#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】

#每日一善[超话]##阳光信用##每日一善#希望我的方向是通往自己想去的地方，而不是所谓对的地方；希望我的力量来自内心，而不是别人的赞扬。IhopemydirectionistogowhereIwanttogo,notwhereIamright.Ihopemystrengthcomesfrommyheart,notfromothers'prais​希望我的方向是通往自己想去的地方，而不是所谓对的地方；希望我的力量来自内心，而不是别人的赞扬。IhopemydirectionistogowhereIwanttogo,notwhereIamright.Ihopemystrengthcomesfrommyheart,notfromothers'praise.苦难既然把我推到了悬崖的边缘，那么就让我在这悬崖的边缘坐下来，顺便看看悬崖下的流岚雾霭，唱支歌给你听。Sincesufferingpushedmetotheedgeofthecliff,thenletmesitdownattheedgeofthecliff,bytheway,lookatthehazeunderthecliff,andsingasongtoyou.刘雨昕lyx