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in dynasty caused all the books and instruments to be destroyed and the practice of music to be stopped. Certain outlines of ancient Chinese music have nevertheless been ascertained. Of primary significance is the fact that the music and philosophy of China have always been inseparably bound。s end Waiting round the bend My huckleberry friends Moon river and me Reading: He’s already visited the place where his ancestors lived. Before you read, listen to the recording, for the forms and for the meanings. While you read, circle the “ Present perfect with already and yet” structure, underline the expressions and blacken the connectives. Have you been back to the place where your ancestors lived, worked, studied and played? Robert Qian, a Chinese Canadian, already has. Now in China, he has found that his family is like a tall tree with long roots. Robert is just one young overseas Chinese who has e to visit his ancestors’ homeland, as part of the In Search of Roots summer camp program. The program is anized by the local government of Guangdong Province. This program started in 1980, and so far has brought thousands of overseas Chinese students to China to look for their families’ roots. The young people are usually between 16 and 25 years old. Most, like Robert, can hardly speak any Chinese, and have never been to China before. The students mainly visit parts of Guangdong Province in southern China. During the twoweek camp, they study Chinese culture, see changes that have happened in that area, and visit interesting sights. Going to their ancestors’ village is often the most exciting part of the trip. The students feel that they are part of the village, and experience village life. They drink from the village well, go for walks through the countryside, and watch the villagers do their daily activities. Cathy Qin, a young American student, had this to say, “Thanks to In Search of Roots, I am beginning to understand my Chinese roots, and who I am. It has been a great trip, and I have so many memories of China to take with me.” … Part 2: Teaching Resources (第二部分:教學(xué)資源 ) I. What is music? Music is the art of making sound by human voice or special musical instruments like violin, oboe, trumpet, drum and so on. In music, sounds are arranged in time to give a pleasing result. There are many different kinds of music. Music is written using note symbols on a staff, which is a group of horizontal lines. The line which a note is written on shows what pitch it is. The notes are separated into measures using vertical lines on the staff. II. What is a song? A song is a piece of music which has words in. Old Macdonald had a Farm is a song.