English problems, the difference between adding articles before foreign festivals and adding articles before China festivals.

Generally speaking, the names of traditional festivals in China are usually preceded by the, while foreign festivals do not need to add definite articles.

Many festivals in Britain and America don't use festival, but use Day. At this time, they usually have no articles in front of them:

Christmas. Christmas.

April fool's day April fool's day

May day labor day international labor day

Thanksgiving thanksgiving

Mother's day

Easter Easter

Some similar or common Festival names in China and the West are often translated into English instead of Festival, and there are usually no articles in front of them. For example:

New year's day

National Day National Day

Children's day

The translated names of traditional festivals in China are usually composed of festivals, and definite articles are usually used. For example:

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

the Lantern Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival

English articles should be added before the festival.

Extended data:

Usage analysis of unused items (zero items)

1, proper nouns such as personal names, place names and country names are usually without articles:

Mike is English, but he likes Beijing opera.

2. Generally, the title, position and address are not added before the article:

The guards brought the American to General Lee.

This is Dr. Li.

1860, Lincoln became the president of the United States.

We made him our monitor.

3, three meals, ball games, no articles before the topic.

For example, having breakfast/lunch/dinner, playing football/basketball/football/volleyball/tennis.

Dinner is ready, let's hurry.

I often play football with my friends.

We all like English.

4. Don't use the transported articles.

For example, by bus/train/plane/ship/bike.

I go to school by bus every day. ? Did you come back by plane or by train?

5, table refers to a class or general concept without articles:

Horses are useful animals. Failure is the mother of success. ? He likes music.

6. When there are already pronouns, possessive cases and other modifications, there is no need for articles.

My mother and father are school teachers.

Do you want to know my morning?

This is Li Ming's book.

7. Don't use articles before nouns such as festival, date, week, season, year and month.

Like women's day? 、? Christmas, April Fool's Day? National day? Christmas day

June 1 day is Christmas. Today is Tuesday.

Winter is coming, can spring be far behind? 20 16 here he comes.

8. When ordinal numbers are used as adverbs, there is no article before them:

He won the first place in the race. Work must come first. ?

9. Articles are not used in some fixed phrases.

Like sleeping, going to school, at night?

Pay attention to the difference. In some phrases, articles with and without articles have different meanings.

In the front is in the front. In the front, in the front range?

Go to the hospital. Go to the hospital. Go to the hospital? Go to bed? Go to sleep, go to sleep.

At dinner? Go to school at the dinner table. At the dinner table? At school. At school.