(Steve and his Chinese teacher,Miss Yang, are now visiting a literary society.)
(史蒂夫和他的语文老师杨老师在参观一个文学社。)
Look, Miss Yang! A picture of Li Bai. I read his poem Still Night Thoughts last night.
看,王老师!那是李白的照片。我昨天晚上读了他的《静夜思》。
It was easy to understand and very moving.
这首诗很好理解而且很感人。
Do you know anything about his life and poetry?
您了解他的生活和诗歌吗?
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。他被认为是中国最优秀的浪漫诗人之一。
In his lifetime, he wrote a lot of poetry. More than 900 of his poems are still read today.
他一生写有很多诗歌。有900多首到现在还在流传。
The passage I read about him said that he was as great as the British poet William Shakespeare.
我读过一篇关于他的文章说他和英国诗人威廉·莎士比亚一样伟大。
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。李白和莎士比亚都是很重要的诗人。
You know that Shakespeare was also a famous playwright.
莎士比亚也是很出名的剧作家。
Many of his plays were about British history while others were comedies and tragedies.
他的很多剧作都是关于英国历史的,还有喜剧和悲剧。
His most famous dramas were about the dark side of human nature.
他最出名的戏剧是关于人类本性的阴暗面的。
Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet are examples of this kind of plays.
《哈姆雷特》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》就属于这类戏剧。
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,《罗密欧与朱丽叶》在全世界很受欢迎,这部戏剧中最悲伤的一幕就是朱丽叶亲吻罗密欧以后就死去了。