Discovering Chinese Folk Music: Abing and His Melodies

教学辅助课件 九年级全

Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to. Section B Period Two

Objectives 1. Read to learn about Chinese folk musician Abing and his music. 2. To be able to get the main idea of each paragraph and find out their supporting details

How many Chinese musical instruments do you know about? string instruments 弦乐器 Chinese musical instruments woodwind instruments 木管乐器 percussion instruments 打击乐器

Chinese string instruments pipa 琵琶 guzheng 古筝 erhu 二胡 yangqin 扬琴

Chinese woodwind instruments dizi 笛子 xiao 箫

Chinese percussion instruments gu 鼓 luo 锣

What instruments can you hear? Moon Reflected on Second Spring 二泉映月 erhu 二胡

How do you feel about the music? Sad but Beautiful Read the passage and get more information about Erquan Yingyue.

Task 1 Look at the title and the picture. Then answer the questions below. Sad but Beautiful word 文档链接 • What can you see in the picture? • 2.What may the passage talk about? A Chinese folk musician and his instrument. It may talk about Chinese folk music and musical instruments.

Task 2 Check your answers • Abing. • Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring). • He feels that it is sad but beautiful, and it not only paints a picture of Abing’s own life but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences.

Task 3 Read the first paragraph and answer. How does the writer feel about this piece of music? He feels that it is sad but strangely beautiful. He is deeply moved and almost cries along with it as he listens to it.

Task 4 Read the second paragraph and then fill in the blanks. Abing, a folk musician, was born in Wuxi in 1893. He lost his mother _____________ ___________. His father ____________ play many musical instruments, and then he _____________ his musical ability by age 17. After that, he _________ a serious illness and became blind. But he __________ his music on the streets for many years. when he was very young taught him to was known for developed performed

Read the third paragraph and finish “True or false”.00 Task 5 • It is a pity that only seven pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear. • ( ) • 2. Abing’s amazing musical skills made him very popular. ( ) • 3. Its sad beauty only paints a picture of Abing’s own life. ( ) • 4. Erquan Yingyue has become one of China’s national treasures. ( ) • 5. Abing wrote all the 600 pieces of music that he could play. ( ) six F T not only F but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences. T F many of

Task 6 • Para. 1: I was ________ by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue. • Supporting details: • The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain. • It was one of the most moving pieces of music I’ve ever heard. • The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it as I listened. moved Read the passage again and use suitable words to complete the main idea of each paragraph. Then list the supporting details in each paragraph. 2c Check your answers

Para. 2: Abing lived a very ________ life. • Supporting details: • His mother died when he was very young. • His father died when he was a teenager. • He was poor and homeless. • He developed an illness and became blind. • He lived on the streets and played music to make money. hard

Para. 3: Abing’s musical skills made him very ________. • Supporting details: • He could play over 600 pieces, and he wrote many of them himself. • His most famous piece is still played and praised by erhu masters today. • Erquan Yingyue has become one of China’s national treasures. popular

A typical paragraph is made up of a main idea and supporting details. supporting details main idea tell us more about the main idea expresses what the whole paragraph is about 1. usually explicitly stated in a sentence called the topic sentence 2. sometimes implied rather than explicitly stated in the form of examples, reasons, opinions or other detailed information

topic sentence, main idea The information in paragraph 2 implies that Abing had a hard life. topic sentence, main idea

Task 7 Could you find out the Attributive clauses in the passage?

Task 8 Read and fill in the blanks about Abing’s personal information. Name: Profession: Musical instruments: Important events: Abing Chinese folk musician Drums, dizi, erhu

Important events: When Abing was young, his mother _____. Byage 17, Abing was known for __________________________. In 1893, Abing was _______. born his musical ability died He continued to ______________ on the streets. He ___________in this way for many years. sing and play performed After Abing got married, he ______________. After his father died, Abing’s life ______________. For several years, he had _________, and lived ______________. nohome had a homeagain grew worse on the streets

Task 9 Abing played music (that/who) could touch the hearts of people. When we listen to his music, we can ______ both the beauty and the sadness in it. It makes us think about the _______ and _____ (that/who) we have experienced in the past. For this reason, many people ______ him as the musician who has greatly influenced erhu music. So it is really a _____ that not many pieces of his music were recorded. Circle that or who and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. 2d sense wounds pain pain wounds sense pity praise praise pity

Task 10 Discuss 2e Student A is a foreign visitor who is interested in Abing and his music. Student B is a Chinese student who knows about Abing. Use the information in the passage to make a conversation. He could play many instruments, but he is best known for playing the erhu. What kind of musical instruments did Abing play?

Task 11 Translate the following into English: • 民族音乐 • 最动人的一首曲子 • 总共；合计 • 查阅……的历史 • 演奏许多乐器 • 6. 以……而闻名 • 7. 继续唱 • 8. 在他的一生中 folk music one of the most moving pieces of music in total look up the history of… play many musical instruments be known for… continue to sing during his lifetime

Language points 1. The piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me. piece: 音乐作品 “一首歌，一支乐曲” When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music. 当他还是个小孩子，就会哼唱歌曲和颇有难度的乐曲。

2. The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain. sense v. 感觉到；意识到 n.感觉；意识 sense ofhumor / responsibility 幽默/责任感 My daughter lost her favorite toy and I could sense her sadness. Dogs have a very good sense of hearing.

3. It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continues to this day. It is a pity that… 很遗憾…… 在该句型中， it是形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句。 It’s a pity that you missed the beginning of the movie. 真遗憾你错过了电影开场。

in total: (=in all)总共；合计 popularity: 声望；知名度 to win/ enjoy popularity 享盛名；得众望；受欢迎 These books will cost you 100 dollars in total. 这些书共收您100美元。 Country music is growing in popularity. 乡村音乐正逐渐得到更多人的喜爱。

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Ⅰ. 根据提示用合适的单词填空。1. His music r________his interest in Western culture.2. The teacher p_______him because heimproved a lot in English.3. After the doctor cleaned the w______in her leg, she felt much better.4. You won’t get lost in the forest if you have a good s_____ of direction.5. It’s difficult for me to m______ a foreign language in such a short time. eflects raised ound ense aster

Ⅱ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。1. The woman used to live a _______ (pain)life in the country.2. Sandy, did you sense a strong _______ (sad) from the music?3. At first, we didn’t think it was a _______(move) movie.4. The children __________ (perform) a classical dance for the old people.5. These old photos made me ______ (recall)my happy childhood. painful sadness moving performed recall

Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成下列句子，每空词数不限。1. 这个博物馆里总共有200个参观者。There are two hundred visitors ________in the museum.2. 你能帮我在词典里查一下这个单词吗？Can you help me ________the word in the dictionary? in total look up

3. 我认为最好的赚钱方式是卖报纸。I think the best way to __________ is to sell newspapers.4. 到上个月月末，我们就已经完成了这项工作。______________last month, we hadalready finished the work.5. 只有用这种方式我们才能找到问题的答案。Only ___________can we find outthe answer to the question. make money By the end of in this way

Ⅳ. Translate and write them down. • 我特别喜欢贝多芬的那首小曲。 • 2. 近年来她的小说渐受欢迎。 I especially like that short piece by Beethoven. Her novels wins a popularity over recent years.

Homework 1. Review the new wordsand expressions we’ve learned today. 2. Read more articles in Learning English. 3. Finish the exercises in Learning English. 4. Preview 3a-3b on P71-72.

Discovering Chinese Folk Music: Abing and His Melodies