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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. music in Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon

11. music called Water

12. 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.

13. 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

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

15. 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?

16. 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

17. 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

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

19. 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

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

21. 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.
…..

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

23. 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.

24. 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

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