(Steve and his Chinese teacher,Miss Yang, are now visiting a literary society.)
(史蒂夫和他的語文老師楊老師在參觀一個文學社。)
Look, Miss Yang! A picture of Li Bai. I read his poem Still Night Thoughts last night.
看,王老師!那是李白的照片。我昨天晚上讀了他的《靜夜思》。
It was easy to understand and very moving.
這首詩很好理解而且很感人。
Do you know anything about his life and poetry?
您了解他的生活和詩歌嗎?
Yes, Li Bai lived during the Tang dynasty. He is considered to be one of the best romantic poets in China.
嗯,李白生活在唐代。他被認為是中國最優秀的浪漫詩人之一。
In his lifetime, he wrote a lot of poetry. More than 900 of his poems are still read today.
他一生寫有很多詩歌。有900多首到現在還在流傳。
The passage I read about him said that he was as great as the British poet William Shakespeare.
我讀過一篇關于他的文章說他和英國詩人威廉·莎士比亞一樣偉大。
Look, there is his picture!
看,那里有他的照片!
I agree. Li Bai and Shakespeare were both very important poets.
我同意。李白和莎士比亞都是很重要的詩人。
You know that Shakespeare was also a famous playwright.
莎士比亞也是很出名的劇作家。
Many of his plays were about British history while others were comedies and tragedies.
他的很多劇作都是關于英國歷史的,還有喜劇和悲劇。
His most famous dramas were about the dark side of human nature.
他最出名的戲劇是關于人類本性的陰暗面的。
Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet are examples of this kind of plays.
《哈姆雷特》和《羅密歐與朱麗葉》就屬于這類戲劇。
Yes. Romeo and Juliet is very popular around the world, and one of the saddest scenes in this play is when Juliet kisses Romeo and then dies.
嗯,《羅密歐與朱麗葉》在全世界很受歡迎,這部戲劇中最悲傷的一幕就是朱麗葉親吻羅密歐以后就死去了。