Reading A选修8U1.ppt

For example, Yao Ming is a successful basketball player. ☆Can you name any successful people? ☆In what way do you think they are successful? ☆ When you say a person is successful, what do you mean? prodigy: a very talented person, especially young person pianist n. 钢琴家 Learning new words orchestra n. 管弦乐队 performance n. 表演 stunning a. 绝妙的 award n. 奖项 strict a. 严厉的 encourage v. 鼓励 support v. 支持 How did Lang Lang get success? Lang Lang’s life In 1982 He was_____. In 1985 He began______________________. In 1987 He ______________ in the Shenyang Piano Competition. In ____ He study at the finest music school in China. at the age of ___ His life changed. He got his big _______. In 2008 He ________ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. born taking piano lessons. won first prize 1991 17 chance played Read the text again and finish Ex A3 on P3. BEN How old were you when you started playing the piano? LANG LANG At the age of (1) __________. BEN How old were you when you won first prize in the Shenyang Piano Competition? LANG LANG I was (2) __________. BEN Why did your father take you to Beijing? LANG LANG Because I could study at the finest (3) __________ __________ in China. BEN When did your life change forever? LANG LANG In (4) __________. BEN How many performances do you give every year? LANG LANG About (5) __________. 3 5 music school August in 1999 150 S1: Did The New York Times describe Lang Lang with a simple sentence? S2: _______. It said ____________________. 2. S1: Was he playing the piano when he first heard Western classical music? S2: _______. _________________________. Yes No he was stunning He was watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon on television A4. Work in pairs. S1 asks the questions below. S2 answers Yes or No and gives evidence from the story. 3. S1: Did Lang Lang’s success more easily? S2: _______. __________________________. 4. S1: Did his father