名词前面常常带有the、a或an。这些词被称为限定词。它们 标示着名词所指意义的种属。限定词the叫做定冠词，用在单 数和复数名词之前。
单数
复数

the taxi
the taxis
the paper
the papers
the apple
the apples
限定词a（当后面的名词以元音开头时为an）是不定冠词， 用于单数名词。
whichever taxi不管哪辆出租车
很多限定词表示数量： all examples 所有的例子 both parents 父母双方 many people 很多人 each person 每个人 every night 每夜 several computers 几台电脑
few excuses 很少的借口 enough water 足够的水 no escape 没有逃脱 也许最常见的表示数量 的方法就是运用数词。下 面我们来看一看作为限定 词的数词。
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (阿瑟·柯南·道尔)
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan. As a London-based "consulting detective" , Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning (精明的逻辑推理), his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science (法医 学) to solve difficult cases.
数词和限定词
数词出现在名词前面时是限定词。基数词位于此处表
示数量。
one book 一本书 two books 两本书 twenty books 二十本书 同样位置上，序数词表示次序。
first impressions 第一印象 second chance 第二次机会 third prize 第三名
2 Translate the expressions in blue in the text into Chinese.
the second morning 第二天上午
another mysterious crime 又一起神秘犯罪案
the other thug 另一凶手
Grammar---- Determiners
published in serial form appeared between then and 1927. The
stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1914. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend
序数下面还包括一种子类型，即一组与数字并不直接
相关的词语（就像 first 对应one，second对应two那样）。
它们被称为一般序列词，包括last（最后）, latter（后面 的）, next（下一个）, previous（之前的）, 和subsequent （随后的）。这些词也用作限定词。
Holmes, who first appeared in publication in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The character grew in popularity with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, in 1891; further series of short stories and two novels
Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself , and two others are written in the third person. In two stories , Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, while Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story.
a taxi 一辆出租车 a paper 一份报纸 an apple一个苹果
冠词the和a/an是最常见的限定词，但还有很多其他的限定词。
any taxi任何出租车
that question 那个问题
those apples 那些苹果
this paper 这份报纸
some apple 一些苹果
whatever taxi 不管什么出租车
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Unit 18
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Did you hear of Sherlock Holmes?
He was a brave detective, full of wisdom, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his stories.
next week 下周 last orders 最后命令 previous engagement 先前的约定 subsequent developments 随后的发展
我们知道，当数词不出现在名词前面时，数词是名词的 子类。和名词一样，它们也可以带限定词。
the two of us 我们两个 the first of many 许多中的第一个
1 Read the first part of a Sherlock Holmes story. What do you think happens next?
The hat’s owner is likely to be a criminal who has stolen the diamond.