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Today, we look at geographic features, and
今天,我們來看一下地理特徵,以及。
why some don't use any article, and others
為什麼有的人不用文章,有的人卻用文章
use the definite article 'the'.
用定冠詞 "的"。
Usually, we don't use the with names. That's
一般情況下,我們不會用帶名字的。那是
why we don't need to use 'the' before the
為什麼我們不需要在 "the "之前使用 "the"?
names of:
姓名:
Lakes: 'I live near Lake Como.'
湖泊:"我住在科莫湖附近"。
Mountains: 'I visited Mont Blanc last year.'
山。"我去年去過勃朗峰
Cities: 'I went to Tokyo last summer.'
城市。"我去年夏天去了東京
Islands: I really want to go to Cuba.
群島。我真的想去古巴。
Continents: Asia is a huge continent.
各大洲。亞洲是一個巨大的大陸。
We also don't use 'the' with the names of
我們也不使用 "the "來表示這些名字。
most countries.
大多數國家。
'I love Spain.'
'我愛西班牙。
However, for countries which are plural nouns,
然而,對於作為複數名詞的國家。
we need to use 'the'.
我們需要用 "the"。
'I flew to the Netherlands.'
'我飛到荷蘭去了。
And for countries which contain words like 'states',
而對於含有'國家'等字眼的國家。
'kingdom' or 'republic', we use 'the'.
'王國'或'共和國',我們用'the'。
'I visited the United States last year.'
'我去年去過美國。
'I live in the United Kingdom.'
'我住在英國。
You know what, I'd love to visit the US again. Bye!
你知道嗎,我很想再去美國看看。再見!