李白看月亮

昨天晚上，月亮很漂亮，我想起了李白。

Last night the moon was beautiful, and it made me think of Li Bai.

李白是谁？我不知道这个名字。

Who is Li Bai? I don't know that name.

他是中国以前的诗人，是一千多年以前的人。

He was an old Chinese poet, a person from more than a thousand years ago.

一千多年以前？他写的东西，现在还有吗？

More than a thousand years ago? Does what he wrote still exist now?

因为他写的诗，中国孩子现在还在学习。

Because Chinese children today still study the poems he wrote.

为什么中国孩子现在还要学一千多年以前的诗？这首诗有什么意思？

Why do Chinese children still have to learn a poem from more than a thousand years ago? What's the point of this poem?

他写了很多首诗，写月亮的诗最有名。诗里说，他看着月亮，就想家。

He wrote many poems, and the one about the moon is the most famous. In the poem, it says he looked at the moon and missed home.

想家？他不在家吗？

Missed home? Wasn't he at home?

是的，他那个时候离家很远，不在家。晚上，他一个人，看着月亮，很想家。

Right, at that time he was far from home, not at home. At night, alone, he looked at the moon and missed home a lot.

我懂了。我现在也不在家，工作很忙，有时候晚上也想家。你也想家吗？

I get it. I'm not at home right now either. Work is busy, and sometimes at night I miss home too. Do you miss home too?

想。但是我家不远，还好。李白那个时候离家很远，没有电话，也不能回家，所以他很想家。

I do. But my home isn't far, so it's okay. Back then, Li Bai was far from home, had no telephone, and couldn't go home, so he missed home a lot.

我懂了。所以中国人到现在还喜欢这首诗，是因为很多人都想家，是不是？

I understand. So Chinese people still like this poem today because a lot of people miss home, right?

是的。这首诗说的不是李白一个人的事情，是很多人的事情。

Right. This poem isn't only about Li Bai, it's about a lot of people.

这首诗的字，我们能看吗？

Can we see the words of this poem?

现在不能。我说的不是诗的字，是诗的意思。

Not right now. What I said wasn't the poem's exact words, it was its meaning.

好，我懂了。谢谢你，告诉我李白的事情。

Okay, got it. Thanks for telling me about Li Bai.