托福写作：冠词该怎么用

三 在表示时间和地点的短语中用或不用定冠词 (phrases of time and place)

1. 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”

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”

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

以上就是"the"在托福写作中的用法，大家可以在托福作文中多运用一些不同形式的句型，增加托福写作的层次感和新鲜感。