在哪些英文地名前，需要加定冠词 “the”？“英国” 的正确名称是 “the United Kingdom” 还是 “United Kingdom”？“亚洲” 是 “the Asia” 还是 “Asia”？
用法总结
1. （单个）湖泊、山脉、岛屿以及城市和大陆的名字前在通常情况下不用加 “the”。
- I live near Lake Como.
- I visited Mont Blanc last year.
- I went to Tokyo last summer.
- I really want to go to Cuba.
- Asia is a huge continent.
2. 注意：河流名字，多个岛屿构成的群岛、多个山峰构成的山脉等名字前常会加 “the”。
- The Yantze River is the third longest river in the world.
- The Nile is the longest river in the world.
- Mount Everest is in the Himalayas.
- The Maldives consists of many islands.
3. 国家名字前通常不加 “the”，但是复数名词的国名，或国名全称中带有 “states（邦，州的复数）”、“kingdom（王国）” 和 “republic（共和国）” 时，前面多加 “the”。
- I love Spain.
- I flew to the Netherlands.
- I visited the United States last year.
- I live in the United Kingdom.
- The Republic of Ireland is in the EU.
