Module 11 Population Unit 3 Language in use

Language practice Beijing is a big city. Chongqing is the biggest city in China. But an increasing population is an environmental problem in many countries.

Articles 冠词

一、在如下几种情况中,常用不定冠词。 1)表示“一”这个数量,但数的概念没有one强烈。 如: I have a new watch. 我有一块新手表。 2)指某人或某物,但不具体说明是何人或何物。 A man is talking with your father outside the gate. 一名男子正在大门外同你父亲谈话。 3)用在某些固定词组中。如: Let me have a look at your book. 让我看看你的书。

二、在如下几种情况中,常用定冠词。 1)定冠词the常用来特指某(些)人或某(些)事物。 如: New York is not the capital of America. 纽约不是美国的首都。 2)用在序数词及形容词的最高级之前。如: The third dress that he bought is the most expensive in this store. 他买的第三件裙子是这家商店里最贵的。

3)用在姓氏复数之前,表示一家人。如: The Greens will move to Australia next year. 格林一家明年将搬到澳大利亚。 4)用在世界上独一无二的事物前。如: The Sun is much bigger than the Earth. 太阳比地球大得多。 5)用在某些形容词前,表示一类人。如: The rich should do something to help the poor. 富人应当做些事以帮助穷人。

6)用在表示方位的名词前。如: Dalian is in the north of China. 大连在中国的北部。 7)用在由普通名词构成的专有名词前。如: Have you ever been to the Summer Palace? 你去过颐和园吗？ 8)用于某些固定词组中。如: By the way, how is your sister? 顺便问一下,你姐姐好吗？

9)用于指代上文提到的人或事物。如: I found a book on the floor. I think the book is Tom’s. 我在地上发现一本书，我想这本书是汤姆的。 10)用于表示乐器的名词前。如: My brother doesn’t like playing the piano. 我哥哥不喜欢弹钢琴。

三、在如下几种情况中,常用零冠词。 1)在表示类别的不可数名词或复数可数名词前。 It is necessary to drink water after you do exercise. 运动后喝水是必要的。 My father and mother are both doctors. 我的爸爸和妈妈都是医生。 2)名词前已有物主代词或指示代词时,一般不加 冠词。 This is my cat whose name is Mimi. 这是我的猫,它的名字叫咪咪。

3)非普通名词构成的专有名词前一般不加冠 词。如: Tian’anmen Square is in the centre of Beijing. 天安门广场在北京市中心。 4)表示一日三餐、球类和棋类前一般不加冠 We had supper after playing football yesterday. 昨天我们踢足球后吃的晚饭。

5)在称呼或表示头衔和职务的名词前一 般不加冠词。如: This is Professor Liu, our English teacher. 这位是刘教授,我们的英语老师。 6)在学科名称前。如: English is an important subject. 英语是一门重要的学科。 7)在某些固定词组中。如: I go to work by bus every day. 我每天乘公交车上班。

Exercise / Fill in a, an or the where necessary. 1.There’s no air or water on ____ moon. 2. ___ Yellow River is ___ second longest river in ___ China. 3. My mother bought me ___ very nice bike. I like ____ bike very much. the the The / a the

/ 4. Xiao Ming likes playing ____ basketball, but he doesn’t like playing _____ piano. 5. The students don’t have classes in ___ afternoon on ____ Saturday. 6. I often watch TV in ____ evening. 7. Let’s go out for ____ walk. 8. What would you like for lunch, __ coffee or ____ milk? the the / the a / /

Write a, an or the where necessary. Mina lives in a big city. She is __eighteen –year-old girl. She’s got ___ brother and __ sister. Mina is ___ oldest child in __ family. ___ City where she lives is very big.____ Population is more than 10 million. Mina doesn’t have ____ education. She has ___ job working in ___ factory. She hopes that one day she will have __ chance to ____ school. a a the the The The a an a a /

population illness hospitals countryside city space Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. Our world is facing many problems now. Two of the biggest ate the increasing population and Pollution. The (1)___________ of the world is increasing quickly. Why is this happening? Well, firstly because more babies are born ever year. Secondly, we are able to cure many(2)________ now in our excellent (3)______, so people are able to live longer. Many people are leaving the (4)__________ to go and work in the (5)_____. So these places are becoming too crowed: there is not enough (6)_______ for everyone. population illness hospitals countryside city space

pollution smoke traffic noise environment Another huge problem for the world is (7) _________. Do we even know how dangerous the air is? Factories fill the sky with black (8)______. Too many cars on the roads cause (9) ________ problems, and planes make loud (10) ________ when they take off and land. We are all going to have to work hard to protect the world’s (11)_____________. pollution smoke traffic noise environment

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