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Unit 2 The universal language
Welcome &Reading
Music is the utmost pleasure in life; music is the clear spring of life; music is the furnace of temperamental refinement.
- Xian Xinghai
音乐,是人生最大的快乐;音乐,是生活中的一股清泉;音乐,是陶冶性情的熔炉。
—— 冼星海
greatest, best
性情陶冶
熔炉
Listen to two pieces of music Horse Racing and For Elise. Then answer the following question.
What musical instruments are they played on?
Horse racing is played on the erhu.
For Elise is played on the piano.
Welcome to the unit
Musical instrument come in a wide range of types. Read the posters below about two important musical instruments and the musicians, and answer the following questions.
Welcome to the unit
Er Hu Piano
Invention Time
Masterpiece(s)
Nationality
Tang Dynasty
the early 18th century
Hua Yanjun
(A Bing)
Name of Musicians
Liu Tianhua
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frédéric Francois Chopin
Moonlight on the Second Spring
Moon Night /
Birdsong over Empty Mountain
Symphony No.41/
Piano Concerto No. 23
Minute Waltz
Chinese
Austrian
Polish
Fill in the table
Welcome to the unit
Piano
Erhu
sad
peaceful
relaxed
energetic
uplifting
joyful
How do you feel when you listen to Moonlight on the Second Spring and Symphony No. 41(the Jupiter Symphony)?
What other musical instruments do you know about?
violin
pipa
flute
erhu
piano
suona
Reading
Reading
Pre-reading
Prediction
What information do the emails contain?
writer
receiver
topic
writer
receiver
topic
Skimming
Reading
While -reading
Email 1:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
Email 2:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
country music
Chinese
Butterfly Lovers
Western
Read the first email and summarize the main ideas.
Skimming
Reading
While -reading
Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully _______ and ________ musical elements can mix.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
I watched a performance of ______________ last night.
The ______ and ______ of Butt