3.1 The indefinite article: 'a/an' (1)3.4B 'The' to refer to things that are unique (not place names) [> з.бс, LEG 3.22]
1 We often use the to refer to 'things that are unique':
a organizations: the United Nations
b ships: the Titanic
с documents: the Constitution
d public bodies: the police, the Government
e titles of books and films: The Odyssey
f climate: the weatherg historical events: the French Revolution
h official titles: the President
i political parties: the Labour Party
j the press: The Economist, The Times
к beliefs: the gods
I the whole species: the dinosaursWe treat other, similar, words as proper nouns [> 3.5A] and use no article (zero), e.g.
a organizations: Congress, Parliament d official titles: Queen Elizabeth
b titles of books and films: Jaws e the press: Punch, Time magazine
с beliefs: God, Buddha f the whole species: ManWrite: Supply the or '-'.
1 I like to read newspapers like ...Ш&.... Times and Washington Post.
2 I read Economist every week and Time magazine.
3 Do you think New Yorker and Punch have much in common?
4 We can't be sure about the history of human race, but man developed earlier
than we think, though we certainly weren't around at the time of dinosaurs.
5 I like watching old films. I recently watched Graduate and Jaws on video.
6 The Ancient Greeks believed in gods. The idea of God was not known to them.
7 I've read Homer's Odyssey, but I haven't read Joyce's Ulysses.
8 United Nations may be a talking shop, but so is Congress.
9 A lot of people object to attempts to bring up Titanic.
10 My oldest son joined Navy and now my youngest wants to join Army.
11 France celebrated the 200th anniversary of French Revolution in 1989.
12 In many countries, the head of state is called President.
13 Do you know who killed President Lincoln?
14 Because of 'the greenhouse effect' climate of the world is changing.3.4C Context
Write: Put in a/an or the.
SUNRAYCER
1 read recently in \..7h&.... Times that the big American company, General Motors, has developed(^2) vehicle that uses (^3) power of (^4) sun instead of petrol. (^5) vehicle is
called Sunraycer. Sunraycer has just taken part in^6 race against 25 solar-powered vehicles.
(^7) route of (^8) race was from Darwin to Adelaide, (^9) immense distance.
Sunraycer covered^10 distance in 45 hours at^11 average speed of 41 miles^12
hour in temperatures as high as 48°C. It beat all other cars by two and^13 half days! Sunraycer
('ray of the sun' + 'racer') is certainly^14 car of^15 future!