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1、Module 4 MusicIntroductionLook at the photos of Chinese and western musical instruments and answer the questions.konghou guzheng pipa mandolin harp yueqin lute 1. Which instruments have strings? 2. Which Chinese and western instruments look similar? 3. Which of the instruments does the musician hold

2、 when he / she is playing?Read the information about Chinese and western musical instruments.1. The konghou is an instrument with strings. It came to China from the west during the Han Dynasty about 2,000 years ago. 2. The guzheng has been used for more than 2,300 years. It looks like a table harp.

3、3. The pipa is a lute with four strings and is a relative of the European lute. It came to China from Central Asia in the fourth century. 4. The yueqin is a round instrument like a mandolin. It was called qinpipa during the Han Dynasty.Now discuss the questions with other students.1. How many of the

4、 Chinese instruments have you heard? 2. Do you know any artists who play them? 3. Do you know any Chinese classical music pieces which feature these instruments? 4. Do you like the sound of traditional Chinese music? Give reasons for your answers.Reading and VocabularyRead Part 1 of the passage and

5、explain the references.1. . during her visit to China. Who visited China? 2. . she taught me to play the yueqin. Who taught her to play? 3. I have been living there since then. Where has she been living? 4. . each one has its special way of interpreting the classical pieces. Each what? 5. The same i

6、s true of my second instrument. What is true about the second instrument?Read Part 2 of the passage and choose the correct answers.1. Traditional singing is _.not such an important influencethe most important influence on Liu Fangs style2. When people listen to her playing, _.they think they can hea

7、r singingthey also hear her singing3. Liu Fang thinks that _.Chinese music and language use the same tonesChinese music is like the Chinese language4. Chinese classical pieces often have poetic titles, _.which is very surprisingwhich is understandable5. Empty spaces in Chinese paintings _.mean the p

8、ictures have no lifeare like the silent parts of Chinese musicPart 1Liu Fang is an international music star, famous for her work with traditional Chinese instruments. She was born in 1974 and has played the pipa since the age of six. Shes given concerts since she was eleven, including a performance

9、for the Queen of England during her visit to China. She graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she also studied the guzheng in 1993.What is your musical training and background?My mother is a Dianju actress. Dianju is a kind of Chinese opera, which includes singing, dancing and act

10、ing. When I was a child, she took me to performances. I listened to music before I could speak! When I was five years old, she taught me to play the yueqin.In 1990, when I was 15 years old, I went to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where I studied the pipa and the guzheng. After I graduated, I w

11、ent back to my hometown of Kunming and worked as a pipa soloist of the Kunming Music and Dance Troupe. In 1996, I moved to Canada with my husband and I have been living there since then.What are the biggest challenges of playing the pipa and the guzheng?If your technique is not good enough, it is im

12、possible to play classical Chinese pipa music. Also, the repertoire for the pipa is largesome pieces were written during the Tang Dynasty.There are many different pipa schools, and each one has its special way of interpreting the classical pieces. The biggest challenge is to respect the traditions b

13、ut to add my own style. The same is true of my second instrument, the guzheng.Part 2Who or what are your musical influences?The main influence is traditional singing. I listened to traditional opera singing and folk songs in my childhood. Now when I am playing a tune, I am singing in my heart. When

14、Im playing a sad tune, I am crying in my heart. Listeners often say that they can hear singing in my music.What characteristics of Chinese classical music do you try to show in your playing?Firstly, Chinese music is similar to the Chinese language. In Chinese, the same pronunciation with different t

15、ones has different meanings. The same is true for music. Secondly, classical Chinese music is closely connected to Chinese poetry, so it isnt surprising that most classical pieces have very poetic titles. Thirdly, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are like twin sisters. In Chi

16、nese art, there are some empty spaces, which are very important. They give life to the whole painting and they allow people to come into the picture, like a dialogue.Its the same with classical Chinese music. There are empty spaces, and people say the silence is full of music. The pipa sounds and th

17、e pauses combine to make a poetry of sound. Listeners can experience the power and the beauty of the music, like enjoying a beautiful poem or painting.Part 3What do you like best about performing live?I enjoy playing and I enjoy performing in public. I like the atmosphere in a concert hall and I alw

18、ays feel happy when I have a concert. I feel a little depressed or lonely when there is no concert for a long time. 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. I l

19、ove my career. I also enjoy travelling: I enjoy sitting in a plane dreaming, or staying in a hotel.What are your goals as an artist?I dont have a particular goal. But I hope to work with many composers, and I also wish to compose my own music. My background is traditional Chinese music. Since I move

20、d to Canada, I have had opportunities to make contact with other musical traditions and play with master musicians. I wish to continue working with master musicians from other traditions and to be able to compose my own music, using elements from different cultures. I also wish to introduce classica

21、l Chinese pipa and guzheng music to every corner of the world.Read Part 3 of the passage and answer the 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 musi

22、c?Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.challenge; combine; interpret; silence; title; traditional 1. She likes to musical styles from east and west. 2. What is the of the piece she played? 3. I like listening to Chinese folk songs. 4. Its a great to play an instrumen

23、t like the pipa. 5. Sometimes there is a long in the middle of the piece. 6. I like the way she classical pieces.Match the words with their meanings.concert; conservatory; repertoire; soloist; technique; tune 1. : a musician who performs alone 2. : a way of doing something, for example, playing an i

24、nstrument 3. : another word for melody 4. : an event where musicians play 5. : all the pieces of music that a musician can play 6. : a school where musicians studyGrammar Read the sentences from the following passage and decide if they are true.1. Liu Fang has played the pipa since the age of six. 2

25、. Shes given concerts since she was eleven.She has given concerts regularly since the age of eleven.She only gave concerts when she was a child.Liu Fang still plays the pipa.She only played the pipa when she was six.Read the sentences and answer the questions.The sentences:a. Liu Fang has played the

26、 pipa since the age of six. b. Shes given concerts since she was eleven. c. Liu Fang has been playing the pipa for the last three hours. d. Shes been performing concerts every day since last month.The questions:1. What is the difference in form between c-d and a-b? 2. Which of these things is true a

27、bout the last two sentences?a. The people started doing these things in the past and are still doing them. b. The people do these things every day. c. The actions take a very long time to complete.d. Complete the conversation. Put the verbs into the present perfect progressive.Interviewer:Liu Fang,

28、what (do) recently?Liu Fang:Well, I (give) concerts in America.Interviewer:Have you (play) any new pieces?Liu Fang:Yes. I (play) some classical American tunes.Interviewer:What else have you (do)?Liu Fang:I (learn) how to play the konghou.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs.Last

29、night, I (went / have been) to see a concert by the Chinese-born Canadian artist Liu Fang. She was born in China and (studied / has been studying) music in Shanghai, but she (lived / has been living) in Canada since 1996. She (played / has been playing) traditional Chinese music since she was very y

30、oung. Last night, she (performed / has performed) a series of classical Chinese pieces for the pipa and the guzheng. I (bought / have bought) a CD of her music after the concert and I (listened / have been listening) to it all day today!Vocabulary and ListeningChoose the best words to complete the p

31、assage.Porgy and Bess started life as a 1925 novel / folk song by Dubose Heyward called Porgy, about the life of African Americans in Charleston. George Gershwin (18981937), a soloist / composer of popular and classical music, read the book / play, and thought it would make a good opera / concert. W

32、ith his brother, Ira Gershwin (18961983) and Heyward, they put together a wonderful new work, called Porgy and Bess, which opened at the Alvin Theatre / Conservatory on New Yorks Broadway on 10th October, 1935. It soon became a classic of modern American music, and the songs, especially Summertime a

33、nd I Got Plenty of Nothing are very well-known and have become standards, particularly for the jazz repertoire.At first it wasnt easy to put on the production, because it needed an all-black / all-white cast at a time when Afro-American actors were allowed to perform / banned from performing, and Ge

34、rshwin didnt want it done in blackface, that is, with white actors made up like blacks. But in the end he had to accept white actors performing the roles of black people.After much time and many difficulties the show was finally put on. At first it received excellent / depressing reviews, and George

35、 Gershwin died in 1937, without knowing that he had co-written an American classic, and one of the western worlds favourite opera. But word spread around New York, the audiences grew bigger and bigger, and soon the opera was an extraordinary hit / miss.Porgy and Bess deals with the rhymes and rhythm

36、s of Negro life in America. It combines elements that have never before appeared as melodies / poetry and it shows the drama, the humour, the superstition, the religious fervour, the dancing, the misery and the high spirits of black Americans in the early 20th century.Answer the questions.1. What do

37、 you think Porgy and Bess is about? 2. Do you think Porgy and Bess is opera, jazz or classical music? 3. What is a classic of modern American music? 4. Why do you think it took a long time to put on the show? 5. Was the show an immediate success? 6. What was the effect of the reviews? 7. Do you thin

38、k you would enjoy Porgy and Bess? Can you think of a similar Chinese opera?Vocabulary and ReadingWork in pairs. Look at the photo and describe what you can see. Use the words in the box to help you.crowd; guitar; musician; passerby; pedestrian; pipe; semi-circle; violin Is there anywhere in your tow

39、n for people to see such a scene?Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea.Street MusicIts a warm Saturday afternoon in a busy side road in the old district of Barcelona. The pedestrians are standing in a semi-circle around someone or something in front of the cathe

40、dral. I push my way through the crowd and find a quartet of musicians playing a violin suite of classical music. The session lasts ten minutes. Then one of the musicians picks up a saucer on the ground, and asks for money. All contributions are voluntary, no one has to pay, but the crowd shrinks as

41、some people slide away. But others happily throw in a few coins. Theyre grateful for this brief interval of music as they go shopping.Below the window of my apartment in Paris, a music man takes a place made vacant by an earlier musician. He raises the lid of his barrel organ and turns the handle. T

42、hen he sings the songs of old Paris, songs of the people and their love affairs. I remember some of the words even though I have never consciously learnt them. I tap my feet and sing along with him. Down there on the pavement, few passersby stop. Some smile, others walk past with their heads down. C

43、ars pass, gangs of boys form and disappear, someone even puts a coin in the cup on the organ. But the music man ignores them all. Hes hot in the sun, so he mops his head with a spotted handkerchief. He just keeps singing and turning the handle.In Harlem, New York, some locals place a sound system by

44、 an open window. They plug it into the electrical socket, and all of a sudden, theres dancing in the streets. In downtown Tokyo, young couples eat popcorn and dance to the music of a rockabilly band, which plays American music from the Fifties. In the London Underground a student plays classical gui

45、tar music, which echoes along the tunnels. It lifts the spirits of the passengers, who hurry past on their way to work. In a street in Vienna or Prague or Milan a group of pipe musicians from the far Andes fill the air with the sounds of South America.The street musician is keeping alive a culture w

46、hich has almost disappeared in our busy, organised, and regulated lives: the sound of music when you least expect it. In a recording studio, even when relayed by microphone, music loses some of its liveliness. But street music gives life to everyone who listens and offers relief from the cares of th

47、e day. It only exists in the present, it only has meaning in the context. It needs space.The main idea is:Down there on the pavement, few passersby stop.The street musician is keeping alive a culture which has almost disappeared in our busy, organised, and regulated lives: the sound of music when yo

48、u least expect it.In Harlem, New York, some locals place a sound system by an open window, plug it into the electrical socket, and all of a sudden, theres dancing in the streets.But others happily throw in a few coins, grateful for this brief interval of music as they go about their shopping.Answer the questions.1. How does the writer feel about the music playing in the street? 2. How much do people have to pay for the music in