Music without boundaries 9A Unit 5 Reading1 Music without boundaries By Isabel from Suzhou Xujiang Experimental Middle School

What musical instruments can you see? make music with common objects

TIMES Tan Dun ‘My music is to dream without boundaries’ ---Cover story P3

Let’s go through the article. What is Tan Dun’s job? How many works by Tan Dun are there in this article? 1958 A world-famous composer. There’re three.

Let’s get familiar with the article. Match the main ideas with paragraphs basic information Para1,3,4,5 interest Para2 education Para3 works interest Para5,6 achievements

basic information(para2) Tan Dun Year of birth Place of birth 1958 central Hunan

Let’s digest the article. interest (para 2) Q1: When Tan was very young, what was his interest? His interest was music. Q2: How did Tan make music when he had no musical instruments? He made music with common objects like stones and paper. not special

Read together and fill in the blanks *entered_____________________ ___________ in Beijing education (para4) the Central Conservatory of Music 2.eight years later *went on to study _____________ , *got to know great ___________ from around the world in the USA musicians

Read noisily and circle his famous works works (para1,3,4,5)

music in Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon

music called Water

Why is the music Water so amazing? ◆ not use any musical instruments made by over 50 sounds from water by controlling the speed of water flow. create different pictures in different minds.

an ancient Chinese bell the award music It uses traditional Chinese music and the sounds of ___________________. Each time a medal was presented to a winner , the award music was played. an ancient Chinese bell

traditional Chinese music achievements (para5,6) past common objects traditional Chinese music music without boundaries a new type modern Western music musical instruments present

Competition Where was Tan born? What does Tan use a lot in his music? Group A In Water, how does Tan make over 50 sounds? What is Tan best known for? Where did Tan study music in Beijing? At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, when was the award music played? After Tan finished school in Beijing, what did he do? Group B In Tan’s works, what does he mix together? When Tan was very young, what did he use to make music?

Let’s analyze the article. past common objects Let’s analyze the article. showed an interest in When he was very young, he ___________________ music. Since he had no musical instruments, he made music with _________________. Beijing After finishing study in _______, he went on to study _________. in the USA common objects works education 1958 interest central Hunan

He wrote many famous works, he is_______________ winning an Oscar for his music in the film Crounching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He uses ___________________ a lot in his amazing music Water. The music for the Beijing Olympics uses traditional Chinese music and the sounds of _____________________, though it’s in a Western style. best known for the sounds of nature an ancient Chinese bell

Tan’s way to success works education 1958 interest central Hunan

In his works, the ______ and the present, common objects and _____________________, ________________________ and modern Western music all ____ together to make a new type--- music without ___________. past musical instruments traditional Chinese music mix boundaries

Tan’s way to success works education 1958 interest central Hunan

We can learn Interest is the best teacher. Education is important. 1958 Education is important. We should have a dream and work hard to achieve it. …..

Summary How to read an article about a famous person basic information interest education works achievements

Born in Chongqin, central China in 1982, Li Yundi is a world-famous pianist. At the age of 4, Li started to learn accordion [ə'kɔ:dɪən] (手风琴). Three years later, he showed an interest in playing the piano and has practised very hard since then. Later，he got to know Professor Dan, one of the most famous piano teachers in China and followed him to the Shenzhen Arts School. After his early success, he went on to study in Germany（德国）. Li is best known for winning the International Chopin (肖邦)Piano Competition in 2000, at the age of 18. So far, hundreds of his concerts have been successfully held all around the world. Li’s music is always full of imagination. And his success which mixes talents and hard work together sets a good example for teenagers nowadays. He also won many awards because of his efforts in charity (慈善)work.

How does the article introduce Li Yundi? basic information He/ She is a famous….be born in…(on…). show an interest in… enter…in…, go on to study… be best known for.. bring… and … together,win awards because… interest education awards& performances achievements

Homework Read the article fluently. Tell your partner about Tan Dun in English. Finish the exercise about Li Yundi.