2. Learning Tasks for Period 2  Read the text “ The Pianist ” and try to get the general idea. 阅读课文 “The Pianist” ，掌握其大意。  Understand the loving care the characters show to disabled people. 认真领会剧中主人公为残疾儿童献爱心的精神。 本课学习目标

3. Revision  Part 1:  It is the end of the school year. Susan is leaving. She is saying goodbye to Mr Zhu.  Part 2:  Susan is saying goodbye to Xia Su.

4. Read the text to find answers to these questions:  What does Zheng Jie plan to do?  What ’ s the biggest problem with his plan?  What did Mr Brain say he would do to support Zheng ’ s music school?  What did Gary promise to do for the school?

5. Characters Zheng Jie Mr Brain Job musician (pianist) artist (painter) businessman Descriptions Group discussion Gary

6. Zheng Jie  a successful pianist  work hard to start a school  want to teach disabled children to perform  try to find support

7. Gary  earn his own living as a painter  get help from Zheng Jie  have an exhibition soon  do some things for Zheng Jie’s school

8. Mr Brain  His family made a lot of money in the 19th century by making children work 16 hours a day  look for chances to make life easier for children  help Zheng Jie start his school

9. Discussion What have we learned from the play? What have we learned from the play?

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12. Your loving care can give those children a second chance to change their lives.

13. Homework  Writing  Write the letter which Zheng Jie wrote to his family after his received the cheque for his school.Tell his parents how he got the money and what would the money be used for.  You can start like this:  I have just received a lot of money for my new school.This is wonderful news.