類型:英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法
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對(duì)于要使用到不定冠詞的名詞前,到底該用不定冠詞a還是an,要看不定冠詞后的單詞發(fā)音的第一個(gè)音素是元音還是輔音。如:
an
apple 一個(gè)蘋果
apple的發(fā)音是/??pl/,第一個(gè)音素是/e/是元音,所以應(yīng)該用 an apple
a pen 一支筆
pen的發(fā)音是/pen/,第一個(gè)音素是/p/是元音,所以應(yīng)該用 a pen
一、輔音前用不定冠詞a,如:
He is a bit of a
coward.
他多少有幾分怯懦。
The
bread was as hard as a
brick.
這面包硬得像塊磚。
I got a
friendly reception from them.
我受到他們友好的接待。
The only
green thing was a lone pine tree.
綠色的東西只有孤零零的一棵松樹。
A good
driver varies the
speed of his car
according to the
condition of roads.
優(yōu)秀的司機(jī)會(huì)根據(jù)路況不同而改變車子的速度。
I want to buy a hat and a pair of
boots,
among other things.
除別的東西之外,我還想買頂帽子和一雙皮靴。
His
parents give him so much
money that he’s got no
motivation to get a job.
父母給了他很多錢,因此他根本就沒有找工作的動(dòng)力。
二、元音前用不定冠詞an,如:
But
everything has an
opposite.
但一切都有相反的一面。
I have an
American passport.
我有一份美國(guó)護(hù)照。
It was an old pine tree in the
backyard.
這是后院里的一棵老松樹。
He
received an
unfair treatment.
他受到了不公平的待遇。
About this time an
incident happened.
差不多就在這個(gè)時(shí)候,發(fā)生了一件事。
After an
absence of
seven years I went home.
外出7年后,我返回家鄉(xiāng)。
Please write an
abstract of this
scientific article.
請(qǐng)寫一份這篇科學(xué)論文的摘要。
I didn’t
receive an
acknowledgement of my
application.
對(duì)我的申請(qǐng),我還沒收到回信。
Travel to the moon is not a
dream but an
actual happening.
登月旅行已不是夢(mèng)想而是現(xiàn)實(shí)事情了。
三、易錯(cuò)辨析
hour,
honest,
honor等單詞的拼寫雖然以輔音字母h開頭,但其讀音卻以元音開頭,因此,前面要用an。反過(guò)來(lái),有些單詞雖然以元音字母開頭,但其讀音卻以輔音開頭,那么它們的前面應(yīng)用a而不是an,這些詞常見的有
useful,
university,
usual,
European,
united,
one-eyed,
one-way等。
She
comes from a European
country.
她來(lái)自一個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家。
He is an honest
businessman, according to what
everyone says.
根據(jù)大家所說(shuō),他是位誠(chéng)實(shí)的商人。
Write me a one-page
summary of this
report.
替我把這份報(bào)告寫出一頁(yè)紙的摘要。
A one per cent rise
would be a
disaster.
升高一個(gè)百分點(diǎn)將意味著一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難。
Father bought a used car from a car
dealer.
父親從汽車商那里買了一輛舊汽車。
He doesn’t fit (into) the
traditional mold of a university
professor.
他沒有大學(xué)教授那種傳統(tǒng)的氣質(zhì)。
另外,對(duì)于數(shù)字、字母以及由單詞首字母構(gòu)成的縮略詞,其前到底是用a還是an,也需根據(jù)讀音來(lái)確定,如:
He has an 11-year-old
daughter.
他有一個(gè)11歲大的女兒。
Our daughter sent us an SOS for some more money.
我們的女兒給我們發(fā)來(lái)了再要點(diǎn)錢的求救信號(hào)。
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