跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第654期

Don't be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.

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語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. 注意區分開 fooled和food。fool中有舌側音發音；

2. outside/ inside 在對比條件下，重音均落在第一音節上；

3. 示範發音：count down found mountain sound

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：be fooled by XX 被XX欺騙/矇蔽

fool 作動詞

You think you could fool a Corleone? 你以爲你騙得過柯里昂家的人嗎？

2. commonplace appearance

commonplace adj. 平凡的; 普通的

To make mistakes is human, to stumble is commonplace, to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. – William Arthur Ward

人都會犯錯，跌倒也時有發生，能夠嘲笑自己是成熟的表現。

side living becomes commonplace. 依湖而居變得平常。

XX has become commonplace. XX變得稀鬆平常

去國外旅行已經變得越來越平常。

Traveling abroad has become rather commonplace.

3. 詞鏈兒：like many things 像很多事一樣

4. 詞鏈兒：it is XX that counts/ matters. XX才重要

count/ matter 重要

釋義：to be important or valuable

First impressions count. 第一印象很重要。

Details count. 細節很重要。

活學活用

請用 be fooled by XX 隨意造句

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