720早读-语音及词汇讲解

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

语音讲解

单词发音

prophets /ˈprɒfɪt $ ˈprɑː-/

clothing  /ˈkləʊðɪŋ $ ˈkloʊ-/

inward  /ˈɪnwəd $ -wərd/

ravening wolves  /ˈrævənɪŋwʊlvz/

连词发音

beware of /bɪˈweərəv/

they're /ðeɪə/

轻读重读

重读：false/inwardly/ravening wolves

弱读：for/of/to/are

词汇讲解

1.prophet noun.

释义：person who tells, or claims to be able to tell, what will happen in the future 预言者; 预言家

例句：I'm afraid I'm no weather prophet. 我可不会预测天气.

2.beware of phrase.

释义：used to warn someone to be careful because something is dangerous 小心 当心

例句：Beware of the dog!

截自英剧苔丝

3. false adj.

释义：wrong; incorrect 错误的; 不正确的/sham; pretended 冒充的; 假装的

例句：The man had given a false name and address. 他提供的视假的姓名和地址。

截自英剧唐顿庄园S5E6

引申-false modesty 虚情假意

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例句：I may say, without falsemodesty, that our little entertainment was most successful.

我可以免去虚言客套来说一句,我们这一次小小的宴会真是再快乐不过了。

4. clothing noun.

释义：衣物; 服装

例句：She is all the more beautiful for her shabby clothing (=because her clothing is shabby).

即使她衣衫褴褛,却显得更美丽了。

a wolf in sheep's clothing=a wolf in lamb's skin)

披着羊皮的豺狼;伪装友善的敌人,口蜜腹剑的人

cloth/klɒθ/ clothes/kləʊðz/ clothing /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/辨析

1.cloth 表示“布”“衣料”、桌布，是不可数名词。

a piece of cloth(一块布) tablecloth 桌布

2.clothes 是"衣服"的统称，是一个没有单数形式的复数名词，其前不可加不定冠词，也不可加数词，但可用 some, these, those, many, (a) few等词修饰。

I don’t have many clothes for summer.

我夏天穿的衣服不多。

3.clothing 表示“衣服”的总称，是一个不可数的集合名词。

We need warm clothing for the winter.

我们需要暖和的衣服过冬。

food and clothing是我们汉语说的"衣食"

5.ravening adj.

Origin: Present participle of raven 'to take away by force, eat eagerly' (15-20 centuries), from Old French raviner, from Latin rapere; RAPE

释义：（尤指狼群）觅食的 fiercely hunting for food

例句：Ravening animals are hungry and dangerous

活学活用

a wolf in sheep's clothing