Lesson 3 Experiment in Folk

A music quiz Do you love music? How much do you know about music? What kinds of music do you know? Pop music Jazz Rock “n” Roll Classical music Chinese folk music

Let’s enjoy two different music styles Mozart The Serenade 小夜曲

Chinese Folk Music 二泉映月

Kong goes for folk !

Kong Xiangdong, a famous Chinese name in the music world, is one of the most successful young pianist in the world. He has performed in more than 40 countries and has scored numerous prize. He plays not only classical music, but also folk. He loves the piano, and he loves his homeland. He combined classical music with Chinese folk music. Therefore, he became the best pianist of the Huanghe River Piano Concerto.

Fast Reading Activity Go through the first sentence of each paragraph to get the general idea of the text. 1, What does the title mean? 2, What is the article about? Kong likes folk music wildly His growth and success

Careful Reading Activities Task 1: Listen to the tape of the text and then read for the main idea of each paragraph

Para 1 A. Kong’s great success Para 2 B. a brief introduction to Kong Para 3 C. Kong’s preparation for the new experiment Para 4 D. the reason for Kong’s experiment Para 5 E. Kong’s childhood and his achievement Match the main idea

Task 2: Read for the specific information Answer some questions. 1. What kind of music is Kong Xiangdong most famous for? He is most famous for classical music.

2. What did Kong achieve in 1986? He became the youngest prize winner in Moscow’s Thaikovsky International Competition. 3. Why did Kong shave off his hair? He shaved off his hair to show that his music style was new, just like his new hairstyle.

Post-reading task: True or False True or False

1.Kong is a world-famous pianist. He plays not only classical music, but folk as well. 2. Kong combined Chinese folk with the piano because he wanted to make himself famous. 3. Because of Kong’s persistence( 坚 持 ) and talent, he became a great pianist at last. ×

4. Because of losing his own identity in some ways, Kong decided to rediscover the beauty in Chinese folk music. 5. Kong changed his appearance showed that he paid no attention to Chinese folk music. 6. Kong wants to play Chinese music in order to make the world learn about China. ×

Huanghe River Piano Concerto.

Voice your opinion What do you think of Kong xiangdong? What can you learn from Kong’ experiences of learning piano?

Summary & Homework 1.Read the text fluently and retell the text. 2. Underline the sentences including because, as, since, so/such…that, so that in the text.

Thank you for listening! Bye-bye!