這就是白楊樹，西北極普通的一種樹，然而絕不是平凡的樹！它沒有婆娑的姿態，沒有屈曲盤旋的虬枝，也許你要說它不美麗，——如果美是專指“婆娑”或“橫斜逸出”之類而言，那么白楊樹算不得樹中的好女子：但是它卻是偉岸，正直，樸質，嚴肅，也不缺乏溫和，更不用提它的堅強不屈與挺拔，它是樹中的偉丈夫！當你在積雪初融的高原上走過，看見平坦的大地上傲然挺立這么一株或一排白楊樹，難道你覺得樹只是樹？難道你就不想到它的樸質，嚴肅，堅強不屈至少也象征了北方的農民……
They are white poplars, a most common kind of tree in the northwest of China, but they are by no means ordinary! They have neither a graceful posture nor spiral branches. You may think of them as not so beautiful. If beauty refers specifically to “a slender figure” or “twigs slanting sideways”, then they cannot be regarded as fine girls among trees. Nevertheless, they are big and tall, honest and upright, simple and plain, earnest and unyielding—and not without gentleness and warmth though. They are giants of manliness among trees! When you trudge through the melting snow of the plateau and see one or a row of white poplars standing firmly and proudly on the vast plains, how could you look upon them as nothing but trees?
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