Although bamboo is really a kind of grass, it looks more like tree -- a beautiful tree.It has long leaves that sway in the wind like slim fingers reaching to touch something.Chinese and Japanese poets write poems and songs about bamboo, the artists paint it in pictures.

　　虽然竹子实际上是一种草，但它看上去更像树——一种美丽的树。它那修长的树叶在风中摇动，好像伸出纤细的手指去触摸什么东西似的。中国和日本的诗人们经常以竹子为题材写诗写歌，画家们为竹子作画。