What kind of bands do you like?

I love bands that……play different kinds of songs.

…play their own songs.

…make us happy.

What kind of books do you like? I prefer books that give me something to think about.

I prefer books that…

1a Fill in the chart. Write names of your favorite book, movie and band.

Movie

Book

Band

Share your different answers.

1b Listen and write the three things that Michael likes in the first column of the chart.

What Michael likes Why he likes it

jacket He likes clothes that are unusual.He likes writers ___.He likes movies ___.

book

movie poster

1c Listen again. Write why Michael likes each thing in the second column of the chart in 1b.

What Michael likes

Why he likes it

jacket He likes clothes that are unusual.

book He likes writers _________________________.

movie poster He likes movies ____________.

who explains things well

that are scary

Your favorite Why you like itMovie: Titanic Book Band

A: I like movies that are sad. I love Titanic. B: Oh, I don’t. I like movies that are

scary. I really like …

1d Discuss your favorite things in 1a with your group. Say why you like each thing.

Discuss your favorite things in 1a with your group.

A: I like movies that are… I love…B: Oh, I don’t. I like movies that are …A: I don’t mind … movies, but …

Your favorite Why you like itMovie: Titanic Book Band

A: I like books that are interesting. I love Journey to the west.

B: No, I don’t. I like The Science Book for Girls and other intelligent beings. It helps us know how much fun science can be.

A: I like bands that play fast and loud music. Then I can dance to it. I like The Cool Kids.

B: Yeah, I like them, too. And I also like bands that write and play their own music. I like the Beyond.

2a How many Chinese musical instruments do you know about? Do you know any famous pieces of music that are played on these instruments? Make a list with your partner.

The man is Abing. He was a folk musician. He wrote many pieces of beautiful music. He was born in Wuxi in 1893.

Which piece of his music is the most famous?

1) Which musician does the passage mainly talk about?

2) What is the name of his most famous piece of music?

Abing.

Erquan Yingyue.

2b Read the passage and answer the questions.

3) How does the writer feel about this piece of music? He feels that it is sad but beautiful, and it not only paints a picture of Abing’s own life but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences.

阅读指导◆ 尝试使用阅读的策略帮助学生养成好

习惯，培养自主学习，大胆尝试良好的阅读氛围。通读全文，先找出或总结出每段的主题大意。

◆ 阅读策略：在阅读中注意具体的细节。具体的细节可能是举出的例子，涉及的原因，表达的观点或每段文章中的其他详细信息。

2c Read the passage again and use suitable words to complete the main idea of each paragraph. Then list the supporting details in each paragraph.

Paragraph Main idea

1 I was _______ by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue.

2 Abing lived a very ______ life.

3 Abing’s musical skills made him very __________.

moved

hard

popular

Paragraph Supporting details

1 ◆ The music was strangely beautiful but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.

◆ It was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard.

◆ I almost cried along with it as I listened.

Paragraph Supporting details

2 ◆ His mother died when he was very young.

◆ His father died when he was a teenager.

He was poor and homeless. ◆ He developed an illness and became blind.

◆ He lived on the streets and played music to make money.

Paragraph Supporting details

3 ◆ He could play over 600 pieces, and he wrote many of them himself.

◆ His most famous piece is still played and praised by erhu master today.

◆ Erquan Yingyue has become one of China’s national treasures.

2d Circle that or who and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

pain

wounds

sense

pity

praise

指导：1) 在定语从句中，如果先行词是物，关系代词我们可用

that ， 如果先行词是人， 关系代词可选用 who/that 。2) Try to guess the meaning of

these words in the box.

Abing played music (that/who) could touch the hearts of people. When we listen to his music, we can ______ both the beauty and the sadness in it. It makes us think about the _____ and _______(that/who) we have experienced in the past. For this reason, many people _____ him as the musician (that/who) has greatly influenced erhu music. So it is really a ______ that not many pieces of his music were recorded.

sense

pain wounds

praise

pity

2e Student A is foreign visitor who is interested in Abing and his music. Student B is a Chinese student who knows about Abing. Use the information in the passage to make a conversation.

What kind of musical

instruments did Abing play?

He could play many instruments, but he is

best known for playing the erhu.

按照要求完成句子，每空一词。1. I like quiet and slow music. ( 对画线部 分进行提问 ) _____ _____ _____ _____ do you like?2. That book is interesting. ( 同上 ) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ that book?

What kind of music

What do you think of

3. That woman is my teacher. She is wearing a pink T-shirt. ( 合二为一 ) The woman ______ ___ ________ a pink T-shirt is my teacher.

who is wearing

用所给词的适当形式填空。1. She prefers _______ (stay) at home to playing outside.

staying

2. Dan Dervish is an __________ (Australia) singer. 3. Both of Alice’s parents are _________ (music). 4. She likes singers who write their own _______ (lyric).

Australian

musicians

lyrics

1. 课后阅读短文，试着复述这个故事。2. Write a passage about Abing and

Erquan Yingyue.