Money is not everything.金钱不是万能的。
Music can bring people pleasure.音乐可以给人带来乐趣。
Philip has lived in China for years.菲利普住在中国多年了。
Young people like to read books.年轻人喜欢读书。
Trees can help clean the air.树木可以帮助净化空气。
要点拓展
A cat has sharp eyes at night.夜间猫目光犀利。
Cats are loved by many people.很多人喜爱猫。
The cat can catch the mouse.猫能捕鼠。
The cats here don't like fish.这里的猫不喜欢鱼。
前三句中的a cat,cats,the cat都可表示泛指意义的“猫”,但之间略有区别。a cat 突出强调这类事物中的任一个,cats突出强调猫这一群体,the cat是与其他类事物相对照而言的。第四句中的the cats是特指。
I have visited many cities since September 2015.自2015年9月以来我已走访了很多城市。
Spring is the best season of the year.春天是一年中最好的季节。
What do you usually have for lunch?你午餐经常吃什么?
Do you like to play football or baseball?你喜欢踢足球还是打棒球?
I like physics though it's a bit difficult.尽管物理有点难,我还是喜欢。
English is one of the most important languages.英语是最重要的语言之一。
Wendy was made monitor for this month.温迪当选这个月的班长。
Doctor, I'm not feeling myself today.大夫,我今天感觉有些不适。
Man can save the earth; man can destroy the earth.人类能够拯救地球,人类也能够毁灭地球。
This kind of medicine is fit for man or beast.这种药人畜皆宜。
This is my address.Let's keep in touch.这是我的地址,咱们保持联系吧。
This camera is like mine.这架照相机和我的相似。
疑难辨析…………………………………………………………………………………… last week与the last week
I have been ill for the last week.我已病了一星期了。(指从过去某个时间一直延续到说话时的一周)
I was ill last week.我上周病了。(指这个星期以前的那个星期)
介词或连词连接的两个相同、相对或关系密切的一些固定词组中常不用冠词。
all day and all night 整天整夜
arm in arm 胳膊挽着胳膊
day after day 日复一日
day by day 天天
face to face 面对面地
hand in hand 手拉手
heart and soul 全心全意地
husband and wife 夫妇
little by little 渐渐地
man and woman 男人和女人
shoulder to shoulder 肩并肩地
side by side 肩并肩地
step by step 逐渐地
time and time again 反复地
1 与时间、地点、方式或状态有关的一些词组中,使用零冠词。
at night 在晚上
at school 在上学
at college 在上大学
at work 在上班
at dinner 在吃饭
at war 处于战争状态
by hand/machine 手工/机器做的
in hospital 住院
in danger 在危险中
in fight 正在交战
in surprise 惊讶
in silence 静静地
in fear 恐惧地
in trouble 处在麻烦中
in thought 思考中
on fire 正燃烧着
on foot 步行
on time 按时
with anger 生气地
with envy 嫉妒地
by bus/car/taxi/water/plane 乘坐公共汽车/汽车/出租车/船/飞机
in ink/pen/pencil 用墨水/钢笔/铅笔
2 在一些动词短语中,习惯上运用零冠词。
ask for advice 征求建议
catch fire 着火
catch/get/take/lay/seize hold of 抓住
come back to life 苏醒
come to/into power 掌权
catch sight of 无意中看见
have sports 进行运动
keep…in mind 牢记
lose weight 减肥
sentence sb.to death 判处某人死刑
take pride in 以……自豪
take office 就职
have difficulty/trouble in doing sth.做某事有困难/麻烦
do good/harm/to 对……有好处/害处
3 as/though引导的倒装结构中,如果是名词放于句首,习惯上使用零冠词。
Child as/though she is, she plays the violin perfectly.尽管是个孩子,但她小提琴拉得很好。
4 有些一人兼多个身份的情况,只在第一个名词前加冠词。
a clerk and writer 职员兼作家(一个人)
a clerk and a writer 一个职员和一个作家(两个人)
疑难辨析…………………………………………………………………………………………… at table与at the table等
at table 在吃饭
at the table 在桌子旁
at school 上学
at the school 在学校
by day 白天
by the day 按日计算
in hospital/prison 住院/坐牢
in the hospital/prison 在医院/在监狱里
in charge of 掌管
in the charge of 在……掌管之中
in place of 取代
in the place of 在……的位置上
in front of 在……的前面
in the front of 在……的前部
in office 执政
in the office 在办公室内
out of question 毫无疑问
out of the question 不可能
take place 发生
take the place of 取代
have a word with 与……交谈
have words with 与……吵架
a number of 大量的;很多
the number of ……的数量
go to bed 上床睡觉
go to the bed 朝床边走去
go to church/college/hospital/prison/school 做礼拜/上大学/住院/坐牢/上学
go to the church/college/hospital/prison/school 到教堂去/到大学去/到医院去/到监狱去/到学校去