UNIT 5 UNIT 5 rhythm Lesson 3 Experiment in Folk

Kong Xiangdong’s file : Birth: born in 1968 in Shanghai, Awards: youngest winner of the 1986 Moscow International Piano Competition and the 1987 Santander piano competition in Spain. Won the 1988 Gina Bachauer Award, and in 1992 took first prize and four special awards at the Fifth Sydney International Piano Competition. In 1999, Kong and Oscar winning composer Giorgio Moroder performed their joint composition the Tibet Dream suite in Lhasa

1. What kinds of music do you know ? 1 folk music 2 pop music 3 jazz 4 classical music 5 rock ‘n’ roll 6 traditional music

Kong’s new experiment in Chinese folk music was so important that he even changed his appearance. He arrived at his first performance of Chinese folk music with all his hair shaved off.

Kong explained Kong explained that he combined that he combined Chinese folk music with the piano because he want to try something new.

Kong’s new experiment in Chinese folk music was so important that he even changed his appearance---with all his hair shaved off.

Read the text and match the headlines with each paragraph: Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 paragraph 5 A. Kong ’ s road to success D. A pioneer in music today B. Kong ’ s new experiment C. Kong ’ s new hairstyle Step 1 Reading E. brief introduction

Step 2 Read the passage again and choose the right answers: 1.The author wrote the passage mainly to ___________. A. praise Kong Xiangdong for his hard work B. introduce a new kind of music C. let people know the story of Kong Xiang- dong and his love to Chinese folk music D. let people know another side of the musician ★

2. What does the word “ it ” in Line 7 refer to? A. Chinese folk music. B. Classical music. C. Piano. D. Pianist. 3. Who do you suppose is Kong Xiangdong ’ s first piano teacher? A. His mother. B. His father. C. His piano teacher in primary school. D. His piano teacher in Russia. ★ ★

4. Kong Xiangdong began to play the piano__. A. as early as a few months after his birth B. at the age of 5 C. at the age of 7 D. when he was 18 5.Why did Kong Xiangdong shave off all his hair arriving at his concert last week? A. He wanted to change his appearance. B. He wanted to match his new music style. C. He wanted to look cool. D. He wanted to make his fans surprised. ★ ★

Read the text and answer these questions. 1.What kind of music is Kong Xiangdong most famous for? He is most famous for classical music.

2. What did Kong achieve in 1986? He became the youngest prize winner in Moscow’s Thaikovsky International Competition.

3. Why did Kong shave off his hair? He shaved off his hair to show that his music style was new, just like his new hairstyle.

Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences according to the text. 1. Music has always been an important part of Kong’ life____. 2. Kong wanted to play Chinese folk music___. 3. Kong became an award-winning musician in 1986____. a) Because he persevered through hardship. b) Because his mother was a great music lover. c) Because he wanted to try something new. b c a

Task 1 Words study 1. pianist n. ________ 钢琴 n. _________________ 弹钢琴 2. musician n. _____________ n. 音乐 _____________ 听音乐 3. quit v. 停止 ________(pt)________(p.p) ___________(-ing) ____________ 停止做 … 4. talent n. 才干 __________ adj. ______________( 有 … 才干 / 天分 ) 5. beauty n. 美人；美丽 ___________adj. 6. appearance n. 外貌 ___________(v.) piano play the piano music listen to music quitted quittingquit doing talented have a talent in beautiful appear

1.The tourists were deeply struck by the ______( beautiful) of West Lake. 2.Don’t judge a person by his __________(appear) The ________(piano) surprised his fans by giving a concert ___________(combine) classical music with Chinese folk music. 4. After _________ (quit) smoking, he became very strong. 5.Her mother is a well-known __________(music) at home and abroad. 6.The little girl has a great _________(talented) in drawing. beauty appearance pianist combining quitting musician talent

1. 把 … 和 … 结合 ____________ 2. 作为音乐家 ____________ 3. 向世界展示 ______________ 4. 从出生起 __________ 5. 直到 … 才 _____________ 6. 被迫做 … _____________ 7. 有时 ___________ 8. 获 …… 奖 _____________ 9. 在某些方面 _____________ 10. 失去个性 _____________ 11. 这就是为什么 _____________ 12. 剃掉 _____________ 13. 如此 … 以致 _____________ 14. 期待 … 做 … _____________ Useful expressions: combine … with … at times As a musician bring it to the world win/ receive an award in some ways lose one ’ s identity couldn ’ t …… until shave off be made to do sth. so … that … from birth be expected to do sth.

Fill in the blanks with the right phrases: Fill in the blanks with the right phrases: 1.Some films _____ education ____ recreation. 2. She is ____ ___ ____ all the cleaning. 3. Kong’s concert is _____ ____ run for the next two years. 4.She got up late ____ ___ she was late for school. combine made to do expected to so that with

Fill in the blanks with the right phrases: Fill in the blanks with the right phrases: 5._____ ____ ___ I agreed with you. 6.He os often the first person to get to the classroom, but ____ ____ he is late. 7.She lived with Guangdong opera ___ ___ as her mother was a Great guangdong opera lover. at times In some ways from birth

8. 有些学生认为穿校服会失去个性，这就是 他们为什么不想穿校服的原因。 Some students believe that they will lose their identity because of wearing school uniform. That ’ s (the reason) why they don ’ t want to wear it.

Find out the following sentences 1. He also feels that playing Chinese folk music…the world. 2. He was made to practise… and he became a great pianist. 3. Because of Kong’s talent and hard work, he became world famous.

The famous classical __________(piano), Kong Xiangdong, surprised his fans last week by giving a concert __________ (combine) classical music ______Chinese folk music. The concert last week was ________ a success________ Kong’s Dream Tour Concert is _________(expect) to run for the next two years. Music has always been part of Kong’s world. As his mother was a great music ______(love), he lived with music from _______ (birthday). Because of Kong’s talent______ hard work, he became famous worldwide. Whether Kong is changing his appearance ___ transforming his music, he is ____ pioneer in music today. pianist combining with lover birth and such that Filling the missing words according to the text expected or a