2017年成人高考专升本英语复习资料-词汇：冠词（1）

冠词是一种虚词，只能附着在名词上帮助说明名词的含义。

　　冠词分为定冠词(the)和不冠词(a或an)两类，定冠词表示特指，不定冠词表示泛指。

　　a用于读音以辅音开头的词前面，an用于读音以元音开头的词前面。

　　如：a university， a useful book， an umbrella， a horse， an honest man.

　　一、不定冠词的基本用法

　　1.表示“一”的含义。

　　Give me a pen please.

　　We go shopping twice a week.

　　2.泛指某个人或东西。

　　Yesterday we visited an English secondary school.

　　She picked up a magazine and began to read.

　　3.表示一类人或东西。

　　He works as a language teacher in that university.

　　As a writer， he is successful.

　　Even a child can answer this question.

　　可数名词单数出现，泛指用不定冠词，特指用定冠词。一个可数名词的单数不能自己单独出现。

　　二、定冠词的基本用法

　　1.表示特定的人或东西。

　　Give me the magazine.

　　Have you decided on the prices yet?

　　The book on the table is an English dictionary.

　　Beijing is the capital of China.

　　2.复述前文提到的人或东西。

　　Last week， I saw a flim. The film is about a love story between two middle-aged people.

　　The old man saw a house in the field. He went into the house and found a beautiful girl sitting there and singing.