the/强ðiː; 弱：在元音前ðɪ，在辅音前ðə/

art.

➊ used before a noun to talk about sb/sth that has been mentioned

➋ used before the names of rivers, oceans, and seas and before the names of groups of mountains

➌ used to talk about all the people in a country

➍ used to refer to sb/sth that is the only one of their kind

➎ used to talk about a thing in general rather than a particular example

➏ used to talk about all people that are blind, deaf, etc.

➐ used before an ordinal number

➑ used before the plural form of a person's last name to indicate a whole family

➒ used before superlatives

art.

➊ [用于特定人或物] 这（那）个；这（那）些：The box is very heavy. 这个箱子很重。

◇She went to the shop to buy some milk. 她到商店里买了一些牛奶。

➋ [用在河流、海洋、山脉等名称前]：the Mississippi River 密西西比河

◇the Atlantic Ocean 大西洋

◇the Red Sea 红海

➌ [用于指一国人]：the British 英国人

◇the Swiss 瑞士人

◇The Germans are well-known for their efficiency. 德国人以效率高著称。

➍ [用于世上独一无二的事物前]：the sun 太阳

➎ [用于泛指]：[the + 可数名词单数] The dog is a clever animal. 狗是聪明的动物。

➏ [置于形容词前，指一类人]：the blind 盲人

◇the deaf 聋哑人

◇the rich 富人

◇the dead 亡者

➐ [用于序数词前]：You are the third person to arrive. 你是第三个到的。

➑ [用于姓的复数前指一家人]：the Smiths 史密斯一家人

➒ [用于最高级前]：This is the most exciting film that I've ever seen. 这是我看过的最令人兴奋的电影。

常犯错误

✗ The water is important to life.

✓ Water is important to life. 水对生命非常重要。

[✌不可数名词表示泛指时，前面不用the，特指时要加the，如：I know you don't like music very much. But what do you think of the music in this film? 我知道你不太喜欢音乐，但你觉得这部电影里的音乐怎么样？]

常犯错误

✗ Mike is taller of the two.

✓ Mike is the taller of the two. 两个人中迈克高一些。

[✌比较级在better/higher than ...结构中，不加the，但有of the two表示“两者中某个更…”时，要加the。这种比较方法类似最高级，即“在…中，某个最…”。又如：Of the two cakes, the child chose the smaller one. 小孩选择了两个蛋糕中更大的那个。]