36　何时不用冠词　Track30

（1）表示独一无二的身份前一般不用冠词。

Elizabeth Ⅱ, Queen of England　英国女王伊丽莎白二世

a. They elected Henry chairman.

b. Henry was elected chairman of the committee.

亨利被选为协会主席。

c. He was elected president for the second time.

d. She is chairman of the committee.

e. For the first time I am king of myself.　第一次我成为了自己的主人。

f. Mr. Smith used to be president of our bank.

史密斯先生过去是我们银行的行长。

（2）表示球类、棋类运动项目时不加冠词。

play football　play chess　play tennis

（3）下列这些限定词彼此排斥，不能同时出现在名词前面。

1）冠词：the　an　a

2）物主形容词：my　your　his　her　our　their

3）指示形容词：this　that　these　those

4）名词属格：Tom's　John's

不能说：the my book*　the Tom's book*　my the money*

（4）the在一些特殊的名词前省略。

1） nature：泛指自然界（动、植物及无生命物质的世界）不用冠词。

If you destroy nature you will suffer for it.

谁要是破坏大自然，谁就要遭受恶果。

2）society：泛指我们在其中生活的这个社会，一般不用冠词。

Society turns people into criminals and then locks them up.

社会使人犯罪，然后又把他们关进监狱。

3）space：泛指星球之间的空间，不用冠词。

Man has just taken his first steps into space.

对于太空的探索，人类才刚刚迈出了第一步。

4）man：泛指整个人类时，不用冠词。

a. Man can conquer nature.　人定胜天。

b. From early times man has used garlic（大蒜）. Through the years man has tried to cope with （处理） the smell of garlic. But no herb,

mouthwash, chewing gum, or toothpaste seems to help much.

5）history：泛指人类整个历史时，不用冠词。

a. History may repeat itself.

b. Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die.

（5）在一日三餐名词前不用冠词。

have something for breakfast/lunch/supper/dinner

invite somebody to dinner

I was invited to dinner.

若三餐名词前有形容词时，则一般加不定冠词。例如：

We often have a big lunch and a nice dinner.

我们通常午饭吃得较多，晚饭则吃得较好。

（6）交通工具名词前不用冠词。

by bicycle　by boat　by bus　by car

by plane　by train　by metro

但若用介词on，则须用冠词：on the train/plane/boat（特别注意：on foot 不加冠词）。

（7）在一些固定介词搭配中不用冠词。

face to face　arm in arm　hand in hand　shoulder to shoulder

side by side　inch by inch　day after day