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1.
（指已提到或易领会到的人或事物）used to refer to sb/sth that has already been mentioned or is easily understood
There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard.
有三个问题。头两个相对容易，第三个困难。
There was an accident here yesterday. A car hit a tree and the driver was killed.
昨天这里发生了一起事故。一辆小轿车撞到树上，驾车的人死了。
The heat was getting to be too much for me.
天气热得快让我受不了了。
The nights are getting longer.
夜越来越长。
2.
（指独一无二的、正常的或不言而喻的人或事物）used to refer to sb/sth that is the only, normal or obvious one of their kind
the Mona Lisa
《蒙娜丽莎》
the Nile
尼罗河
the Queen
女王
What's the matter?
怎么回事？
The phone rang.
电话铃响了。
I patted her on the back.
我拍了拍她的背。
How's the(= your) baby?
宝宝好吗？
3.
（解说时用）used when explaining which person or thing you mean
the house at the end of the street
街尽头的房子
The people I met there were very friendly.
我在那里遇到的人很友善。
It was the best day of my life.
这是我一生中最美好的一天。
You're the third person to ask me that.
你是第三个问我那件事的人。
Friday the thirteenth
十三号，星期五
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
4.
（用以泛指）used to refer to a thing in general rather than a particular example
He taught himself to play the violin.
他自学拉小提琴。
The dolphin is an intelligent animal.
海豚是聪明的动物。
They placed the African elephant on their endangered list.
他们把非洲大象列为濒危动物。
I heard it on the radio.
我从收音机里听到了这件事。
I'm usually out during the day.
白天我通常不在家。
5.
（与形容词连用，指事物或统称的人）used with adjectives to refer to a thing or a group of people described by the adjective
With him, you should always expect the unexpected.
在他身上你应随时料到有意想不到的事情发生。
the unemployed
失业者
the French
法国人
6.
（用于姓氏的复数形式前，指家庭或夫妇）used before the plural of sb's last name to refer to a whole family or a married couple
Don't forget to invite the Jordans.
别忘了邀请乔丹一家。
7.
（指特定用途的事物）足够，恰好enough of sth for a particular purpose
I wanted it but I didn't have the money.
我想买那东西，但钱不够。
8.
（与计量单位连用）每，一used with a unit of measurement to mean ‘every’
My car does forty miles to the gallon.
我的车每加仑汽油跑四十英里。
You get paid by the hour.
你领的是时薪。
9.
（与时间单位连用）当前的，本，此used with a unit of time to mean ‘the present’
Why not have the dish of the day?
何不试一下今天的特色菜？
She's flavour of the month with him.
她是他眼下的红人。
10.
（重读，表示所指的为知名或重要的人或事物）used, stressingthe , to show that the person or thing referred to is famous or important
Sheryl Crow? Not 'the Sheryl Crow?
雪瑞尔 ) 克洛？莫不是大名鼎鼎的雪瑞尔 ) 克洛？
At that time London was 'the place to be.
那时候伦敦是不可不去的地方。

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AllAll,这个这个,那个那个,河流河流,不言而喻的某事物不言而喻的某事物,此此,指已提到或易领会到的人或事物指已提到或易领会到的人或事物,定冠词定冠词,这些这些,表示一类人表示一类人
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1.
Recently, however, often see water heater accident, did not know how to transform in the end need to be safe?
可是最近常看到热水器事故，不知道到底需要怎样改造才能安全？
kě shì zuì jìn cháng kàn dào rè shuǐ qì shì gù , bù zhī dào dào dǐ xū yào zěn yàng gǎi zào cái néng ān quán ?
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2.
I was charmed by the flush round her eyes and on her rather prominent cheekbones caused by the wine.
葡萄酒使她两眼四周和突出的颧骨泛起一片红润，真令我心醉神迷。
pú táo jiǔ shǐ tā liǎng yǎn sì zhōu hé tū chū de quán gǔ fàn qǐ yī piàn hóng rùn , zhēn lìng wǒ xīn zuì shén mí 。
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3.
It has evolved over the decades into an international financial center but hasn't been able to use or trade the currency of its hinterland.
经过几十年的发展，它成了一个国际金融中心，但却不能使用或交易其腹地的货币。
jīng guò jǐ shí nián de fā zhǎn , tā chéng le yī gè guó jì jīn róng zhōng xīn , dàn què bù néng shǐ yòng huò jiāo yì qí fù dì de huò bì 。
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4.
When it's hung on a movable stand, you can take it with you to the bathroom or on a stroll down the hall.
当它被挂在可移动的架子上时，你可以带上它去洗手间或者在大厅里漫步。
dāng tā bèi guà zài kě yí dòng de jià zi shàng shí , nǐ kě yǐ dài shàng tā qù xǐ shǒu jiàn huò zhě zài dà tīng lǐ màn bù 。
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5.
But I missed being eligible for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the only way I could attend.
奖学金是我上学的唯一途径，然而在入学考试中，我因一分之差与奖学金失之交臂。
jiǎng xué jīn shì wǒ shàng xué de wéi yī tú jìng , rán ér zài rù xué kǎo shì zhōng , wǒ yīn yī fēn zhī chà yǔ jiǎng xué jīn shī zhī jiāo bì 。
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6.
With regret, Orvos sent Anakin off; the Great Mother needed his strength, regardless of the dark consequences.
奥尔沃斯怀着惋惜的心情送走了阿纳金，“伟大的母亲”需要他的力量，不论后果多么黑暗。
ào ěr wò sī huái zhe wǎn xī de xīn qíng sòng zǒu le ā nà jīn , " wěi dà de mǔ qīn " xū yào tā de lì liang , bú lùn hòu guǒ duō me hēi àn 。
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7.
Beijing Branch of the body should be . I do not know whether the foreign sales.
你可以试试。北京体科所应当有。不知能否对外出售。
nǐ kě yǐ shì shì 。 běi jīng tǐ kē suǒ yīng dāng yǒu 。 bù zhī néng fǒu duì wài chū shòu 。
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8.
Odysseus and Diomedes went into the city in disguise and stole it out of the temple of the city.
于是，奥德修斯就和狄俄墨得斯伪装入城，偷偷地将神像盗了出来。
yú shì , ào dé xiū sī jiù hé dí é mò de sī wěi zhuāng rù chéng , tōu tōu de jiāng shén xiàng dào le chū lái 。
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9.
It's safe to say that in the case of the subprime-mortgage mess, regulation and government subsidies deserve much of the blame.
可以负责任地说，在混乱的次优级抵押贷款的案例中，监管和政府补贴受到许多的批评。
kě yǐ fù zé rèn de shuō , zài hùn luàn de cì yōu jí dǐ yā dài kuǎn de àn lì zhōng , jiān guǎn hé zhèng fǔ bǔ tiē shòu dào xǔ duō de pī píng 。
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10.
Just as the heat threatened to overwhelm this correspondent, the woman in the group broke into a slow Mexican song, which somehow helped.
正在记者快承受不了高温的时候，一起干活的妇女突然放声唱了一首慢节奏的墨西哥歌曲，她的歌声让高温有所缓解。
zhèng zài jì zhě kuài chéng shòu bù liǎo gāo wēn de shí hou , yì qǐ gàn huó de fù nǚ tū rán fàng shēng chàng le yī shǒu màn jié zòu de mò xī gē gē qǔ , tā de gē shēng ràng gāo wēn yǒu suǒ huǎn jiě 。
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