Name: The 的使用時機解析！英文自然又地道的關鍵就在這！ (Everyday Grammar Video: Ramen, A Popular Food in Japan)
Uploaded: 2025-10-13T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 2 min 1 s

過去簡單式

We received a lot of messages from our audience around the world.

我們收到了許多來自世界各地觀眾的留言。

One unnamed VOA learning English fan sent us a message from Japan.

有一位沒有署名的 VOA Learning English 粉絲，從日本傳來了一則訊息。

「日本最受歡迎的食物是拉麵。

I think because ramen has huge kinds of taste."

我想是因為拉麵有很多種味道。」

I lived in Japan for many years and love ramen as well.

我曾在日本住了好幾年，我也很喜歡拉麵。

We do have a couple of suggestions to improve the writing.

不過我們有幾個建議，可以讓這段英文寫得更好。

We need to pay special attention to short words such as articles and remove a few other words.

我們需要特別注意像冠詞這類的短字，並刪掉一些不必要的詞。

For example, we need to include the word "the" at the beginning of the message,

例如，我們需要在句首加上「the」這個字，

as in "The most popular food in Japan is ramen."

像這樣：「The most popular food in Japan is ramen.」

The reason we need to include the word "the"

is because we often use articles to introduce a noun phrase.

是因為我們常用冠詞來引出一個名詞片語。

English speakers expect a noun phrase to start with an article or other determiner.

英語母語者預期名詞片語的開頭會有冠詞或其他限定詞。

They tell us what is coming or approaching.

它們告訴我們接下來會出現什麼。

接下來談談「huge kinds of taste」。

English speakers might instead use different structures to express the same idea.

但英語母語者通常會用不同的結構來表達同樣的意思。

For example, English speakers might say that the taste is complex, bold, or rich.

例如，英語使用者可能會說味道「complex（複雜）」、「bold（濃烈）」或「rich（豐富）」。

So we might update the message so that it goes like this:

所以我們可以把這句話改成這樣：

"The most popular food in Japan is ramen because it has a rich, complex taste."

「日本最受歡迎的食物是拉麵，因為它有豐富且複雜的味道。」