跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 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.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. 注意区分开 fooled和food。fool中有舌侧音发音；

2. outside/ inside 在对比条件下，重音均落在第一音节上；

3. 示范发音：count down found mountain sound

言之有物

1. 词链儿：be fooled by XX 被XX欺骗/蒙蔽

fool 作动词

You think you could fool a Corleone? 你以为你骗得过柯里昂家的人吗？

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

人都会犯错，跌倒也时有发生，能够嘲笑自己是成熟的表现。

side living becomes commonplace. 依湖而居变得平常。

XX has become commonplace. XX变得稀松平常

去国外旅行已经变得越来越平常。

Traveling abroad has become rather commonplace.

3. 词链儿：like many things 像很多事一样

4. 词链儿：it is XX that counts/ matters. XX才重要

count/ matter 重要

释义：to be important or vAluable

First impressions count. 第一印象很重要。

Details count. 细节很重要。

活学活用

请用 be fooled by XX 随意造句

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