[迈克博士英语一角] “The” 与地名
【大澳门威尼斯人赌场官网2011年08月18日讯】之前的文章我们介绍了一些冠词的用法,如“a/an”和“the”。今天我们来介绍一下关于“the”的其他用法。在英语中定冠词“the”被用于一些地名前面,通常在复数的国家名字前,河流,海洋,山脉(一座山不包括在内)。有一个简单的助记办法,你可以记忆为“PROMS”(Plural countries, rivers, oceans, mountain chains -but NOT individual mountains,seas。“PROMS”为这些单词的第一个字母的缩写)。下面我们来按照“PROMS”的顺序来看一下这些名称。
Plural countries(复数的国名):the United States(美国), the Philippines(菲律宾), the Netherlands(荷兰)
Rivers(河流): the Nile River(尼罗河), the Amazon River (亚马逊河)
Oceans(洋):the Pacific Ocean(太平洋), the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), the Indian Ocean(印度洋)
Mountain chains(山脉):the Himalayas(喜马拉雅山), the Alps(阿尔卑斯山), the Rocky Mountains(落基山脉)
Seas(海):the Mediterranean Sea(地中海), the Red Sea(红海), the South China Sea(中国南海)
另外,还有一些地名也需要使用定冠词“the”,比如海峡(straits), 沙漠(deserts),以及部分常见的建筑(towers),同样的助记办法为“DeToSt”
Deserts(沙漠):the Sahara Desert(赛哈拉沙漠), the Mojave Desert(莫哈威沙漠)
Towers(高大建筑): the CN Tower(CN 塔), the Eiffel Tower(艾菲尔铁塔)
Straits(海峡): the Strait of Gibraltar(直布罗陀海峡), the Bering Strait(白令海峡)
一些地理名称,如湖泊、单数的国家名称、街道、省州、海湾等不需要加定冠词“the”。请看下面具体例子。
安大略湖: Lake Ontario ; 加拿大: Canada ; Yonge街: Yonge Street ;安省: Ontario ;加利福尼亚: California ; 哈德森湾: Hudson Bay
相信通过今天的介绍你已经掌握了什么地名前面加“the”,什么名称前面不加“the”。下面做一些练习吧,核对后面的答案看看你作对了多少。
练习:请填写正确的定冠词在横线上。
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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