跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第850期

（单词翻译）

Looking up, I find the moon bright;

Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. bow的两个意思，发音不同

/ba?/ 鞠躬

/b??/ 弓

2. moon 为一个音节，不要读成“木温”

言之有物：

Thoughts on a Tranquil¹ Night

许渊冲 译 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 （名词或动词）

名词→ The music ended and the girl took a bow.

词链儿：take/give a bow

动词→ She bowed and left the stage.

② 弓（名词）

a bow and arrow 一把弓和一支箭

a violin bow 小提琴弓

2. I’m drowned in homesickness.

我淹没于思乡之中。→低头思故乡

拓展：像只落汤鸡 like a drowned rat

He was wet all over like a drowned rat.

他浑身湿得像只落汤鸡。

She came in from the storm looking like a drowned rat.

活学活用：

请用 like a drowned rat 随意造句

《静夜思》（Thoughts on a Tranquil Night）：此诗描写了秋日夜晚，诗人于屋内抬头望月的所感。诗中运用比喻、衬托等手法，表达客居思乡之情，语言清新朴素而韵味含蓄无穷，历来广为传诵。