Use of Articles: Contrasting Meanings 冠詞的用法：意思的差異
請比較一下使用冠詞后意思的差異。下面的例子里寫有冠詞的種類和表示其用法的數字。
●單數可數名詞
I talked to a young man. 我剛才和一個年輕人講話。不定冠詞①
I talked to the young man with the dark hair. 我和一個滿頭黑發的年輕人說話。定冠詞④
I saw a girl and a boy. The girl was about 15.
我看見一個女孩和正值男孩。女孩大概有15歲。
定冠詞③
●抽象名詞
Death doesn’t frighten me.我不恐懼死亡。無冠詞③
The death of my father was a great shock.
我父親的去世對我來說是一個很大的打擊。定冠詞④
●復數名詞
Sweets aren’t good for your teeth.甜食對你的牙不好。無冠詞①
The sweets my brother gave me were delicious.我哥哥給我的甜食味道好極了。定冠詞④
●進餐
I always like to have breakdast at eight. 我總是喜歡早上8點吃早飯。無冠詞⑸
I had a wonderful breakfast this morning.我今天早飯吃得很好。無冠詞⑸的注
The breakfasts that they serve in the Grand Hotel are wondeful.格蘭德酒店早餐味道好極了。定冠詞④
●prison
The judge sent him to to prison for ten years.法官判決他入獄10年。無冠詞⑥
He was sent to an open prison.他被送進了開放牢房。無冠詞⑥的注
The judge sent him to the most famous highsecurity prison in the country.
法官把他送進了國內最著名的看守嚴密的牢房。定冠詞⑸
●home
He returned home on Friday. 他星期五回家。無冠詞⑥
This was the fome of Sir Winston Chruchill.這是溫斯頓.丘吉爾的家。定冠詞④
●專有名詞
My neighbor is Jack Jones. 我的鄰居是杰克.瓊斯。無冠詞④
My neighbour is the Jack Jones who used to play football for Arsenal.
