Ответ:
Правило: a/an употребляется при первом упоминании предмета, the — при повторном упоминании или когда предмет уже определён контекстом; нулевой артикль возможен с некоторыми устойчивыми сочетаниями.
- Last year I spent the summer in a small village. Not far from the village there was a river. The river was shallow and very fast.
- The day was coming to an end. It was an unforgettable day.
- There lived an old man with his old woman by the very blue sea. They lived in a tumble-down hut for exactly thirty-three years. The old man caught fish with a net, and the old woman spun her yarn.
Артикли: a small village; the village; a river; The river; The day; an unforgettable day; an old man; the very blue sea; a tumble-down hut; The old man; the old woman.
