And they use the people in the effected villages to carry their food or whatever item they have taken,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Well, I mean the definite article "the", you use when there's only a single specific item that you're talking about.

当你谈论一个特定的项目时，就用定冠词“the” 。

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