你有沒有注意到，大多數英文句子中會看到a、an 和 the這些字？為什麼這些很常在句子中出現？在英文文章中，這些是組成文法重要的部分之一。
英文冠詞——a、an 和 the——是英文中的微小特徵，乍看之下微不足道，但在學習語言時扮演著非常重要的角色。了解英文文章的基本規則對於執行有意義、有效的溝通至關重要。
閱讀英文文章是學習英文文法的重要部分。在句子中使用一個單字，或充當某些詞類（如名詞、形容詞和副詞）的限定詞。
「A, an, and the」可以讓英文清晰準確。語言學生有時會在閱讀文章時感到困惑，因為儘管對這些文章很熟悉，卻還是不知道句子中的正確用法。
英文冠詞有定冠詞(definite article)和不定冠詞( indefinite article)兩種。
這些類型的冠詞各有功能和用法。請遵循正確的文法規則，這些冠詞的英文發音在口語中也很重要。
冠詞“the”有兩種發音：/ði:/ 和 /ðə/。當冠詞“the”/ðə/ 用於以子音開頭的單詞之前，而冠詞“the”/ði:/則用於以母音開頭的單詞。例如，我們說“the”/ði:/ apple（蘋果）或“the”/ðə/ ball（球）。
請注意，我們說的是單字的“第一個音是母音”，而不是字母本身喔！
為了進行有意義和有效的溝通，了解英文冠詞的使用規則很重要，這裡列出了一些重要的規則。
a university
an hour
an era
a possibility
an MP3 player
We decided to transfer to a new building after the earthquake.
She is a doctor.
My mother is a dentist.
I want to be a scientist.
A kilo of rice
An hour late
A glass of wine
Twice a day
A restaurant
A student
An umbrella
I went on an educational trip with a teachers. ✘
I have got an award for being punctual.
There is a big rock near the seashore.
The witnesses have potential evidence against the culprit.
This is the ultimate guide to travelling.
That is a parrot.
Can you pass the salt, please? Thank you.
Did you finish the report I sent you?
The United Kingdom
The United States of America
The Netherlands
The Philippines
The Maldives
The Suez Canal
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Red Sea
The River Thames
The Nile
The Amazon River
The Dead Sea
I met the Smiths on Thursday.
Have you seen the Watsons recently?
Martin played the rugby with his friends. ✘
Martin played rugby with his friends. ✔
When did you learn to play piano? ✘
When did you learn to play the piano? ✔
The restaurant – the restaurants
The student – the students
The umbrella – the umbrellas
the tallest student
the biggest fault
the most delicious food
the most ambitious person
I heard something on the radio.
The internet is unstable.
My father bought a new car. The car is expensive.
I saw a group of students eating chocolates. The group of students are all girls.
A beautiful girl – the beautiful girl
A huge box – the huge box
An hourly rate – the hourly rate
An excess baggage – the excess baggage
John wants to drink water.
John wants to drink a glass of water.
I like mathematics and economics.
Did you play sports when you were in elementary?
I studied linguistics for four years.
Geography was my favorite subject.
Boxing is famous in my country.
He likes playing badminton in his free time.
Do you speak Spanish?
Chinese is not an easy language to learn.
On the 1st of November
On the weekends
We transferred to a new building after the typhoon.
The new building is situated in the city center.
要注意，英文的定冠詞和不定冠詞都用作引導名詞或形容詞的詞語。
「a, an 和 the」的主要區別在於，不定冠詞「a 和 an」用於第一次介紹某物，且這個物品對說話者和聽話者來說是陌生的，而定冠詞「the」則用於再次提及該名詞時。
例如，如果我說“My brother bought a new mobile phone last Sunday”，你知道我弟弟買的是什麼手機嗎？你知道這手機的功能和細節嗎？答案是否定的。然而，如果我說“The new mobile phone my brother bought was the iPhone 15 pro max”，那麼你就會對手機的種類有概念了。
還有一些其他具體使用英文冠詞的規則。它們是經常被忽略的細節，理解它們的用法對於學習語言有很大的幫助。
記得不要混淆了！在口語和寫作中正確使用這些英文文章基本規則，提高英文能力的品質和準確性。