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Unit9 I like music that I can dance to. Section B 2a-2e
Key words & Phrases:
sense, sadness, pain, reflect, perform, pity, total,
master, praise, wound, painful ; in total
Difficulties and points:
Identify conjunctions or phrases that link ideas together.
Functions:
Noting supporting details ,learn to use the reading skills .
Learning Objectives
Warm-up
Enjoy the music!
How does this music make you feel
Do you know the name of this music
二泉映月
What kind of Chinese musical instrument is it
erhu
What other Chinese musical instruments
do you know
古 筝
笛 子
扬 琴
笙
2a
How many Chinese musical instruments do you know about Do you know any famous pieces of music that are played on these instruments Make
a list with your partner
Pre-reading
Instruments pieces of music
Sad but Beautiful
Which instrument does the passage mention
How does the writer feel about this piece of music
2b
Read the passage and answer the questions.
While-reading
Which musician does the passage mainly talk about
What is the name of his most famous piece of music
How does the writer feel about this piece of music
1. Which musician does the passage mainly talk about
Abing.
2. What is the name of his most famous piece of music
Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring).
3. How does the writer feel about this piece of music
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.
v. 回忆起；回想起
n. 伤；伤口；创伤
The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
It wasn’t the most moving piece that I’ve ever heard.
I almost cried along with it as I listened.
Read Para.1 and tell T or F.
T
F
T
adj.动人的；令人感动的
Read Para2 carefully and finish.
Abing
His mother died when he was very______.
His father taught him to play many musical
__________. After his father died, his life
grew _______. He developed a serious
_________and became ________.He lived
on the streets and played_______ to make
money.
young
instruments
worse
illness
blind
music
Read Para.3 carefully and answer.
What made Abing very popular during his life
Abing’s amazing musical skills.
How many pieces of music could he play
By the end of his life, he could play over 600pieces of music.
How does erquan Yingyue become now
It is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and praise. It has become one of China’s national treasures.
到...为止
n. 大师，能手，主人
v. 表扬；赞扬
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
Paragraph Main idea Supporting details
1 I was by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue. The music was strangely beautiful...
2 Abing lived in a very _______life.
3 Abing’s musical skills made him very _______.
Paragraph Main idea Supporting details
1 I was_______ by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue. The music was strangely beautiful...
moved
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.
Paragraph Main idea Supporting details
2 Abing lived in a very _____ life.
hard
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.
Paragraph Main idea Supporting details
3 Abing’s musical skills made him very _________.
popular
He could play over 600 pieces, and
he wrote many of them himself.
His most famous piece is still playedand praised by erhu masters today.
Erquan Yingyue has become one of
China’s national treasures.
Post-reading
Circle that or who and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
2d
pain
wounds
sense
pity
praise
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.
sense
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.
wounds
pain
praise
pity
Collect Abing’s information and fill in the chart.
Name: _______________________________
Profession: ___________________________
Musical instruments: ___________________
Important events:
1893: Abing was born in the city of Wuxi.
His mother died.
…
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.
2e
A:What kind of musical instruments
did Abing play
B:He could play many instruments,
but he is best known for playing
the erhu.
Pair work
Sad but Beautiful
Para.1
Para.2
Abing’s musical skills made him very popular.
Abing lived a hard and poor life.
The piece of music named Erquan Yingyue moved me.
Para.3
Summary
[观察1] The music was strangely beautiful, but under the
beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
[探究] sense 意为 __________________
常构成短语 a sense of “......的感觉”。
I'm afraid he doesn't possess a sense of humour.
恐怕他没有什么幽默感。
v. 感觉到；意识到 n. 感觉；意识
[观察2] The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a
strong sadness and pain.
[探究] sadness 意为______________
sadness由“sad ( adj.悲伤的) + -ness (名词后缀)”构成，
通常用作不可数名词，当其前有形容词修饰时，
形容词前可加不定冠词，表示“一种……样的悲伤”。
[拓展] 形容词后加-ness，构成名词。
ill → illness kin→ kindness happy → happiness
n. 悲伤；悲痛
[观察3] It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total
were recorded for the future world to hear, …
[探究] pity 意为_______________
在此处作名词，意为“遗憾”，相当于shame。
pity作名词，还可意为“怜悯”，。take pity on ...
意为“同情/怜悯......”。
pity还可作动词，意为“同情；怜悯”。
Don't take pity on evil people!
不要怜惜恶人！
n. 遗憾；怜悯
[探究] in total 意为__________________
in total 相当于in all。 其中total作名词，
意为“总数；合计”。
total还可作形容词，意为“总的，全体的，完全的”，
通常用于名词前作定语。其副词形式为totally，
意为“完全地；全部地；整个地”。
So far, the number of new confirmed cases is 25 in total.
到目前为止，新确诊病例总数为25例。
总共；合计
[观察4] Today, Abing’s Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all
the great erhu masters play and praise.
[探究] master
master在此处作可数名词，意为“大师；能手”。
此外，master作名词，还有“主人”的意思。
master还可作及物动词，意为________。
Students are expected to master a second language
学生们要掌握一门外语。
掌握
[探究] praise
praise在此句中作动词，意为____________.
常用短语：
praise sb. /sth. for (doing)sth. 因(做)某事而赞扬某人/某物。
praise 还可作名词，意为“赞扬；赞美” 。
常用短语：in (high ) praise of “(高度)赞美......
She praised her son for helping an old man across the street.
她表扬儿子带助老人过马路。
表扬；赞扬
唱歌能够给人一种心旷神怡的感觉。
Singing can create _______ _____ ____well being.
2. 坏牙经常引起疼痛。
Bad teeth often _______ _______.
3. 这首乐曲被许多二胡大师演奏过。
___________________________________________.
Exercises
a sense of
cause pain
This piece of music was played by many erhu masters
GOOD JOB
