1. Understanding the Title Look at the picture What can you hear? Nothing – silent, serene (first character) What time is it? Night time (second character) What is the person doing in the picture? Thinking (third character) Poem

2. 床 月 头 地 望 静夜思 李白 李白 (701-762) 床前明 月光，明 月光 疑疑是地上霜。霜 举头举头望明月， 低头低头思故乡。故乡 Watch A Video!! Translation

3. Bright Back

4. 月光 Back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7_IZPHHb0

5. 疑 v. To suspect, to doubt Back

6. 霜

7. 举头 低头 Back

8. 故乡 Back

10. 李白 Li Bai (701-762) A Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712-770) are the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty that is often called the "Golden Age." Back