Retell the story about Abing and his music
Retell the story about Abing and his music. The man is Abing. He was born in Wuxi in 1893. He wrote many pieces of beautiful music. He was a folk musician. One of his most moving pieces of music in China is Erquan Yingyue …
1. To learn to write a passage about your favorite kind of music/movie and your favorite song/movie. 2. Finish Self Check.
Role-play the following conversation. A: What kind of music do you like best? B: I like music that is sad. A: Why do you like this kind of music? B: I think sad music is strangely beautiful. A: How do you feel when you listen to this kind of music? B: I feel sad and want to cry when I listen to it.
3 a What kind of music or movies do you like best? Make notes in the chart by yourselves. Favorite kind of music/movie Why I like this kind of music/movie Favorite song/movie Why I like this song/movie How this song/movie makes me feel Why I think others should listen to/watch this song/movie
Favorite kind of music/movie Historical drama Why I like this kind of music/movie Makes me aware of some important historical events and how they affected people’s lives Favorite song/movie Gone with the Wind
It has a very interesting storyline and an excellent cast. Deeply moved-sad about How this song/movie the effects of war, but makes me feel has hope in the human spirit. Why I like this song/movie Why I think others should listen to/watch this song/movie One of the best movies of all time
Use your notes to write an article for a 3 b newspaper or magazine to tell people about your favorite kind of music/movie and your favorite song/movie. Useful expressions My favorite kind of music/movie is… I like… because … It was …by… When I listen to /watch it, I feel… I think you should listen to/watch it too because …
Read the first paragraph in 2 b again and you may follow it to finish your writing. 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, but it was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard. The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it as I listened.
Example: My favorite kind of music is old music. I’ll Never Forget My Mom is my favorite song. I like it because it is beautiful. The lyrics are very great. It was written by Liu Zheng. Many famous singers like Cheng Lin, Liu Hegang, and Tan Jing once sang it. When I listened to it, I thought of my mom. The mother’s love is the greatest love in the world. I was moved by these lyrics. I think you should listen to it, because it can help us love our mothers more.
1. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. plenty of suppose war electronic actor spare plenty of dialog which is 1. The comedy has _____ very humorous. 2. Since you prefer music that is relaxing, I suppose you would want to buy this don’t ____ electronic music CD. _____
plenty of suppose war electronic actor spare 3. Christmas is a time for spreading joy, so you should find some _______ spare time to spend with your loved ones. actor who does not have 4. Although he is an _____ much experience, he did an excellent job in the new ____ war film.
2. Fill in the blanks with who, that or which. More than one answers may be possible. A: Hi, Cindy! Would you like to see Sky High in 2050 this weekend?
B: Hmm…no, I don’t think moviesthat/which ____ try to describe the future are very interesting. Could we see City Danger instead? that/which A: You mean, the new police story _____ was filmed in five countries? who B: Yes, that’s the one. The actor ____ plays the hero used to be a schoolteacher! that A: OK, sure. It sounds like something _______ we both will enjoy!
3. Complete the sentences about yourself. that is too loud 1. I don’t like music _________. 2. I enjoy spending time in places that are relaxing ___________. who are friendly and helpful 3. I have friends _____________. 4. I like movie stars who are beautiful or handsome _______________.
Ⅰ. 根据句意,用正确的关系代词(that, which, whom)填空(能省略时可以 用括号表示)。 that / which was visited 1. This is the village ______ by a group of foreigners last year. 2. Luke will always remember the days (that / which) he spent in the middle school. ______
/ whoever 3. I will never forget the boy that ____ helped me. (that / which) I bought last week 4. The TV set ______ went wrong yesterday. 5. Do you know anything about the woman that / who is speaking at the meeting? ____
(that / which)my sister is reading 6. The novel ______ was written by Lu Xun. 7. I’ve become good friends with several of / whom) the students in my school (that ________ I met in the English speech contest last year.
Ⅱ. 阅读短文,从方框中选择恰当的词并用其 适当形式填空,使短文完整、通顺。 pity, sense, perform, spare, reflect, praise Liu Xu is a movie lover. She likes watching spare different kinds of movies in her (1)____ time. She had never watched a play. She thought that plays were very boring and usually took too long to watch.
pity, sense, perform, spare, reflect, praise Last Sunday one of Liu Xu’s friends invited her to watch a classic Chinese play called The Thunderstorm. The play was written by Cao Yu who has been (2)____praised as “the Shakespeare of China”. It tells the story of a complex (复杂的) relationship between two families — the upper class (上层阶级) and rich Zhou family, and the lower class and poor Lu family.
pity, sense, perform, spare, reflect, praise reflects the complex social life of the It (3)____ 1930 s. When she was watching it, Liu Xu sensed not only sadness but also (4)____ pity (5)____ for the fates (命运) of the main characters. What moved her most was that all the actors and actresses tried their best to perform well on the stage (舞台). (6)____
“The play was so great that I fell in love with Chinese plays, ” said Liu Xu. “I will watch more Chinese plays from now on. ”
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