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   Phrases of time

  有些时间短语必须用“the”

  Dates: the 25th of December / December the 25th

  Parts of the day: in the afternoon, in the evening, in the morning ( but at night, at lunchtime)

  Decades or Centuries: the 1980s, the 21st century

  另外一些时间短语不用“the”North-west Inida, Northern Europe

  但是如果我们指的是对于一个地区的方位或方向就要加上“the”

  in the east of the country, in the south of Italy, on the coast

  大多数路,街,公园,桥梁,商店,酒店不用加“the”(raods, streets, parks, bridges, shops, restaurants)

  Central Park, Oxford Street, Tower Bridge

  但是有命名的剧院,电影院,旅馆,画廊,博物馆加“the”(names of theatres, cinemas, hotels, galleries, museums)

  the Hermitage, the National Theatre, the Odeon, the Ritz

  特别的山和湖不加“the”

  Lake Victoria, Mount Everest

  山脉,河流,海洋,运河要加“the”

  the Atlantic, the Yangtze River, the Himalayas, the Panama Canal

  Years or Seasons: in 2002, in summer

  Months or Days: in August, on Friday, see you tomorrow

  2 Place names

  国家,大洲,岛屿,洲,省,城市前不加“the”(countries, continents, islands, states, provinces, town, cities)

  in Asia, to Sydney from Texas in Turkey in Britain in America

  例外情况

  the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, the Arab World (可以发现国家名作为缩写的话要加“the”)

  如果我们指的是一个地区(region)那么我们不需要用“the”。