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定冠词的基本用法1
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     定冠词主要和一名词连用,表示某个或某些特定的人或东西:

    Where are the other students?

    其他同学在哪里?

    This is the head of our delegation.

    这是我们代表团的团长。

    Did you go to the opening ceremony?

    你去没去参加开幕典礼?

    Let's go and water the vegetable plots.

    咱们去给菜地浇水吧。
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    He put the paper aside and turned on the radio.

    他把报纸搁在一边,打开无线电。

    We must catch the next bus.

    我们必须赶下一班公共汽车。

    She couldn't go, so she returned the ticket.

    她不能去,所以把票退掉了。

    例1中的“同学”不是指随便哪些同学,而是指某几个特定的同学。反过来说,如果不是指特定的某个或某些人或东西,就不宜加定冠词,这时或者不加冠词,或者需加a, some, a few这样的词。试比较下面的句子:
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    特指:1. 泛指: 2.

    1. Give me the book. 把那本书给我。

    2. Give me a book. 给我一本书(不拘是什么书)。

    1. Take the medicine. 把这药吃掉。

    2. Take some medicine. 吃点药吧。

    1. Here are the records you want. 这就是你要的(那几张)唱片。

    2. He bought two records for you. 他给你买了两张唱片。

    1. Have you got the letters (I sent you)? (我寄你的那几封)信收到了吗?
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    2. Have you got any letters from them? 你接到他们的信了吗?

    1. Did you hear the talk given by Dr. Li? 你听了李博士做的报告了吗?

    2. Do you often hear talks by foreign friends? 你常听外国朋友做的报告吗?

    1. These are the novels I want to read. 这些是我想看的小说。

    2. These are novels we should all read. 这些是我们都应当看的小说。

    1. I liked the children's performances. 我喜欢那些孩子们的表演。
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    2. I like children's preformances. 我喜欢看儿童演出。

    1. Under the circumstances I can't do otherwise. 在目前情况下,我不能不这样做。

    2. Circumstances are always changing. 情况是不断变化的。

    1. Have you decided on the prices yet? 价格你们确定了吗?

    2. Prices are rising again. 物价又上涨了。

    1. How do you like the books? 这些书你觉得怎么样?

    2. Books are his best friends. 书是他最好的朋友。
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    在谈到彼此都知其何所指的东西时也常加定冠词。

    She goes to the theatre (cinema) every week.

    她每星期都去看戏(电影)。

    What's in the papers (on the radio)?

    报上(收音机里)有什么新闻?

    但television前可加可不加:

    There's an interesting play on (the) television.

    在第二次提到某东西(甚至和它有关的东西)时常常需加定冠词:
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    He bought a TV and a video recorder, but he returned the video recorder.

    他买了一台电视机和一台录象机,但把录象机退了。

    She bought a bicycle, but when she rode it one of the wheels came off.

    她买了一辆自行车,她骑上去时一个轮子掉了。

    He saw a house in the country, isolated and far away from the nearest town. He stood outside the house for a while before going in. In the front room there was a fire burning in the fireplace. The room was clean, small and very warm.

    他在田野里看到一栋房子,孤零零的,离最近的城镇也很远。他在房子外面站了一会儿才进去。在前面房间的壁炉里燃着炉火。房间窄小却很干净暖和。, 百拇医药