#读首诗# #American Poets#
THE WORD IS THE PICTURE OF THINGS
By Dan Gerber (1940- )

Looking down at the lights of Earth,
its constellations of lives,
however unaware,
signal back to the watching galaxies
that have their seeing inside us.

I praised flight and got stuck.
I praised gravity and got lost.

Along the way my life
decays, and ripens.

Crow,
why do you keep occurring?

Fox,
how long will you go on following me?

My life would only be a job
without you.

Night,
how long will you go on humming?

词根：preci(prais,pric,priz)=price(价格、价值)

1.appreciate v. 感谢；正确评价；欣赏；（充分）意识到
【ap-

appreciation n. 感谢；评价；欣赏；重视

appreciative adj. 感激的；欣赏的

appreciable adj.可感知的；可观的；可估的

appreciably adv. 相当地；明显地；可察觉地

2.depreciation n. 降价；贬值；轻视；折旧
【de-（=down）+ preci + ation——价值下降的——降价，贬值】

depreciate v. 降价；轻视

depreciatory adj. 降价的；轻视的

3.praise v/n. 赞赏；赞美；称赞
【prais + e——有价值的——值得赞美】

4.appraise v. 评价；鉴定；估价
【ap-

appraisal n. 评价；估价；估计

5.priceless adj. 无价的；及其珍贵的
【preci + -less——不能用价值衡量的】

6.prize n.奖赏，奖品，战利品

v. 珍视，捕获，估计 adj. 获奖的
【peiz + e】

7.precious adj. 珍贵的；<口>十足的 ad. 很，非常
【preci + -ous——有价值的】

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二、多一连词

① 状语从句与主句之间多一并列连词。

如：though… but; because… so; the more… and the more

② 充当状语的分词与主句之间多一并列连词。

如：
Sitting down and he began to work.
Regarded as the best in the class, so he was praised at the meeting.

③ 从属连词后多一 that。

如：because that… since that…, unless that…

④ 复合宾语前多一 that。

如：
I heard that him say it.
I found that her lying on the ground.