ContentsIntroductionSkimmingScanningCarefulReadingLanguagePointsPre-readingpianoguitarTrumpet（喇叭）drumDoyouknowtheseinstruments?saxophoneviolinharpkonghou1.Whichinstrumentshavestrings?Piano,guitar,konghou,harpandviolin.2.WhichChineseandwesterninstrumentslooksimilar?Thekonghouandharp.LookatthephotosofChineseandwesternmusicalinstrumentsandanswerthequestion.3.Whichoftheinstrumentsdoesthemusicianholdwhenhe/sheisplaying?Guitartrumpetsaxophoneviolin.erhuDoyouknowtheseChineseinstruments?harpkonghoupipaguzhengyueqinmandolinMusicalinstrumentspianoviolinguitardrumsaxophoneerhuguzhenglutepipaharpkonghoumandolinyueqinReadtheinformationaboutChineseandwesternmusicalinstruments.1.Thekonghouisaninstrumentwithstrings.ItcametoChinafromthewestduringtheHanDynastyabout2,000yearsago.2.Theguzhenghasbeenusedformorethan2,300years.Itlookslikeatableharp.3.ThepipaisalutewithfourstringsandisarelativeoftheEuropeanlute.ItcametoChinafromCentralAsiainthefourthcentury.4.Theyueqinisaroundinstrumentlikeamandolin.ItwascalledqinpipaduringtheHanDynasty.1.HowmanyoftheChineseinstrumentshaveyouheard?2.Doyouknowanyartistswhoplaythem?Nowdiscussthequestionswithotherstudents.3.DoyouknowanyChineseclassicalmusicpieceswhichfeaturetheseinstruments?4.DoyoulikethesoundoftraditionalChinesemusic?Givereasonsforyouranswers.EnjoytwovideosofLiuFang.1.Thinkaboutsomemusiciansandfamousmusicstarsyoulike,tellingwhyyoulikethem.2.Supposeyouhaveaninterviewwithamusician,whatquestionswillyouask?Supposeyouhaveaninterviewwithher,whatquestionswillyouask?Andthenwritethemdown.LiuFangisa(n)____________musicstar,famousforherworkwithtraditionalChinese___________.ShewishestointroduceclassicalChinesepipaandguzhengmusictothewholeworld.Readthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea.internationalinstrumentsReadthepassagecarefullyandfindthemainideaofeachpart.Part1Part2Part3introducesLiuFangaswellashermusicaltrainingandbackground.tellsaboutLiuFang’smusicalinfluencesandcharacteristicsofChineseclassicalmusicisaboutLiuFang’sloveforperformingliveandhergoalsasanartist.InformationaboutLiuFang(Part1)careertheplacesheislivingtheschoolshewenttothepersonwhotaughthertoplaymusicalinstrumentsthemusicalinstrumentssheplaysaninternationalmusicstarCanadaTheShanghaiConservatoryofMusichermotherandteachersguzhengpipayueqinReadpart1ofthepassageandexplainthereferences.TheQueenofEngland.1.…duringhervisittoChina.WhovisitedChina?2.…Shetaughtmetoplaytheyueqin.Whotaughthertoplay?Hermother.3.Ihavebeenlivingtheresincethen.Wherehasshebeenliving?Canada.Pipaschools.4.…eachonehasitsspecialinterpretingtheclassicalpieces.Eachwhat?5.Thesameistrueofmysecondinstrument.Whatistrueaboutthesecondinstrument?Torespecttraditionsbutaddherownstylewhenplaying.ReadPart2ofthepassageandchoosethecorrectanswers.1.Traditionalsingingis___.(a)themostimportantinfluenceonLiuFang’sstyle(b)notsuchanimportantinfluence2.Whenpeoplelistentoherplaying,___.(a)theyalsohearhersinging(b)theythinktheycanhearsinging(a)(b)3.LiuFangthinksthat___.(a)ChinesemusicisliketheChineselanguage(b)Chinesemusicandlanguageusethesametones(a)4.Chineseclassicalpiecesoftenhavepoetictitles,___.(a)whichisunderstandable(b)whichisverysurprising5.EmptyspacesinChinesepaintings___.(a)arelikethesilentpartsofChinesemusic(b)meanthepictureshavenolife(a)(a)1.WhatdoesLiuFangenjoyaboutperforming?Theatmosphereinaconcerthall.2.Whatmakesherfeeldepressed...
