名词辨析cloth, clothes, clothing
◆cloth n.
1. 表示“布”、“衣料”，是不可数名词。如：
She bought some cloth to make herself a dress. 她买了些布要给自己做一件连衣裙。
再如：a piece of cloth(一块布)，three yards of cloth(3码布)，a roll of cloth(一卷布)等
2. 表示用作某种特殊用途的布(如：桌布，台布，揩布等)，是可数名词。如：
Clean the windows with a soft cloth. 用块软布擦窗子。
再如：a tablecloth(桌布)，a dishcloth(洗碟布)，a face cloth(洗脸毛巾)等。
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◆clothes n.
1. 表示“衣服”，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, few等词修饰。如：
正：those clothes / few clothes / many clothes
误：a clothes / two clothes / three clothes
2. 可受定语修饰，表示不同用途的衣服。如：school clothes (校服)，sports clothes(运动服)，work(ing) clothes(工作服)等。
3. 表示一套衣服，通常借助 suit。如：a suit of clothes(一套衣服)，two suits of clothes(二套衣服)等。
◆clothing n.
1. 表示“衣服”的总称，是一个不可数的集合名词。如：
They wear very little clothing. 他们衣服穿得很少。
We need warm clothing for the winter. 我们需要暖和的衣服过冬。
2. 表示一件衣服，通常用 article。如：
A coat is an article of clothing. 上衣是一件衣服。
【注】有时也用 piece of, item of 等。如：
three pieces [items] of clothing 三件衣服
The best advice young men and women can hear these days is not “Get Rich”. It’s “Go West”.
Those who hope to make their fortunes or, at the very least, find good jobs or life long careers have a better chance of doing so in China’s western provinces than in the increasingly crowded eastern cities. Along the eastern coast, cities are filled with newcomers looking for work. They seek anything from the lowest-level unskilled jobs to the instant-millionaire Internet chance of lifetime. Few have found the latter, and few ever will.
Some 160 years ago, young men and women streamed into New York, Philadelphia, Boston——the United States’ equivalent of China’s Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing. All of these young people were searching for work, for riches; for fame. Few found any of that. The rest joined the masses working hard at low-level jobs trying to support themselves and their families.
Horace Greeley, a well-known American newspaper editor of the period had sound advice for those seeking work. “Do not,” Greeley said, “lounge （to stand or sit in a lazy manner） in the cities! There is room and health in the country, away from the crowds of idles （people who waste time doing nothing） and imbeciles （a person of weak mind）. Go West …”
In the mid-19th century, when Greeley issued his call to go west, America was about to develop its western regions——much as China is today. Out west, the unemployed could find jobs.
What was needed then in the America West is what is needed now in China’s western regions; men and women with determination to make something of themselves, men and women with skills in any developing nation must have to survive and prosper.
It has nothing to do with the Internet. It has nothing to do with becoming a movie star, pop music idol, or a Bill Gates clone. It has everything to do with reality.
