1. Module 4

2. violin piano

3. saxophone guitar

4. Vocabulary soloist technique tune concert repertoire conservatory a musician who performs alone a way of doing something, for example, playing an instrument another word for melody an event where musicians play all the pieces of music that a musician can play a school where musicians study

5. Fill in the table. international music star 1974 Kunming Canada Shanghai Conservatory of Music pipa and guzheng her mother pipa and guzheng Career Year of birth Hometown The place she is living now The school she went to The training she received The person who taught her to play musical instruments The musical instruments she plays

6. Read the passage carefully and find the main idea of each part. introduces Liu Fang as well as her musical training and background tells about Liu Fang’s musical influences and characteristics of Chinese classical music is about Liu Fang’s love for performing live and her goals as an artist. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

7. Check the answers to Activity 4 combine title traditional challenge silence interprets 1.She likes to __________ musical styles from east and west. 2.What is the _________ of the piece she played? 3.I like listening to ___________ Chinese folk songs. 4.It’s a great ___________ to play an instrument like the pipa. 5.Sometimes there is a long __________ in the middle of the piece. 6.I like the way she ____________ classical pieces.

8. Read the sentences and decide if the statements are true. Grammar Liu Fang has played the pipa since the age of six. She’s given concerts since she was eleven. 1.Liu Fang still plays the pipa. 2.She only played the pipa when she was six. 3.She has given concerts regularly since the age of eleven. 4.She only gave concerts when she was a child. 现在完成时强调状态或类似于状态的某种工作的 持续。 T F T F

9. Liu Fang has been playing the pipa for the last three hours. She’s been performing concerts every day since last month. 1.What tense are the two sentences using? 2.Which of these things is true about the sentences? a. The people started doing these things in the past and are still doing them. b. The people do these things every day. c. The actions take a very long time to complete. Present perfect progressive