I. 用所给词的适当形式填空。 1. Look, the children are _________ (dance) on the playground. 2. Would you like to help me with my English? With p_________. 3. Ah, daydreaming. Is there anything _____________ (please) than sitting back and letting your thoughts drift? dancing leasure more pleasant

4. I’m _________ (amazing) that the young girl get the award. 5. She is one of __________________ (popular) actresses in India. 6. Can you take some ________ (photo) for us, Lily? the most popular photos amazed

II. 翻译。 1. 艺术是愉快的。 Art is ____________________. 2. 我已经发现了一些比艺术更愉快的事情。 I ______________________________ art. 3. 阳光中学正举办一个艺术节。 Sunshine Middle School is ________________________. ’ ve found something more pleasant than having an art festival something pleasant

4. 比起流行音乐，我更喜欢乡村音乐 I _______________________________. 5. 哪部电影是你最喜欢的？ Which _______________ film? prefer country music to pop music is your favorite

Do you know Tan Dun? Can you say something about him?

谭盾，作曲家， 1958 年生于 湖南， 1986 年毕业于中央音 乐学院研究生院，同年赴美 哥伦比亚大学攻读博士。 1988 年在美国举办了个人音 乐会。 1997 年为香港回归纪 念活动所作的《天，地，人》 震动了中国乐坛，之后凭《卧虎藏龙》获第 73 界奥斯卡最佳原创音乐奖，并获第 44 届格 莱美音乐奖四项提名。 2008 年谭盾应邀担任 北京奥运会音乐策划。

Let’s enjoy some music.

boundary n. 边界， 疆界，界限 dividing line n. 分界线，界限 Most of the time, boundary is not a dividing line.

present vt. 颁发 winner n. 获胜者 She is presenting medals to winners. medal n. 奖牌

composer n. 作曲家 musician n. 音乐家 Beethoven( 贝多芬 ) is a composer and musician. He is known/famous for music. be known/famous for 因 …… 而著名

instrument n. 乐器 Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain.

common adj. 普通的，一般的 stone n. 石头 These are common stones.

bell n. 钟，铃 central adj. 中心的，中央的 A central location in the capital.

flow n. 流动 Tan makes over 50 sounds from water by controlling the speed of water flow.

traditional adj. 传统的 Do you like traditional Chinese knot?

Sandy wants to know the meanings of some new words in the article. Help her match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

1. present ___ 2. composer ___ 3. central ___ 4. common ___ 5. control ___ 6. boundary ___ a. a dividing line b. not special c. make something work in the way you want d. a person who writes music e. in the centre of an area f. give something to someone, especially at an important event f d b c e a

What did Tan Dun do for winning an Oscar? Because his music in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Listen to the tape and do the True or False exercises. 1. Tan Dun wrote music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 2. When he was very young, Tan Dun was not interested in music. 3. Tan Dun once made music with stones and paper. T F T

4. Tan Dun wrote music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 5. Tan Dun uses the sounds of nature in his music. 6. Different musical instruments are used in the piece of music Water. T T F

Read the first paragraph quickly and answer these questions. 1. When was the award music played at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games? 2. Is Tan Dun a world-famous actor? Each time a medal was presented to a winner, the award music was played. No. He is a world-famous composer.

Read the second and third paragraphs. Then help Sandy complete part of the profile card. Tan Dun Year of birth: (1)____________________ Place of birth: (2)____________________ Interest(s) : (3)____________________ Job: (4)____________________ 1958 central Hunan, China music composer

Education: studied music at a university in (5) _____________ went on to study in (6) _________ Best known for: winning an (7) ______ for the music in a film Beijing / 1978 the USA Oscar

Read the fourth paragraph. Then discuss these question. 1. What does Tan Dun use a lot in his music? 2. What kind of musical instruments are used in the piece of music Water? He uses the sounds of nature a lot in his music. He does not use any musical instruments.

3. How does Tan make music in Water? He makes over 50 sounds from water by controlling the speed of water flow.

Read the fifth and sixth paragraphs and help Sandy fill the blanks. His music : uses (8)__________________ a lot builds a bridge (9) _______________________ __________________________ the sounds of nature between the East and the West

Sandy is talking with Daniel about Tan Dun. Complete their conversation with the information on pages 66 and 67.

Daniel: Tan Dun is one of the greatest (1) __________ in the world. Could you tell me more about him? Sandy: Sure. He wrote the (2) ________ music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Daniel: I know he loves the sounds of (3) _______. Have they influenced his works? composers award nature

Sandy: Yes. He uses them a lot in his music, and in one of his works, Water, he doesn’t use any musical(4) _____________. Daniel: Really? How does he make music then? Sandy: He makes over 50 sounds from water by (5)___________the speed of water(6)______. instruments controlling flow

Daniel: That’s really amazing. Sandy: Yes. When he was young, he used to make music with(7) ________ objects like stones and paper. Daniel: Wow! His music for the Beijing Olympics must be very special! Sandy: Yes. It uses(8) __________ Chinese music and an(9) ________ Chinese bell, but it’s in a (10)_________ style. common traditional ancient Western

What do you think of Tan Dun’s music? Do you like Tan Dun? I think Tan Dun’s music is… I like / don’t like Tan Dun because…

1.Read aloud the article and underline the difficult parts. 2. Remember the new words in this lesson.