(共45张PPT)
Theme music of Journey to the West
M8 U2 Word power
Musical instruments
Chinese musical instruments
She only comes out after one thousand calls of ours,
Still with the ____ covering half of the face of hers.
千呼万唤始出来,犹抱琵琶半遮面。
——白居易《琵琶行》
pipa
Chinese musical instruments
The Moon over the Twenty-four Bridges shines so bright,
Where are you teaching the beauty to play the ____ tonight?
二十四桥明月夜,玉人何处教吹箫。
——杜牧《寄扬州韩绰判官》
xiao
Chinese musical instruments
Qiang _____ needn't tell the grief of willows,
Beyond the Jade Pass no spring wind blows.
羌笛何须怨杨柳,春风不度玉门关。
——王之涣《凉州词》
flutes
Chinese musical instruments
Why should the sad _____ have fifty strings?
Each string, each strain evokes but vanished springs.
锦瑟无端五十弦,一弦一柱思华年。
——李商隐《锦瑟》
zither
琵琶
the pipa, a pear-shaped lute with 4 or 5 strings
the Chinese lute
Chinese musical instruments
Tips: the + pinyin + explanation
Chinese musical instruments
the guzheng
the erhu
Chinese musical instruments
the luo (gong) & the drum
the yaogu (waist drum)
Chinese musical instruments
the bolang gu
the muyu
Western musical instruments
1. trombone 长号
A large metal musical instrument consisting of two long oval (椭圆形的)tubes. You play it by blowing into it and pushing one tube backward and forward to change the notes (音符).
Western musical instruments
2. trumpet 小号
A musical instrument that you blow into, which consists of a curved (弯曲的)metal tube that is wide at the end, and three buttons you press to change the notes. It plays comparatively high notes.
Western musical instruments
3. French horn 圆号,法国号
A musical instrument made of brass, which is curved round into a circle with a wide opening at one end. You play it by blowing into it and moving valves (阀)in order to obtain different notes.
Western musical instruments
4. cello 大提琴
A musical instrument with four strings (弦)that looks like a large violin. You play it with a bow (弓)while sitting down and holding it upright (直立的)between your legs.
Western musical instruments
5. violin 小提琴
A small wooden musical instrument with four strings. You play it by holding it under your chin (下巴)and moving a bow across the strings.
Western musical instruments
6. flute 长笛
A musical instrument like a thin pipe. You play it by blowing over a hole near one end while holding it sideways (向侧面的)to your mouth.
Western musical instruments
7. clarinet 单簧管,黑管
A musical instrument like a long black tube. You play it by blowing into it and pressing keys (键)to change the notes.
Western musical instruments
8. oboe 双簧管
A musical instrument shaped like a tube. You play it by blowing through a double reed (簧片)in the top end.
Western musical instruments
9. bassoon 大管,低音管
A large musical instrument like a very long wooden tube which produces a low sound. You hold it upright and play it by blowing into a reed attached to the end of a thin curved metal pipe.
Western musical instruments
10. harp 竖琴
A large musical instrument consisting of a row of strings stretched from the top to the bottom of a vertical (垂直的)frame with three corners. You play it by plucking (拨弹)the strings with your fingers.
Western musical instruments
trombone 长号
trumpet 小号
French horn 圆号
cello 大提琴
violin 小提琴
flute 长笛
clarinet 单簧管
oboe 双簧管
bassoon 大管
harp 竖琴
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trombone 长号
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trumpet 小号
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French horn 圆号
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cello 大提琴
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violin 小提琴
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flute 长笛
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clarinet 单簧管
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bassoon 大管
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harp 竖琴
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oboe 双簧管
Western musical instruments
with strings played with your fingers or with a bow made of wood or metal, played by blowing made of metal, played by blowing played by striking with the hand or with a stick
strings
woodwinds
brass
percussion
keyboards
with a keyboard
cello
violin
harp
flute
clarinet
oboe
bassoon
trombone
trumpet
French horn
drum
gong
piano
Strings
chin rest
end pin: to fix with
viola 中提琴
double bass 低音提琴
Strings
size
pitch: how high or low a note is
Nursery rhyme (童谣)
Hey Diddle Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
To see such fun,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Woodwinds
长笛
单簧管
双簧管
大管
piccolo: a short flute
the highest pitch
piccolo 短笛
Brass
bright and brassy
bell: the wide opening
tuba 大号
Percussion instruments
timpani (a set of usu. 4 kettledrums)
定音鼓
Percussion instruments
bass drum
大鼓,低音鼓cymbals 钹
strings
woodwinds
flute
clarinet
oboe
bassoon
timpani
French horns
rifles
Forms of performance
solo
duo/ duet
trio
quartet
quintet
sextet
septet
octet
nonet
chamber music (2~10)
orchestra
triangle
tricycle
Tips: affixes (词缀) mean sth.
The orchestra
Phrases about musical instruments
The narrative in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs.
I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
His name rings a bell but I can't think where we met.
The company is beating the drum for their new software.
That's a string that's been harped on many times before.
Homework:Draw a mind map of musical instruments
Tips on building up vocabulary
Tips:
Learn in a context
Understand in English
Repeat enough in use
Remember with a mind map
Pronunciation & affixes count