1. Reading
Sad but Beautiful

2. A piece of music
the Chinese name of this piece of music:
Erquan Yingyue
the musical instrument :
music type:
The name of the musician:
erhu
folk music
Abing

3. Match the main ideas with the paragraphs
Paragraph Abing’s musical skills made
him very popular
Paragraph Abing lived a very hard life
Paragraph I was touched by the music

4. paragraph 1：I was touched by the music
Supporting details:
The piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me.
The music was strangely beautiful,but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
The piece had a simple name,but it was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.
The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it as I listened.

5. paragraph 2_____________________.
Abing lived a very hard life
Supporting details:
His mother_____________________.
After his father__________________,
Abing’s life______________________.
He was very____________________.
He developed_________________and became___________________.
For several years,he had ____________.
He lived ______________________.
died when he was very young
died
How sad!
grew worse
poor
a serious illness
blind
no home
How painful!
on the streets
How miserable!
How terrible!

6. Paragraph 2 What makes Abing successful in this piece of music?
hard life experience
________________
_________________
musical ability
make Abing successful in
Erquan Yingyue
persistence（坚持） ?

7. Paragraph 3 How popular he is!
Correct the sentences:·
Abing’s amazing musical skills made him popular after his death.
He could play over 600 pieces of music.Many of these were written by other great erhu masters.
The music makes people recall their deepest wounds from their happy experience.
during his lifetime
Abing himself
painful

8. It’s all about Abing and his music
Abing is a (musician /child/
husband/patient/person/……)who (is/can/
was/……)___________________________.
Erquan yingyue is a piece of music which
(is/was/can……)_______________________.

9. Which of the following is the best saying for this article?
A. No pains,no gains.
B. Rome was not built in a day.
C. Art comes from life and higher than life.
D. Every dog has his day.
Discuss:
I think____is the best because___________.

10. Homework
1.Introduce the great musician Abing and his music to your friends or your parents .
2.Write a passage about one of your favorite musician(use the words and phrases we’ve learned as many as you can)