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See one. David received an email from this british friend Emily read with him and answer the questions below. Subject music, hi David. How have you been recently? I'm listening to a song named you are my sunshine. Have you heard of IT? It's a simple but hard warming country, son. Here in the U. K. We often hear the song. My parents always sing IT to me when I was Younger. The song was written in the nineteen thirties, but people still enjoy IT today. In fact, IT has been recorded in more than thirty languages. Can you believe that? Do you know much about country music? Is a great style of music. IT started in the southern parts of the U. S. A, but it's quite popular here in the U. K. too. Country songs often tell simple stories. That's why I love them. String instruments like the guitar, benzo and fiddle are popularly country music. Those are some of my favorite instruments. If you want to know more about country music, let me know, and maybe you can tell me about chinese music. Could you recommend a piece of chinese music to me? Cheers, Emily.
Sandy is reading a magazine article about the famous composer than done. Here is the article. Before reading, think about the questions below. One, who is your favorite chinese composer or musician? What do you know about him or her too? Have you heard of ten done? What do you know about him? Music without boundaries. The fifteen union convention of biological diversity open to the beautiful music of one earth, one spring tandon, a world famous composer, wrote the music. His unique style has earned him great respect in success in the world of music. Born in central hunan, china, tdn grew up near the lujan river. Ten showed an interest in music when he was very Young. He loves the sounds of the rushing water and the blowing wind, because to him, the best music came from nature. Since he had no musical instruments, then he made music with common objects like stones and paper. In nineteen seventy eight, ten entered the central conservatives of music in beijing. Eight years later, he went on the studying music in the U. S. A. There he became familiar with western music and got to know great musicians worldwide. As he likes the sounds of nature. Ten uses them a lot in his music. In one thousand hundred and ninety eight he wrote an amazing peace called water. Twenty can charter IT does not use any musical instruments. Instead, ten makes over fifty sounds simply by controlling the speed of waterfall. They are the sounds of nature, and they create different pictures in different minds. tn. said. Tens educational background has allowed him to build twenty five a bridge between eastern and western styles of music, successfully bringing them together. Ten wrote the award music for the beijing two thousand eight olympic games. This piece of music was perfect for such an international event as IT used traditional chinese music and the sounds of an ancient thirty chinese bell, but in a western style, my music is to dream without boundaries. Ten once said in his works, the past and the present, everyday objects and musical instruments, traditional music and modern western music all makes together to make a new type music without boundaries.
c. Sandy is inviting her friend janis to a concert, work in pairs and take turns to invite your partner to a concert. Use the conversation below as . a model. Would you like to go to a concert tonight? genius? Of course, what kind of concert is that? It's a classical music concert. great. I love classical music, is listening to classical music is good for our brain. Yes, IT can also help us relaxed and improve hours sleep. When does the concept start at seven P. M? And where's . IT . held at sunshine . theatre? Okay, since the concert is at seven PM, shall we meet at the gated, the theatre at six thirty? All right, see you then.
b. Daniel and Sandy are talking about some of the instruments mentioned above, work in pairs and talk about an instrument you have learned about. Use the conversation below . as a model. Are you good at playing . the piano? Sandy, yes. I started taking piano lessons when I was six. Wow, that's nice. Isn't easy to play the piano. It's easy to get IT to make a sound. But I still find IT chAllenging because IT has so many keys and requires a lot of . finger strength. Do you play a musical instrument, Daniel? I can play the violin. I learned to play IT at the age . of five. great. IT seems hard to . play IT. Well, true. It's difficult because IT requires skilled bow control, so IT takes a lot of practice to play notes well.
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b. Kevin, an exchange student from the U. K. Listen to the song Jason flower and liked you very much. Read Kevin's article about IT and answer the questions below. Jasmine flower last week, my friend Sandy took me to a traditional chinese folk music concert, sunshine middle school. I was not familiar with this type of music, but I was interested in learning all about IT. We listen to the song Jason flower, a beautiful and meaningful piece of music. Cheesman flower is well known all over china. IT is also one of the first pieces of traditional chinese musiC2Become popular around the world. IT was even used in a famous italian. An Opera. Listening to Jason flower makes me feel very relaxed and happy. IT reminds me of the simple duty of the Jason flower. I am excited to listen to more traditional chinese folk music.
D two read Sandy's article about her favourite music style. My favorite style of music is classical. I love classical music because they think IT is beautiful, and IT usually makes me feel relaxed and happy. Common instruments in classical music include the piano, violin and flute. These instruments make a wide range of sounds. Sometimes they are soft and gentle, but they can also be loud and powerful. Together, they create a very moving sound two of my favorite classical musicians are made of. And in molson's, since they are both very famous, many people know when love their works. My favorite piece is mode sites, the magic flute. This exciting three hour Opera has many interesting characters and lots of wonderful songs. I have downloaded the whole Opera and listen to IT all the time. For me, there is nothing more powerful than coming than classical music. IT fills my heart with joy.