“三餐饭”冠词使用规律
陈根花
一、不用冠词的场合
在通常情况下,表示一日三餐的 breakfast,lunch,supper前不用冠词.如：
Breakfast is served until 9 am.早餐一直供应到上午9点.
Can you manage lunch on Tuesday?你星期二能来吃午饭吗?
Have you finished supper already?It’s only 5 o’clock!你已经吃过晚饭了?现在才5点钟啊!
A snack in the afternoon bridges the gap between lunch and supper.在午餐和晚餐之间,下午吃些点心补充一下.
Mother said lunch was ready and there was a mad dash for the table.母亲说午饭做好了,大家一下子都向饭桌奔去.
注：不连用冠词的用法尤其注意以下搭配：have breakfast (lunch,supper),after breakfast (lunch,supper),at breakfast (lunch,supper),before breakfast (lunch,supper),during breakfast (lunch,supper),for breakfast (lunch,supper),over breakfast (lunch,supper),since breakfast (lunch,supper),without breakfast (lunch,supper).如：
They were having breakfast when I arrived.我到达时,他们正在用早餐.
We got off immediately after breakfast.我们吃完早餐就动身了.
Please make your beds before breakfast.请在早饭前把床铺好.
It happened at [during] lunch.此事发生在吃午饭的时候.
I nearly always go home for lunch.我差不多总是回家吃午饭.
Do you want a boiled egg for breakfast?你早饭要吃煮鸡蛋吗?
She scanned the newspaper over breakfast.她吃着早饭把报纸大略看了一遍.
I haven’t eaten since breakfast.我吃了早饭后到现在还什么都没吃呢.
I had to go without breakfast this morning as I was in a hurry.我今早很匆忙,只好不吃早饭了.
二、用定冠词的场合
虽然在通常情况下,“三餐饭”前不用冠词,但是若要特指某一顿早餐、中餐或晚餐,则可在其前加定冠词.如：
The supper is well cooked.晚饭做得很好.
Thank you for the breakfast.谢谢你的这顿早餐.(from www.yygrammar.com)
注：表特指时,除可用定冠词修饰外,有时可用指示代词或物主代词等的修饰.如：
After that breakfast,I never saw her again.吃了那顿早餐后,我就再没有看到过她.
Why don’t you go for a walk?It’ll give you an appetite for your lunch.你怎么不出去散散步?散散步午饭时就有食欲了.
