跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第853期
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.
語音講解：
今日發音練習重點：
1. bow的兩個意思，發音不同
/baʊ/ 鞠躬
/bəʊ/ 弓
2. moon 爲一個音節，不要讀成“木溫”
言之有物：
Thoughts on a Tranquil Night
許淵衝 譯 2006
Before my bed a pool of light—
O can it be hoar-frost on the ground?
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.
1. bow
① 鞠躬 （名詞或動詞）
名詞→ The music ended and the girl took a bow.
詞鏈兒：take/give a bow
動詞→ She bowed and left the stage.
② 弓（名詞）
a bow and arrow 一把弓和一支箭
a violin bow 小提琴弓
2. I’m drowned in homesickness.
我淹沒于思鄉之中。→低頭思故鄉
拓展：像只落湯雞 like a drowned rat
He was wet all over like a drowned rat.
他渾身溼得像只落湯雞。
She came in from the storm looking like a drowned rat.
活學活用：
請用 like a drowned rat 隨意造句
《靜夜思》（Thoughts on a Tranquil Night）：此詩描寫了秋日夜晚，詩人於屋內擡頭望月的所感。詩中運用比喻、襯托等手法，表達客居思鄉之情，語言清新樸素而韻味含蓄無窮，歷來廣爲傳誦。
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