教堂裡的那段講道
這是畫面完整的地方：聽眾、經文、認真的語氣都在。
noun · C1
A short talk given by a priest or minister during a church service, usually taking a piece of the Bible that has just been read and saying what it means for everyday life.
講道、證道
核心畫面
One person stands in front of a gathered group and says, in an earnest voice, how people ought to live. The oldest setting for that picture is a church: a passage is read aloud, and then someone explains what it asks of you this week. Three things are in the picture — an audience that is already sitting there, a serious tone, and advice about behaviour. Take the picture out of the church and the same tone becomes everyday moralising; wear the phrases down by and what is left are the comfortable lines people reach for when they have nothing new to say.
可以想成一個人站在一群人面前，用很認真的語氣講「應該怎麼做人」。這個畫面最原本的場景是教堂：先讀一段經文，再說它這個…更多收起
可以想成一個人站在一群人面前，用很認真的語氣講「應該怎麼做人」。這個畫面最原本的場景是教堂：先讀一段經文，再說它這個禮拜要求你什麼。畫面裡有三樣東西——本來就坐在那裡的聽眾、認真的語氣、關於行為的勸告。把場景搬出教堂，同樣的語氣就成了日常裡的說教；再把那些句子重複到磨平，剩下的就是沒話說時拿來墊檔的漂亮話。From the word’s history
The word travels from Ancient Greek homilia, a talk or instruction, which itself comes from homilos, a crowd or throng, through Late Latin homilia and Old French. So the oldest picture is speaking to people who have gathered — which is exactly the church talk the core sense names.
這個字從希臘文 ὁμιλία（homilia，「講話、教導」）來，而 ὁμιλία 又來自 ὅμιλος（「聚在一起的人群」），經過拉丁文 homilia 和古法文才進到英文。所以它最早的畫面可以想成「對著聚在一起的人說話」，正好對上今天教堂裡那段講道。
Wiktionary entry for homily (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:777646849), etymology 1
Two branches
搬出教堂的說教
語氣和內容都留著，少掉的是「聽眾自己來聽」這件事——所以這兩個意思用起來都帶著一點不耐煩。
noun · C1
A long piece of advice about how people should behave, given in a serious tone and usually not asked for.
說教、訓話