Use of Articles: Contrasting Meanings 冠词的用法：意思的差异
请比较一下使用冠词后意思的差异。下面的例子里写有冠词的种类和表示其用法的数字。
●单数可数名词
I talked to a young man. 我刚才和一个年轻人讲话。不定冠词①
I talked to the young man with the dark hair. 我和一个满头黑发的年轻人说话。定冠词④
I saw a girl and a boy. The girl was about 15.
我看见一个女孩和正值男孩。女孩大概有15岁。
定冠词③
●抽象名词
Death doesn’t frighten me.我不恐惧死亡。无冠词③
The death of my father was a great shock.
我父亲的去世对我来说是一个很大的打击。定冠词④
●复数名词
Sweets aren’t good for your teeth.甜食对你的牙不好。无冠词①
The sweets my brother gave me were delicious.我哥哥给我的甜食味道好极了。定冠词④
●进餐
I always like to have breakdast at eight. 我总是喜欢早上8点吃早饭。无冠词⑸
I had a wonderful breakfast this morning.我今天早饭吃得很好。无冠词⑸的注
The breakfasts that they serve in the Grand Hotel are wondeful.格兰德酒店早餐味道好极了。定冠词④
●prison
The judge sent him to to prison for ten years.法官判决他入狱10年。无冠词⑥
He was sent to an open prison.他被送进了开放牢房。无冠词⑥的注
The judge sent him to the most famous highsecurity prison in the country.
法官把他送进了国内最著名的看守严密的牢房。定冠词⑸
●home
He returned home on Friday. 他星期五回家。无冠词⑥
This was the fome of Sir Winston Chruchill.这是温斯顿.丘吉尔的家。定冠词④
●专有名词
My neighbor is Jack Jones. 我的邻居是杰克.琼斯。无冠词④
My neighbour is the Jack Jones who used to play football for Arsenal.
