Grade 9 Unit 6 Topic 2 Section B

(Steve and his Chinese teacher, Miss Yang, are now visiting a literary ^[1]literary: 美: [ˈlɪtəˌreri]  英: [ˈlɪt(ə)rəri]  adj. 文学的；文学上的；适于文学作品的；有典型文学作品特征的 society ^[2]society: 美: [səˈsaɪəti]  英: [sə’saɪəti]  n. 学会；协会；社团；交往.)

Steve: Look, Miss Yang! A picture of Li Bai. I read his poem Still Night Thoughts last night It was easy to understand and very moving ^[3]moving: 美: [ˈmuvɪŋ]  英: [ˈmuːvɪŋ]  adj. 动人的；令人感动的；移动的；运动的. Do you know anything about his life and poetry ^[4]poetry: 美: [ˈpoʊətri]  英: [ˈpəʊɪtri]  n. 诗歌；诗意；诗集；诗作?

Miss Yang: Yes, Li Bai lived during the Tang dynasty. He is considered to be one of the best romantic poets ^[5]poet: 美: [ˈpoʊət]  英: [ˈpəʊɪt]  n. 诗人 in China. In his lifetime ^[6]in one’s lifetime: 在某人的一生中, he wrote a lot of poetry. More than 900 of his poems are still read today.

Steve: The passage I read about him said that he was as great as ^[7]as … as:和……一样the British poet William Shakespeare. Look, there is his picture!

Miss Yang: I agree. Li Bai and Shakespeare were both very important poets. You know that Shakespeare was also a famous playwright ^[8]playwright: 美: [ˈpleɪˌraɪt]  英: [‘pleɪ.raɪt]  n. 剧作家；编剧 Many of his plays were about British history while others were comedies and tragedies. His most famous dramas ^[9]drama: 美: [ˈdrɑmə] 英: [ˈdrɑːmə] n. 戏剧；戏剧艺术；戏剧文学；戏剧性事件 were about the dark side of human nature. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet are examples of this kind of plays.

Steve: Yes. Romeo and Juliet is very popular around the world, and one of the saddest scenes ^[10]scene: 美: [sin]  英: [siːn]  n. 现场；景象；情景；景色 in this play is when Juliet kisses ^[11]kiss: 美: [kɪs]  英: [kɪs]  n. 吻  v. 亲吻；接吻；轻拂；轻触 Romeo and then dies.