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时间:2024-04-15
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对于要使用到不定冠词的名词前,到底该用不定冠词a还是an,要看不定冠词后的单词发音的第一个音素是元音还是辅音。如:
an
apple 一个苹果
apple的发音是/??pl/,第一个音素是/e/是元音,所以应该用 an apple
a pen 一支笔
pen的发音是/pen/,第一个音素是/p/是元音,所以应该用 a pen
一、辅音前用不定冠词a,如:
He is a bit of a
coward.
他多少有几分怯懦。
The
bread was as hard as a
brick.
这面包硬得像块砖。
I got a
friendly reception from them.
我受到他们友好的接待。
The only
green thing was a lone pine tree.
绿色的东西只有孤零零的一棵松树。
A good
driver varies the
speed of his car
according to the
condition of roads.
优秀的司机会根据路况不同而改变车子的速度。
I want to buy a hat and a pair of
boots,
among other things.
除别的东西之外,我还想买顶帽子和一双皮靴。
His
parents give him so much
money that he’s got no
motivation to get a job.
父母给了他很多钱,因此他根本就没有找工作的动力。
二、元音前用不定冠词an,如:
But
everything has an
opposite.
但一切都有相反的一面。
I have an
American passport.
我有一份美国护照。
It was an old pine tree in the
backyard.
这是后院里的一棵老松树。
He
received an
unfair treatment.
他受到了不公平的待遇。
About this time an
incident happened.
差不多就在这个时候,发生了一件事。
After an
absence of
seven years I went home.
外出7年后,我返回家乡。
Please write an
abstract of this
scientific article.
请写一份这篇科学论文的摘要。
I didn’t
receive an
acknowledgement of my
application.
对我的申请,我还没收到回信。
Travel to the moon is not a
dream but an
actual happening.
登月旅行已不是梦想而是现实事情了。
三、易错辨析
hour,
honest,
honor等单词的拼写虽然以辅音字母h开头,但其读音却以元音开头,因此,前面要用an。反过来,有些单词虽然以元音字母开头,但其读音却以辅音开头,那么它们的前面应用a而不是an,这些词常见的有
useful,
university,
usual,
European,
united,
one-eyed,
one-way等。
She
comes from a European
country.
她来自一个欧洲国家。
He is an honest
businessman, according to what
everyone says.
根据大家所说,他是位诚实的商人。
Write me a one-page
summary of this
report.
替我把这份报告写出一页纸的摘要。
A one per cent rise
would be a
disaster.
升高一个百分点将意味着一场灾难。
Father bought a used car from a car
dealer.
父亲从汽车商那里买了一辆旧汽车。
He doesn’t fit (into) the
traditional mold of a university
professor.
他没有大学教授那种传统的气质。
另外,对于数字、字母以及由单词首字母构成的缩略词,其前到底是用a还是an,也需根据读音来确定,如:
He has an 11-year-old
daughter.
他有一个11岁大的女儿。
Our daughter sent us an SOS for some more money.
我们的女儿给我们发来了再要点钱的求救信号。
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