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Unit 5 Art world
Reading 2
Revision
Fill in the blanks and retell something about Tan Dun and his experiences.
Tan Dun is one of the greatest __________ in the world. When he was young, he used to make music with ________ objects like _______ and paper. He wrote the ______ music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He loves the sounds of ________. He uses them a lot in his music, and in one of his works, Water, he doesn’t use any musical ___________. He makes over 50 sounds from water by __________ the speed of water _____. That’s really amazing! His music for the Beijing Olympics must be very special! It uses ___________ Chinese music and an ________ Chinese bell, but it’s in a _________ style.
composers
common
stones
award
nature
instruments
controlling
flow
traditional
ancient
Western
1. Each time a medal was presented to a winner at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the award music was played.
(1) present v.颁发,把……交给;提交
present sth. to sb. = present sb. with sth. 把某物颁发给某人
be presented to … 被授予,被赠予……
e.g. These medals will be presented to the greatest scientists.
(2) present n.礼物
(3) present n.现在,目前
e.g. At present, he has changed his mind.
(4) present adj.目前的;出席的
e.g. At the present time we have no ways to solve it.
All in all, there were twenty present.
Language points
2. Born in 1958 in central Hunan, China, Tan Dun grew up near the Liuyang River.
central adj.中心的,中央的 centre n.中心,中央
in the central part of … = in the centre of … 在……中心
e.g. He lives in the central part of the city.
The teacher is standing in the centre of the classroom.
3. He loves the sounds of the rushing water and the blowing wind.
rushing和blowing是现在分词,在句中用作定语,表示它所修饰的名词正在进行的动作,所修饰的词与其是主动关系,相当于一个定语从句。若现在分词只有一个词,则常放在所修饰的前面;若是短语,则常放在所修饰词的后面,用作后置定语。
e.g. Do you know the sleeping boy?
The boy sitting in the stand is my cousin.
Practice:
1. 和你姐姐讲话的那个女孩是谁?
________