There are many different pipa schools, and each one has its special way of interpreting the classical pieces. 琵琶流派很多，每个流派都用自己独特的方式诠 释古典作品。 I also enjoy the time immediately after the concert to share the feelings and ideas with friends and music lovers, listening to their impressions and understanding about the music. 我同样喜欢音乐会后立刻和朋友以及音乐爱好者 分享感受、交流看法，聆听他们对我的音乐的理 解和感受。
They give life to the whole painting and they allow people to come into the picture, like a dialogue.
它们给整幅作品带来生机，也使得观众融入图画， 就像与图画进行对话。
Answer the following questions:
1. What does Liu Fang enjoy about performing? 2. What makes her feel depressed or lonely? 3. What does she want to do with other musicians? 4. What is her ambition regarding Chinese music?
3. What does she want to do with other musicians? She wants to work with them. 4. What is her ambition regarding Chinese music?
She wants to compose her own music, and introduce classical pipa/ guzheng music everywhere.
introduces Liu Fang as well as her musical training and background
• Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3
Answer the following questions:
1. What does Liu Fang enjoy about performing? She enjoys the atmosphere in a concert hall. 2. What makes her feel depressed or lonely? When she has no concert for a long time.
The pipa and the guzheng
What do these numbers mean to Liu Fang? She was born in 1974. 1974 5 years old She learnt to play the yueqin from her mother. 6 years old She has played the pipa since the age of six. 11 years old She has given concerts since 11. 1990~1993 She studied the pipa and the guzheng in Shanghai Conservatory of Music. 1993~1996 She worked as a pipa soloist of the Kunming Music and Dance Troupe. She moved to Canada with her 1996 husband.
Further understanding
Read the passage again and finish the following exercises.
1. In paragraph 1, part 1,… during her visit to China. the Queen of England her refers to_______________. 2. In paragraph 3, part 1, I have been living there since then. Canada there refers to __________. 3. In paragraph 4, part 1, the repertoire for the pipa is large… all the pieces of music repertoire means______________________________ 4. Without good skill, playing classical Chinese pipa music is out of the question. (Find a sentence to replace it.)
Read the Passage and Fill in the Table:
Year of birth Hometown 1974 Kunming
The place she is living now
Canada
Shanghai Conservatory The school she went to of Music The musical instruments she plays
What do these numbers mean to Liu Fang? 1974 5 years old She was born in 1974. She learnt to play the yueqin from her mother. 6 years old She has played the pipa since the age of six. 11 years old She has given concerts since 11. 1990~1993 She studied the pipa and the guzheng in Shanghai Conservatory of Music. 1993~1996 She worked as a pipa soloist of the Kunming Music and Dance Troupe. 1996 She moved to Canada with her husband.
3. What does she want to do with other musicians?
She wants to work with them.
4. What is her ambition regarding Chinespose her own music, and introduce classical pipa/ guzheng music everywhere.
If you technique is not good enough, it’s impossible to play classical Chinese pipa music.
5. What is the purpose of the passage?
To introduce (make an introduction of) Liu Fang to readers.
Career Year of birth Hometown
international music star 1974 Kunming
The place she is living Canada in now university she Shanghai Conservatory of Music graduated from The person who her mother taught her to play the yueqin pipa , guzheng,yueqin The musical instruments she plays
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each part.
tells about Liu Fang’s musical influences and characteristics of classical Chinese music is about Liu Fang’s love for performing live and her goals as an artist
dianju 滇剧 (云南的地方剧种) troupe /tru:p/ n. 剧团 school n. 学派 The same is true of/for … influence cn. 有影响的人(物) singing n. 声乐, 歌唱 be closely connected to give life to It’s the same with… combine to do in public share the feelings and ideas with… make contact with master musicians
1. What does Liu Fang enjoy about performing? She enjoys the atmosphere in a concert hall.
2. What makes her feel depressed or lonely? When she has no concert for a long time.
Module 4
Brainstorm
konghou
pipa
mandolin yueqin harp