1. Chinese Musical Instruments
中国民乐器

2. How many Chinese musical instruments do you know
How many Chinese musical instruments do you know? Do you know some famous music pieces that are played on these instruments? Make a list with your partner. 2a

3. These instruments are divided into four groups.
Wind or Blowing Instruments
吹奏乐器
Bowed String Instrument
拉弦乐器
Plucked String Instrument
弹拨乐器
Percussion
打击乐器

4. Wind or Blowing Instruments 吹奏乐器
Dizi 笛子
Xiao 萧
Sheng 笙

5. Dizi 笛子
The Dizi , a popular traditional Chinese flute ,is made of bamboo and is in the form of a pipe.

6. The famous songs played by Dizi
梁祝之化蝶
梦里水乡
分飞燕 晚秋
故乡原风景
春江花月夜
水乡吟
枣园春色
大悲咒
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7. The songs played by Sheng笙
微山湖船歌
苗族歌曲
马蹄声 婚誓
芦笙恋歌

9. Plucked String Instrument 弹拨乐器
Guqin 古琴
Zheng 筝
Pipa 琵琶

10. Guqin 古琴
The Guqin is the most classical of all the Chinese music instruments with about 2000 years of history.

11. Ten famous songs played by Guqin
　十大古琴名曲
　 广陵散 高山流水
平沙落雁 酒狂
关山月 潇湘水云
阳关三叠 梅花三弄
胡笳十八拍 幽兰
忆故人

12. Zheng 筝
The Zheng is a plucked string instrument that is part of the zither(筝 ) family. It was developed from a small instrument made from bamboo.

13. Pipa 琵琶
The original instrument of Pipa with 4 silk strings has a history of over 2000 years .
4丝弦琵琶与原来的仪器有2000多年的历史。

14. The famous songs played by Pipa
《塞上曲》
《夕阳箫鼓》
《十面埋伏》 　
《霸王卸甲》
《大浪淘沙》
《昭君出塞》
《阳春白雪》
《草原小姐妹》
《海青拿天鹅》
《彝族舞曲》

15. Percussion 打击乐器
The history of percussion instruments in China is longer than any other category of traditional instruments . The character of “drum” was first found in the inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty .

16. Percussion 打击乐器 Tanggu 堂鼓 Lion Drum 狮鼓 Muyu 木鱼 Zhong 钟 Bo 钹 Luo 锣
Yunluo 云锣

18. Muyu 木鱼
Muyu was a fish-shaped group, reservation head olive.木鱼呈团鱼形，棰头橄榄形。

19. Zhong 钟
The Zhong is also named as Bianzhong(编钟) meaning collected bronze bells. 编钟是我国古代的一种打击乐器，用青铜铸成，它由大小不同的扁圆钟按照音调高低的次序排列起来，悬挂在一个巨大的钟架上。
The famous Bianzhong was 曾侯乙编钟.

20. Songs played by Bianzhong
竹枝词（编钟与编磬）
春江花月夜（古乐合奏）
屈原问渡（古乐合奏）
楚殇（古乐合奏）
幽兰（古琴与编钟）
国殇（古乐合奏）

21. Luo 锣
The Luo or Chinese gong is made of high-tin bronze ,hammered into a sifter shape . Its central resonation area can be either flat or convex.(中国锣是由高锡青铜，锤成一个筛子状。其核心的共振区域，可以是平或凸的。)

22. Bowed String Instrument 拉弦乐器
Erhu 二胡
Gaohu 高胡
Banhu 板胡

23. Famous songs played by Erhu
二泉映月
红梅随想
江南春色
望星空
江河水
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25. 2b Which musician does the reading passage mainly talk about?
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Which musician does the reading passage mainly talk about?
2. What is the name of his most famous piece of music?
3. How does the writer feel about this piece of music?

26. Careful Reading
2c Read the passage again and use suitable words to complete the main idea of each paragraph. Then list the supporting details in each paragraph.

27. Paragraph
Main idea 1
I was _______ by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue. 2
Abing lived a very ______ life. 3
Abing’s musical skills made him very __________.
moved
hard
popular

28. Sad but Beautiful 凄美
1. Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. 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, “Erquan Yingyue” (Moon Reflected on Second Spring), but was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.

29. The erhu sounded like it was crying, and I almost cried along with it as I listened. Later I looked up the history of “Erquan Yingyue”, and I began to understand the sadness in the music.

30. ◆ It was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.
Paragraph
Supporting details 1
◆ The music was strangely beautiful but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
◆ It was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.
◆ I almost cried along with it as I listened.

31. 2. The music was written by Abing, a folk musician who was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893.His mother died when he was very young. Abing’s father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as the drums, dizi and erhu, and by age 17, Abing was known for his musical ability.

32. However, after his father died, Abing’s life grew worse
However, after his father died, Abing’s life grew worse. He was very poor. not only that, he developed a serious illness and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money. Even after Abing got married and had a home again, he continued to sing and play in the city streets. He performed in this way for many years.

33. ◆ His mother died when he was very young.
Paragraph
Supporting details 2
◆ His mother died when he
was very young.
◆ His father died when he was a teenager.
He was poor and homeless.
◆ He developed an illness and became blind.
◆ He lived on the streets and played music to make money.

34. 3. Abing’s amazing musical skills made him very popular during his lifetime. By the end of his life, he could play over 600 pieces of music, many of these were written by Abing himself. @ It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continues to this day.

35. “Erquan Yingyue” is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and praise. It has become one of China’s national sad beauty not only paints a picture of Abing’s own life but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences.

36. ◆ He could play over 600 pieces, and he wrote many of them himself.
Paragraph
Supporting details 3
◆ He could play over 600 pieces, and he wrote many of them himself.
◆ His most famous piece is still played and praised by erhu master today.
◆ Erquan Yingyue has become one of China’s national treasures.

37. Language points 1) moved作为及物动词，意为 “打动；使感动”可用于被动语态。
What he said moved everyone present.
We were all moved by his story.
move 还可以意为“移动；搬动” 常用 “move to” 搬到某地。
That chair is in the way, please move it.
My family move to Beijing when I was young.

38. 2) sense (to become aware of sth
2) sense (to become aware of sth. Even though you cannot see it, hear it,ect.) 动词意为“感觉到意识到” 。
The horses sensed danger and stopped.
Lisa sensed that he did not believe her.
sense 作为名词,意为“感觉；意识”常见搭配有make sense “有意义；有道理”
I lost my sense of taste.
The sentence doesn’t make sense.

39. 3) pain 意为 “痛苦；疼痛；苦恼”
His leg was broken and he suffered great pain.
His has a pain in his knee.
4) sadness意为“悲痛；悲伤”，其反义词为happiness。意为“幸福”。
Tom loved his wife do much that he didn’t get over the sadness of losing her last year.

40. 5) perform 动词，意为“表演；演奏；执行”
He wants to perform in the show.
He performed perfectly on the piano.
performance为其名词，意为“表演；演出”
I hear there will be two performances tomorrow.
performer意为“表演者”
The performer act the play wonderfully.

41. 6) by the end of 意为 “到…的末尾”，其后跟不同的时间，主句则对应不同的时态。
By the end of this week, I have written two books.
By the end of next month, I will finishing reading this book.
By the end of last month, I had planted thousands of trees.

42. 7) It’s a pity that 从句，为保持句子平衡，常用it 作形式主语，that 引导的从句后置才为真正的主语。
It’s a pity that he has lost his watch.
pity 在这里作可数名词，表示具体意义的 “可惜的事；遗憾的事”，相当于shame。
What a pity/shame you have to go to another school!
master意为“能手；名家；大师；主人”
The painting is the work of a master.

43. 8) Praise 及物动词，意为 “表扬；赞扬”，后面直接跟表示人或物的名词或者代词作宾语。常用结构praise sb for sth; “因为某事而表扬某人” be praised for…意为“因…而受到表扬”
The guest praised the meal.
Though he was wrong, his father praised him for telling the truth.
He was praised for helping an old man.

44. Circle that or who and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
pain wounds sense pity praise
Abing played music (that/who) could touch the hearts of people. When we listen to his music, we can _____ both the beauty and the sadness
in it. It makes us think about the_______ and _______(that/who) we have experienced in the past. For this reason, many people______ him as
the musician (that/who) has greatly influenced erhu music. So it is really a_____ that not many pieces of his music were recorded.
sense
wounds
pain
praise
pity

45. Student A is a foreign visitor who is interested in Abing and his music. Student B is a Chinese student who knows about Abing. Use the information in the passage to make a conversation. 2e
A: What kind of musical instruments
did Abing play?
B: He could play many instruments,
but he is best known for playing the
erhu.