Module 4 MUSICPeriod 1 Introduction /Reading and V ocabularyStep1 GreetingsStep II Lead-in and Fast readingT: Boys and girls, from this class we’ll learn module 4 “Music’’. Referring to music, Ithink everyone must want to say something, because we all like it. When we listen toit, we feel very peaceful and relaxed. Many beautiful scenes appear in front of us,such as long corridor, blue sky, white cloud and so on. Once I am in blue mood or Iam upset, I’ll choose some lively pieces and they will qu ickly bring me back tonormal state. We know any beautiful music is closely connected to various musicalinstruments, can you list some names of the Chinese and western musical instruments?Can you point out which of them Chinese and Western musical instruments are?S; yes, violin, piano, guitar, Erhu, pipa, guzheng, saxophone, and so on.T;OK, please turn to page 43,let’s look at introduction. Do the task1.Answers to exercise 1:1. All of them. 2.papa and lute, konghou and harp. 3.pipa, lute,yueqin, and mandolin.Discussion. read the information about Chinese and western musical instruments inactivity2, and discuss the following questions.Page43 (1) bianzhong, zhuihu, bone fluteWe know there is a famous artist in china, who is good at playing pipa and guzheng.Pre-readingSuppose you have an interview with her, what questions will you ask? And then writethem down. Maybe you want to ask her where she comes from? When was she born ?ok, please turn to page 44.read the passage quickly and fill in the table withinformation about liufang before reading ,I give you some words to help you explainthis passagetar Musical instruments piano violindrum saxophone erhu guzheng lute pipa harp mandolin yueqin konghouRead the passage carefully and find the main idea of each part.PARA1: introduces Liu Fang as well as her musical training and backgroundPARA2: tells about Liu Fang’s musical influences and characteristics of Chinese classical musicPARA3: is about Liu Fang’s love for performing live and her goals as an artist. Then do the task 5.Suggested answers; soloist, technique, tune, concert, repertoire, conservatory.Post-reading finish the task 1.-4Suggested answers:1. The Queen of England 2.Her mother. 3.Canada 4.Pipa school5.To respect traditions but add her own style when playing.2.1.-5: a,b,a,a,a,3.①The atmosphere in a concert hall.②She feels lonely and depressed when there is no concert for along time③She wants to work with master musicians from othertraditions and play with them ,using elements from differentcultures to compose her own music.④She wants to compose her own music, and introduceclassical Chinese pipa and guzheng music to every corner ofthe world.4. combine,title,tune,concert,repertoire,silence,interprets5.Soloist technique,tune ,concert,repertoire, conservatorylanguage points:•1 graduate from 毕业•他去年中学毕业。
•He graduated from high school last year. 2 In 1996, I moved to Canada with my husband and I have been living there since then.•1996年，我和丈夫移居加拿大，从那时以来一直定居在那里。
•since then =ever since 从那时以来(直到现在)与完成时连用。
•我们是一年前认识的，从那时起，他一直教我英语。
•We met a year ago. Since th en he has taught me English.•From then on = after that从那时起，从那时以后。
与一般过去时连用。
•从那以后他就不再谈这件事了。
•From then on he refused to talk about it.•从那时候起他就戒酒了。
•From then on he abstained from alcohol.•她从那时起就知道自己会得胜。
•From then on she knew she would win.3 enough1) adv.充分地(必须放在形容词和副词之后)•真奇怪，他竟然听不出我的声音。
•Strangely enough, he can’t recognize my voice.•我带来的包不够大。
•I didn’t bring a big enough bag.•且不说你没完没了地指挥我，做这件事本身就够难为人的。
•It’s bad enough doing this without you giving me orders all the time.2) adj.足够的，充分的。
(可放在名词的后面或前面)•我们有足够的糖果给孩子们。
•We have enough sweets for children.•你有足够的时间完成这项工作吗?•Do you have time enough to finish the w ork?4 It is impossible to play classical Chinese pipa music.It is/was + adj. +to do sth.It is not so easy to study English well.显然，乘飞机比坐火车要舒服的多。
Apparently it’s much more comfortable to fly than go by train.5 The biggest challenge is to respect the traditions but to add my own style.•最大的挑战就是尊重传统并融入自己的风格。
•add…to…把……加到……•加点盐在汤里。
•Please add some salt to the soup.•我对我先前说的话, 没有什么补充的。
•I h ave nothing to add to my earlier statement. 6 The same is true of my second instrument, the guzheng.•true of/for…符合于……，对……适用•在汉语中，读音相同音调不同，意义也不同，音乐也是如此。
•In Chinese, the same pronunciation with different tones has different meanings. The same is true for music.•对我们班而言，也是如此。
•The same is true for our class.•come true 成为事实，实现7 When I am playing a tune, I am singing in my heart.•现在每当我演奏一个曲子时，我就在心中跟着吟唱。