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 為一個音節，不要讀成“木溫”

言之有物：

Thoughts on a Tranquil Night

許淵沖 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.

他渾身濕得像只落湯雞。

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，詩人于屋內抬頭望月的所感。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，歷來廣為傳誦。

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