◆ The musicwas strangely beautiful but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness andpain.
◆ It was oneof the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.
◆ I almostcried along with it as I listened.
Paragraph 2: 指導:
讀本段文章可知:阿炳早期過著貧窮的生活。支持這個觀點的具體細節(jié):
◆ His motherdied when he was very young.
◆ His father died when he was a teenager.
u He was poor andhomeless.
◆ He developed an illness and became blind.
◆ He lived on thestreets and played music to make money.
Paragraph 3: 指導:
讀本段文章可知:阿炳的音樂才能使他成為很受歡迎的人。支持這個觀點的具體細節(jié):
◆ He could play over 600 pieces, and he wrote many ofthem himself.
◆ His most famous piece is still played and praised by erhumaster today.
◆ Erquan Yingyue hasbee one of China’s national treasures.
Post reading
Work on 2d
1. Tell Ss that they have to usethe word in the box to fill in the blanks. At the same time, circle that or whoto plete the sentences. Make sure Ss know what to do.
Abingplayed music (that/who) could touch the hearts of people. When we listen to hismusic, we can ______ both the beauty and the sadness in it. It makes us thinkabout the _____ and _______(that/who) we have experienced in the past. For thisreason, many people _____ him as the musician (that/who) has greatly influencederhu music. So it is really a ______ that not many pieces of his musicwere recorded.
1. Student A isforeign visitor who is interested in Abing and his music. Student B is aChinese student who knows about Abing. Use the information in the passage tomake a conversation.
2. Ask some students to act in front of the class.
. A: What kindof musical instruments did Abing play?
B: He couldplay many instruments, but he is best known for playing the erhu.
…..
Ⅷ. Language points
1. …I sensed a strong sadnessand pain.
1) sense v. 感覺到, 意識到
. We all seemed to sense his sadness atthat time.
在那個時候我們好像都感覺到了他的悲傷。
sense n. 意識,感覺
. People have five senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
人有五種感覺:視覺,聽覺,嗅覺,味覺和觸覺。
2) sadness n. 悲哀
. Dont give yourself up to sadness,theres still hope!
不要太悲傷,還有希望!
ness是個名詞后綴,一些形容詞后加ness可變成名詞,如:
happy—happiness kindkindness
sad adj. 悲傷的,憂愁的
. She sang a sad song. 她唱著悲傷的歌。
3) pain n. 疼痛,努力
. He has pains in the arm. 他手臂痛。
painful adj. 痛苦的;疼痛的;令人不快的
had a painful experience in the past.
他過去有一段痛苦的經(jīng)歷。
2. The piece had a simple name, Erquan Yingyue(Moon Reflected on Second Spring),…
piece表示音樂作品,相當于漢語的“一首歌;一支樂曲”等。
he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music. 當他還是個小孩子,就會哼唱歌曲和頗有難度的樂曲。
I especially like that short piece by Beethoven.
我特別喜歡貝多芬的那首小曲。
reflect v. 反映,映出
. His actions reflect his thoughts. 他的行為反映他的思想。
3. Later I looked up thehistory of Erquan Yingyue…
look up (在字典,參考書中,通過電腦)查閱,抬頭看
. It is unnecessary to look up every word you don’t know in thedictionary while
your are reading.
閱讀時,碰到生詞,不必都要在詞典中查閱。
I looked up and saw him. 我抬起頭來看見了他。
4. He performed in this way formany years.
perform v. 表演,執(zhí)行
. He performed a dance for them. 他為他們表演了一個舞蹈。
He performed his duties perfectly. 他圓滿地完成了自己的任務。
5. It is a pity that only six pieces of music intotal were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continuesto this day.
1) pity n. 遺憾,憐憫
. It’s pity that you missed the beginningof the movie.
很遺憾你錯過了電影的開頭。
2) total n. 總數(shù),合計
. Their expenses reached a total of 1,000 pounds.
他們的花費總計一千英鎊。
Add this numbers together and give me the total.
把這些數(shù)字加起來,告訴我總數(shù)是多少。
in total 總共;合計
. In total over 100 people attended the conference.
共計有百余人參加了這個會議。
total adj. 總的,全體的
. What is the total population of Japan? 日本的總人口為多少?