跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀第188期

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Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing. For inwardly, they are ravening wolves.

語音講解
單詞發音
prophets /ˈprɒfɪt $ ˈprɑː-/
clothing /ˈkləʊðɪŋ $ ˈkloʊ-/
inward /ˈɪnwəd $ -wərd/
ravening wolves /ˈrævənɪŋwʊlvz/
連詞發音
beware of /bɪˈweərəv/
they're /ðeɪə/
輕讀重讀
重讀：false/inwardly/ravening wolves
弱讀：for/of/to/are

詞彙講解
het noun.
釋義：person who tells, or claims to be able to tell, what will happen in the future 預言者; 預言家
例句：I'm afraid I'm no weather prophet.
我可不會預測天氣.
re of phrase.
釋義：used to warn someone to be careful because something is dangerous 小心,當心
例句：Beware of the dog!
小心狗！
3. false adj.
釋義：wrong; incorrect 錯誤的; 不正確的/sham; pretended 冒充的; 假裝的
例句：The man had given a false name and address.
他提供的是假的姓名和地址。
引申-false modesty 虛情假意
例句：I may say, without false modesty, that our little entertainment was most successful.
我可以免去虛言客套來說一句,我們這一次小小的宴會真是再快樂不過了。
4. clothing noun.
釋義：衣物; 服裝
例句：She is all the more beautiful for her shabby clothing (=because her clothing is shabby).
即使她衣衫襤褸,卻顯得更美麗了。
a wolf in sheep's clothing=a wolf in lamb's skin
披着羊皮的豺狼;僞裝友善的敵人,口蜜腹劍的人
cloth/klɒθ/ clothes/kləʊðz/ clothing /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/辨析
1）cloth 表示“布”“衣料”、桌布，是不可數名詞。
a piece of cloth(一塊布) tablecloth 桌布
2）clothes 是"衣服"的統稱，是一個沒有單數形式的複數名詞，其前不可加不定冠詞，也不可加數詞，但可用 some, these, those, many, (a) few等詞修飾。
I don't have many clothes for summer.
我夏天穿的衣服不多。
3）clothing 表示“衣服”的總稱，是一個不可數的集合名詞。
We need warm clothing for the winter.
我們需要暖和的衣服過冬。
food and clothing是我們漢語說的"衣食"
ning adj.
Origin: Present participle of raven 'to take away by force, eat eagerly' (15-20 centuries), from Old French raviner, from Latin rapere; RAPE
釋義：fiercely hunting for food（尤指狼羣）覓食的
例句：Ravening animals are hungry and dangerous