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[邁克博士英語一角] 「The」 與地名

【大紀元2011年08月18日訊】之前的文章我們介紹了一些冠詞的用法,如「a/an」和「the」。今天我們來介紹一下關於「the」的其他用法。在英語中定冠詞「the」被用於一些地名前面,通常在複數的國家名字前,河流,海洋,山脈(一座山不包括在內)。有一個簡單的助記辦法,你可以記憶為「PROMS」(Plural countries, rivers, oceans, mountain chains -but NOT individual mountains,seas。「PROMS」為這些單詞的第一個字母的縮寫)。下面我們來按照「PROMS」的順序來看一下這些名稱。

  

Plural countries(複數的國名):the United States(美國), the Philippines(菲律賓), the Netherlands(荷蘭)

  

Rivers(河流): the Nile River(尼羅河), the Amazon River (亞馬遜河)

  

Oceans(洋):the Pacific Ocean(太平洋), the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), the Indian Ocean(印度洋)

  

Mountain chains(山脈):the Himalayas(喜馬拉雅山), the Alps(阿爾卑斯山), the Rocky Mountains(落基山脈)

  

Seas(海):the Mediterranean Sea(地中海), the Red Sea(紅海), the South China Sea(中國南海)

  

另外,還有一些地名也需要使用定冠詞「the」,比如海峽(straits), 沙漠(deserts),以及部分常見的建築(towers),同樣的助記辦法為「DeToSt」

  

Deserts(沙漠):the Sahara Desert(賽哈拉沙漠), the Mojave Desert(莫哈威沙漠)

  

Towers(高大建築): the CN Tower(CN 塔), the Eiffel Tower(艾菲爾鐵塔)

  

Straits(海峽): the Strait of Gibraltar(直布羅陀海峽), the Bering Strait(白令海峽)

  

一些地理名稱,如湖泊、單數的國家名稱、街道、省州、海灣等不需要加定冠詞「the」。請看下面具體例子。

  

安大略湖: Lake Ontario ; 加拿大: Canada ; Yonge街: Yonge Street ;安省: Ontario ;加利福尼亞: California ; 哈德森灣: Hudson Bay

  

相信通過今天的介紹你已經掌握了什麼地名前面加「the」,什麼名稱前面不加「the」。下面做一些練習吧,核對後面的答案看看你作對了多少。

  

練習:請填寫正確的定冠詞在橫線上。

  1. The Nile River flows through Egypt.

  2. _______ Cuba is located in _______ Caribbean Sea.

  3. _______ Eiffel Tower is a famous tourist attraction in _________ Paris.

  4. ______ Tagalog is the official language of _________ Philippines.

  5. _______ Alps are located in _________ Switzerland.

  6. ________ Black Sea borders ________ Russia, _______ Turkey, __________ Bulgaria,

   ________ Romania and __________ Ukraine.

  7. __________ Dutch is the official language of _________ Netherlands.

  8. ___________ Amazon River is located in ____________ South America, in the country of

   _______ Brazil.

  9. Mt. Everest is located in ____________ Himalayas, which border ___________ China and ________ India.

  10. ________ Canada is bordered by three oceans – _________ Arctic, ___________ Atlantic

   and __________ Pacific.

  11. _________ CN Tower, the world』s tallest free-standing structure, is located in _________ Toronto.

  12. ___________ Sahara is the world』s largest desert.

  13. Because it』s located on ________ Lake Ontario, summers in _________ Toronto are often somewhat humid.

  14. _____Jasper and _______ Banff are popular Alberta tourist towns in __________ Rockies.

  15. ________ English is the official language of _________ Bahamas.

  16. ________ Spanish is the most widely spoken 2nd language in _________ United States.

  17. ________ Strait of Gibraltar is located at the entrance to _________ Mediterranean Sea

   between _________ Morocco and _________ Spain.

  18. _________ Broadway is a famous street in _________ New York City.

  19. _________ Yangtze River is the longest river in ___________ China.

  20. ___________ Rhine River flows through ___________ Germany.

  

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邁克(Mike Tiittanen)是應用語言學博士,從1993年開始致力於成人「英語第二語言」(ESL)的教學工作,同時他還兼任多倫多Seneca社區學院針對教師的培訓項目(TESL)的講師,是一位資深的英語語言專家。更多學習資料請訪問://doctormikeenglishcenter.wordpress.com/