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The sad end The end
The big apple The apple
The last one The only one
The best day The other day
Обратите внимание, что произношение артикля the зависит от звука, с которого начинается слово, а не от буквы!
the house: / ðə / (h – согласный звук)
the hour: / ði: / (в данном случае h не читается)
Иногда необходимо сделать ударение на каком-либо слове, для этой цели артикль the произносится как /ði:/ и на него приходится основное фразовое ударение, при этом не важно, начинается следующее за ним слово с гласного или согласного звука.
"What do you think of the / ðə / book?" "It"s the / ði: / best book I've ever read."
Что думаешь о книге? – Это самая лучшая книга, которую я когда-либо читал.
Practise:
This is the end of the film.
The traffic is terrible in the afternoon.
The employees are at the meeting.
You are the only person who knows the truth.
I don’t have the answer to the question.
(Listen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTPUJDJqThw)
Practise:
1) the orange / the apple / the egg → Could I have the orange, the apple and the egg, please?
2) the uncle / the usual story → Have you heard about the uncle? - Ah, the usual story.
3) the pen → So you bought a pen in Figueres? - Well, I bought the pen Salvador Dali used to write with! - Wow!
4) the hour / the sunrise → I love the hour before the sunrise.
5) the Eagles / the Beatles / the Offspring → My favourite band’s The Eagles. - The Beatles? - No, the Eagles. - Ah. And I love The Offspring.
6) the colour / the most important → Barbara, is your car colour important to you? - Oh yes. I think the colour is the most important element of a car.
7) the question / the answer → The question looks difficult but the answer is very easy.
8) the umbrella / the university → Harry, I think you’ve left the umbrella at the university.
9) the ozone hole / the ocean → The ozone hole is very big above the ocean.
10) the cake → Did you say “a cake”? - No, I said “ the cake”.
11) the Canal / the Atlantic / the Mediterranean → The Canal du Midi connects the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
12) the Toyota / the Aston Martin / the Opel → Which car is yours? The Toyota or the Aston Martin? - Neither of them. Mine is the Opel.
(From: https://brejestovski.livejournal.com/64199.html)
Answers:
1 the /ðiː/ orange / the /ðiː/ apple / the /ðiː/ egg → Could I have the orange, the apple and the egg, please?
2 the /ðiː/ uncle / the /ðə/ usual story → Have you heard about the uncle? - Ah, the usual story.
3 the /ðiː/ pen → So you bought a pen in Figueres? - Well, I bought the pen Salvador Dali used to write with! - Wow!
4 the /ðiː/ hour / the /ðə/ sunrise → I love the hour before the sunrise.
5 the /ðiː/ Eagles / the /ðə/ Beatles / the /ðiː/ Offspring → My favourite band’s The Eagles. - The Beatles? - No, the Eagles. - Ah. And I love The Offspring.
6 the /ðə/ colour / the /ðiː/ most important → Barbara, is your car colour important to you? - Oh yes. I think the colour is the most important element of a car.
7 the /ðə/ question / the /ðiː/ answer → The question looks difficult but the answer is very easy.
8 the /ðiː/ umbrella / the /ðə/ university → Harry, I think you’ve left the umbrella at the university.
9 the /ðiː/ ozone hole / the /ðiː/ ocean → The ozone hole is very big above the ocean.
10 the /ðiː/ cake → Did you say “a cake”? - No, I said “ the cake”.
11 the /ðə/ Canal / the /ðiː/ Atlantic / the /ðə/ Mediterranean → The Canal du Midi connects the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
12 the /ðə/ Toyota / the /ðiː/ Aston Martin / the /ðiː/ Opel → Which car is yours? The Toyota or the Aston Martin? - Neither of them. Mine is the Opel.