九年级新教材Unit9 SectionB.pptVIP

What kind of bands do you like? 1a Fill in the chart. Write names of your favorite book, movie and band. 1) Which musician does the passage mainly talk about? 2) What is the name of his most famous piece of music? 3) How does the writer feel about this piece of music? Sad but beautiful Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece of which was played in 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 (Moon Reflected on Second Spring), but it was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard. Later I looked up the history of Erquan Yingyue, and I began to understand the sadness in the music. 音乐是动听的,但同时让我感觉到一种强烈的悲伤和痛苦 后来我查找了二泉映月的历史开始懂得了音乐里的悲伤 The music was written by Abing, a folk musician who was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893. His mother died when he was very young. Abing’s father taught him to play many musical instruments ,such as the drums, dizi and erhu , and by age 17 , Abing was know for his music ability , However, after his father died, Abing’s life grew worse. He was very poor, not only that, he developed a serious illness and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money . Even after Abing got married and had a home again, he continued to sing and play on the streets. He performed in this way for many years. Abing ’ amazing musical skills made him very popular during his lifetime. By the end of his life ,he could play over 600 pieces of music. Many of these were written by Abing himself. It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear ,but his popularity continues to this day. Today , Abing’s Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and praise. It has become one of China’s national treasures. Its sad beauty not