So in the suburbs with some trees and green, I really love that.

所以我很喜欢长有树木和绿色植物的郊区。

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When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy's been swinging them.

当我看到白桦树弯下身子，向左，也向右,穿过排列成行的挺直黑黑的树，我总以为有个孩子把白杨“荡“弯了。

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And, yet, think about the qualities of sound that are so different between "across the lines of straighter darker trees" and "I like to think some boy's been swinging them."

想想这音律的特别之处,这两句有很大的区别,“穿过排列成行的挺直黑黑的树“,我总以为有个孩子把白杨“荡“弯了“

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Once you get that, once you get the value, "Christmas tree," as opposed to "red lights," "red lights" being perhaps a part of some Christmas trees, then you see that you're back in a semiotic system and a very obvious one, because a Christmas tree is a not-menorah, not-Kwanzaa candles.

一旦认识到这点，红灯，指的其实是圣诞树“,红灯是圣诞树的一部分，那么你会发现你回到了符号学的解释中，圣诞树不用于犹太教或者非洲人的节日。

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