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高中英语语法新体验——从经典例句开始
1.4.3.5 5.其他用法

5.其他用法

(1)乐器当作演奏对象时常用定冠词。

Tom played the flute,and I the violin.

汤姆吹笛子,我拉小提琴。

My brother is learning the piano.

我哥哥正在学钢琴。

又:the accordion(手风琴),the bugle(喇叭),the guitar

(2)用在艺术、文娱活动的名称之前。

They often go to the cinema(pictures),but they very seldom go to the theatre.

他们常去看电影,但是很少看戏。

His father sent him to Paris to study law,but instead Verne developed his love for the theatre.(03人教版高二下第11页)

他父亲把他送到巴黎去学法律,而他却爱上了戏剧。

提示:

在球类和棋类游戏的名词之前不用the。

We played basketball yesterday.

我们昨天打了篮球。

It is too cold for tennis today.

今天天气太冷,不宜打网球。

We don't play bridge.

我们不会打桥牌。

此外,请注意对比:go to bed/school/hospital/church等名词前用的是零冠词。

(3)用在介词on与某些动、名词同形的名词之间。

The number of the students in our school has been on the increase(在增长).

Tom caught the ball on the move(在运动中).

Wang Mei is one of many Chinese teenagers who live life“on the go”and use cellphones.(人教大纲版高一上第59页)

跟许多的中国青少年一样,王梅使用手机,享受着“移动人生”。(on the go忙碌)

又:on the hike流亡,流浪on the advance(物价)在上涨on the bottle好酒贪杯on the buy买势很旺on the climb有升迁的希望on the cry传闻,据说on the drift(船)漂流on the feed在进食on the fly在飞行中,不工作,闲混on the jump在忙碌中on the laugh笑着on the make在制作中,野心勃勃on the march行军中,进行中on the mend在好转中on the radio广播中on the record记录在案的,公开发布的,公开做的on the rise在上涨(增长)on the turn在转变中,在变质on(the)watch守候着,留心,注意on the wing在飞行中

(4)与表示计量单位的名词连用,含有“每一”的意思。

Everybody knows that the air has weight and that it presses on everything on the surface of the earth,no less than fourteen and a half pounds to the square inch.(人教大纲版高二下第93页)

每个人都知道,空气是有重量的,在地球表面,空气对所有物体都有压力,不小于每平方英寸14.5磅。

There are 16 ounces to the pound.

每磅有16盎司。

It sells at two dollars the pound.

每磅以2美元的价格出售。

John is paid by the hour.

约翰按小时领酬。

提示:

by the month按月算,by the job/piece记件。但by weight(按重量算),by volume(按体积算)前面用零冠词,这是因为weight和volume是不可数名词的缘故。