14.由普通名词构成的某些专有名词前要加the, 如: the Summer Palace, the Palace Museum, the Yanjin Hotel, the People’s Republic of China, the United Nations, the Chinese Communist Party

13.在表示报刊, 杂志, 会议, 条约的名词前用the, 如: the People’s Daily, the 15th Party Congress党的十五大, the Atlantic Pact大西洋条约, the Times

12.在表示宇宙间独一无二的天体名词前用the, 如: the sun, the sky, the moon, the earth, the world

11.表示海岛, 山峰, 湖泊等的名词前一般不用the, 如: Taiwan island, Lake Michigan

10.在表示江, 河, 海洋, 海峡, 海湾, 群岛, 山脉的专有名词前加the, 如: the Yellow River, the Himalayas喜马拉雅山, the Red Sea红海, the Alps阿尔卑斯山, the Taiwan strait 台湾海峡

9.形容词或副词最高级之前加the, 副词最高级前的the可以省略

　　　 　　a. Who does the homework (the) most carefully in your class?

　　　 　　b. Tom is the tallest of the three children.

8.在表示西洋乐器的名词前用the, 如: play the piano / the violin, 中国民族乐器前不用the, 如:

　　 　　a. He played Erhu (二胡) very well.

7.在表示方向, 方位等的名词前用the, 如: on the left, in the south, at the back of the classroom

6.用定语从句或of词组修饰的名词之前用the

　　　 　　a. The boy who you saw just now is my brother.

　　　 　　b. Do you remember the name of the city?

　　　 　　c. The story we heard over the radio was very interesting.

5.the用来指整体

　　　 　　a. The train goes faster than the bus.

　　　 　　b. They are the teachers of this school.(指全体教师)

　　　 　　c. They are teachers of this school. (指部分教师)