Unit 5 Art world
make sound by controlling the speed of water flow
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?
Listen to the award music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
a world-famous composer, Tan Dun
Read in general
Listen to the tape and answer questions
1. Who is the article about?
2. What is he?
3. What is he best famous for?
Tan Dun
Winning an Oscar for his music in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
A composer
Read quickly and pick out Tan Dun’s music works as quickly as you can.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Para. 3)
Music called Water (Para. 4)
Award music for the Beijing Olympics (Para. 1,5)
Let's do some True or False exercises.
1.Tan Dun wrote music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
2. When he was very young, Tan Dun was not interested in music.
3. Tan Dun once made music with stones and paper.
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F
T
4. Tan Dun wrote music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
5. Tan Dun uses the sounds of nature in his music.
6. Different musical instruments are used in the piece of music Water.
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T
F
No
Read in detail
Read Paragraph 1 and put the proper words in the blanks
The________ music of Beijing 2008 ________ Games was written
by a Chinese??world-famous ________ called ________.
award
Olympic
composer
TanDun
Read Paragraph 2 and answer the following questions
1)When and where was Tan Dun born??
2) What was Tan’s interest at his very young age??
3) What does Tan think the best music comes from???
4) Did he use any musical instruments???
?
5) What did he make music with???
In 1958 in central Hunan China.
Music
Nature
No.
Common objects like stones and paper.
Read Paragraph 3 ,then answer the two questions.
1)Where did Tan learn music???
?
2) What made Tan famous in the world?
In China and the USA.
For music in the film?Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon
Read paragraph 4 and complete the passage with the correct information.
Tan Dun likes the sounds of _______and?_____
?them?a lot in his music. In his amazing _____ of music Water, he makes _____ 50 sounds from water by __________ the ______ of water flow _______ of any musical ___________.
nature
uses
piece
over
Controlling
speed
instead
instruments
Read paragraph 5&6 and discuss:
What does Tan Dun mean by saying that “My music is to dream without boundaries”? Give examples if necessary.
Tan Dun
Year of birth: (1)________
Place of birth: (2)____________________
Interest (s): (3)________
Job: (4)__________
Education: studied music at a university in (5) _________
went on to study in (6)_______
Best known for: wining an (7)______ for the music in a film
His music: uses (8) ______________________ a lot
builds a bridge (9)________________________
in 1958
in central Hunan, China
music
a composer
Beijing
the USA
Oscar
the sounds of nature
between the East and the West
Help Sandy fill in the card according to
your memory.
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Fill in the blanks to retell the text.
Tan Dun is one of the greatest ________ in the world. When he was young, he used to make music with ________ objects like stones and paper. He wrote the ______ music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He loves the sounds of ______.
composer
award
nature
common
He uses them a lot in his music, and in one of his works, Water, he doesn’t use any musical __________. He makes over 50 sounds from water by __________ the speed of water ____. That’s really amazing! His music for the Beijing Olympics must be very special! It uses _________ Chinese music and an _______ Chinese bell, but it’s in a ________ style.
instruments
controlling
flow
traditional
ancient
Western
Read the text after the tape
Pay attention to your pronounciation and intonation
Activity: Two students work in a pair, one is a reporter and the other is the fans of Tan Dun. Ask some questions about Tan Dun.
Reporter: Who is Tan Dun?
Fans: He is a world-famous composer.
Reporter: When he was born?
Fans: He was born in 1958.
Reporter:Why do you like him?
Fans: Because......
What can we learn from Tan Dun?
Insist on your dream and work hard for it, you will be successful one day!
1. Read the text at least 3 times and
try to retell it.
2. Write a short passage about Tan Dun.