VOA一分鐘英語：哪些地名前加定冠詞 “the”？

在哪些英文地名前，需要加定冠詞 “the”？“英國” 的正確名稱是 “the United Kingdom” 還是 “United Kingdom”？“亞洲” 是 “the Asia” 還是 “Asia”？
 
Today, we look at geographic features, and why some don't use any article, and others use the definite article the.
Usually, we don't use the with names. That's why we don't need to use the before the names of:
Lakes:
I live near Lake Como.
Mountains:
I visited Mont Blanc last year.
Cities:
I went to Tokyo last summer.
Islands:
I really want to go to Cuba.
Continents:
Asia is a huge continent.
We also don't use the with the names of most countries.
I love Spain.
However, for countries which are plural nouns, we need to use the.
I flew to the Netherlands.
And for countries which contain words like 'states', ‘kingdom’ or ‘republic’, we use the.
I visited the United States last year.
I live in the United Kingdom.
Bye!
 
用法總結(jié)
1. （單個）湖泊、山脈、島嶼以及城市和大陸的名字前在通常情況下不用加 “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，多個島嶼構(gòu)成的群島、多個山峰構(gòu)成的山脈等名字前常會加 “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. 國家名字前通常不加 “the”，但是復(fù)數(shù)名詞的國名，或國名全稱中帶有 “states（邦，
州的復(fù)數(shù)）”、“kingdom（王國）” 和 “republic（共和國）” 時，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.