thief by the arm.
[析]這是英文表達(dá)法與中文的明顯不同之處,也是初學(xué)者極易忽視之處。在英語中的某些動(dòng)詞,如:catch(抓),take(拿),strike (打),pat(拍),hit(擊),hold(握),pull(拉)…動(dòng)詞后應(yīng)加人,再加介詞on, by, in, with…之后要加定冠詞,再加人體的某一部位。這時(shí)的定冠詞千萬不要換作his, her, their, 等詞。
[誤]He was paid by hour.
[正]He was paid by the hour.
[析]by和計(jì)量單位之間要有定冠詞。這句話應(yīng)譯為:他的工資是按小時(shí)計(jì)算的。
[誤]I went to New York by his car.
[正]I went to New York by car.
[正]I went to New York in his car.
[析]by僅僅與交通工具相連表示應(yīng)用某種工具,而加了別的修飾詞后其前面的介詞也應(yīng)作相應(yīng)的轉(zhuǎn)換。如:by car (坐小汽車)by taxi (坐出租車)by bike (騎自行車)by water (乘船)by air (乘飛機(jī))by sea (乘船)