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Reading 1
the award music
present
获奖音乐
颁发
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
How do you feel while listening to the music?
Presentation
[kəm'pəʊzə]
composer n. 作曲家
musician 音乐家
He uses both traditional and modern
musical instruments.
[trə'dɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l] adj. 传统的
['ɪnstrəmənt]
make music with common objects like stones and paper
What do they use to make music?
make sound by controlling the speed of water flow
[kən'trəʊl]
How could he get an Oscar?
Prediction
an Oscar
Why did he win an Oscar?
What kind of sounds does Tan Dun like best?
He likes the sounds of nature.
He won an Oscar for his music in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Skimming
Para.1-2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5-6
d. Tan Dun’s introduction
b. Tan's education .
c. Tan's music Water---without musical instruments.
a. Tan's role and achievements.
Go through the article
quickly and match the main idea of each part.
Scanning
Detailed reading
Tan Dun’s profile(档案)
Para 1:
Tan Dun wrote music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Tan Dun is a world-famous actor.
composer
T
F
1958
Hunan, China
Grow up near the Liuyang River
Para 2:
His birth
Tan’s special interest in music at a young age
He loves the sounds from nature.
He made music with common objects.
Rich resources for Tan Dun’s later music
rushing water
blowing wind
stones
paper
Read Para. 3 and find out Tan’s education experience.
Education
1.in 1978
2.eight years later
went on to study _____________ ,
got to know great ___________from around the world.
in the USA
musicians
traditional Chinese music
modern Western music
All these things have made a good influence on Tan Dun’s later music.
Para 3:
studied music at a university in ________
Bejing
Para 4:
Why is Tan Dun’s music special?
Reason uses a lot of _________________in his music __________ musical instruments,
_____different pictures in different
______.
Example Water: _____ 50 sounds are made by ________ the speed of water flow
sounds of nature
instead of
more than/ over
controlling
create
minds
Para 5-6:
Tan Dun’s influence
the east
the west
grow up near
show an interest in
make music with
when he was young
(para.2)
studying life
(para.3)
later
(para.3,4,5)
at present
(para.6)
the way to music
grow up near
show an interest in
make music with
when he was young
(para.2)
studying life
(para.3)
later
(para.3,4,5)
at present
(para.6)
at university
in the USA
get to know
the way to music
musical talent
when he was young
studying life
later
at present
good education
make
music
music without boundaries
Dreams without boundaries!
It’s you who shape your life and your future!
What can you learn from this great man?
Discussion
Discussion
f
Match the words with their meanings:
d
e
b
c
a
Scanning
1958
central Hunan, China
music
composer
Beijing/1978
the USA
Oscar
the sounds of nature
between the East and the West
Exercises
Complete the conversation below.
Daniel: Tan Dun is one of the greatest (1)_____ in the world. Could you tell me more about him?
Sandy: Sure. He wrote the (2)______ music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Daniel: I know he loves the sound of (3)_______. Have they influenced his works?
Sandy: Yes. He uses them a lot in his music, and in one of his works, Water, he doesn’t use any musical (4)__________.
Daniel: Really? How does he make music, then?
composers
award
nature
instruments
Sandy: He makes over 50 sounds from water by (5)__________ the speed of water (6)_____.
Daniel: That’s really amazing!
Sandy: Yes. When he was young, he used to make music with (7)_______ objects like stones and paper.
Daniel: Wow! His music for the Beijing Olympics must be very special!
Sandy: Yes. It uses (8)_________ Chinese music and an (9)_______ Chinese bell, but it’s in a (10)________ style.
controlling
flow
common
traditional
ancient
Western
1. Listen to the tape, read the text over and over again.
2. Introduce Tan Dun to your friends.
3. Finish off the relevant exercises.
Homework
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