(共17张PPT)
Section B(2a — 2e)
Reading: Sad but Beautiful
happy
angry
sad
tired
Do you like music How does music make you feel
Do you like Chinese folk music
Do you know any Chinese musical instruments
Pre-reading
dizi
xiao
suona
cucurbit flute
Brass & woodwind
(吹奏乐器)
guzheng
pipa
dongbula
yangqin
Stings
(弹拨乐器)
luo
gu
yunluo
Percussion
(打击乐器)
erhu
horse head string instrument
Strings
(拉弦乐器)
Which musician does it mainly talk about
What is the name of his most famous piece of music
How does the writer feel about it
While-reading
Fast-reading
Abing
Erquan Yingyue
Sad but beautiful
Careful-reading
Para1. I was by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue.
moved
supporting details
1. The music was strangely beautiful but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
2. It was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve heard.
3. The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it as I listened.
Why does it sound so sad
Para. 2 Abing lived a life.
1. His mother died when he was young.
2. After his father died, his life grew
worse.
3. He was very poor
4. He developed a serious illness
and became blind.
5. He lived on the streets and played
music to make money.
hard
supporting details
Careful-reading
Abing’s great musical skills:
Para. 3 Abing’s musical skills made him very .
1. He could play over 600 pieces of music, and many of them were written by himself.
2. His Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and praise. It has become one of China’s national treasures.
His father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as the drums, dizi and erhu, and by age 17, Abing was known for his musical skills.
popular
supporting details
Careful-reading
Why was Erquan Yingyue so popular
Because its sad beauty 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.
Careful-reading
Work in pairs to make a conversation about Abing. Suppose one of you is a foreign student and the other one is a Chinese student who knows about Abing. Try to tell the foreign student about Abing and his music as much as you know.
Post-reading
Discussion: Only six pieces of his music in total
were recorded for the future world to hear. What
should we do to preserve the traditional folk music
spread
admire
protect
traditional Chinese folk music
learn
share
Try to
Music means a lot to human beings.
Music is fun and for your spirit.
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.