I love not only your strapping stature, but also your firm stand, the earth beneath you.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：
1. strapping /s/音不要拖音，不要發成“斯——”；
2. 弱讀的單詞要讀的短、快、輕：your/but/your/the

言之有物
1. not only...but (also) 不但……而且……
就近原則
Not only she but also I am wrong.
不僅是她連我都錯了。
2. strapping stature 偉岸的身軀
解釋來自wiki：A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather.
strapping adj. 高大結實的，魁梧的
He was a bricklayer - a big, strapping fellow.
他是個泥瓦匠——一個魁梧梧的家伙。
stature 在直立狀態下的自然身高
figure 指身體的高矮胖瘦 體形
具象——Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.
母親身材矮小，只有5英尺高。
抽象——Who can deny his stature as the world's greatest cellist?
誰能否認他是世界上最偉大的大提琴演奏家呢？
3. earth noun.
①地球
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
地球圍繞太陽旋轉。
② 地面、大地
They watched the kite fall back to earth.
他們看著風箏落回地面。
③泥土、土地
a lump of earth
一塊地

致橡樹
To the Oak Tree
作者：舒婷
Johanna Yueh 英文修改版

If I love you --
I will never be a clinging trumpet creeper
Using your high boughs
to show off my height

If I love you --
I will never be a spoony bird
Repeating a monotonous song
for green shade
Or be a spring
Bringing cool solace all year long
Or be a steep peak
Increasing your stature,
Reflecting your eminence
Even the sunlight
Even the spring rain
No, all these are not enough

I must be a ceiba tree beside you
Be the image of a tree
standing together with you
Our roots, entwined underground
Our leaves, touching in the clouds
With each gust of wind
We greet each other
But nobody
Can understand our words

You'll have your copper branches
and iron trunk
Like knives, like swords, like halberds, too
I'll have my crimson flowers
Like heavy sighs
And valiant torches
We'll share cold spells,
storms and thunder
We'll share mists, hazes and rainbows
Seemingly always apart
But also forever interdependent

Only this can be great love
The loyalty is here
Love --
I love not only your strapping stature
But also your firm stand,
the earth beneath you

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