1. Lesson 3 Experiment in Folk
肥西第三中学
程 静

2. What kinds of music do you know?
Music quiz
What kinds of music do you know?
1 folk music pop music
3 jazz classical music
5 rock traditional music

3. Please listen and tell what kind of music it is.
folk
宋祖英

4. pop

5. classical

6. Your Ideas
Suppose we combine our Chinese folk music with western music, what will happen?
Does someone once try to do so?

7. Read to learn
Kong goes for folk!

8. Reading tasks
Learn something about Kong Xiangdong.
Divide the text into four parts and find out detailed information of each part.
3. Language in use.

9. Brief introduction to Kong
Kong Xiangdong’s file :
Birth: born in Shanghai in He is one of the most famous pianists in the world. He has performed in more than 40 countries and scored numerous prizes. He combines classical music and Chinese folk music well.

10. Preparations before class

11. 2. What does the title Kong goes for folk mean?
Task1. Answer questions
1. What is the text about?
2. What does the title Kong goes
for folk mean?
1. The text is about Kong Xiangdong’s
course of growth and his success.
2. go for: enjoy, like or try something new

12. Task2. Match the words with meanings
1. quit a. join or mix sth. together
2. talent b. family ties
3. combine c. completely change the
appearance or character of
sth. or sb.
4. root d. give up; stop sth. or doing sth.
5. identity e. natural ability
6. transform f. who or what sb. or sth. is

13. Tssk1. Match the paragraphs with the topics
Reading
Tssk1. Match the paragraphs with the topics
Para A. Kong wanted to create
something new
Para B. Kong surprised his fans last
week
Para C. Kong won his new success
Para D. Music has always been part
of Kong’s world

14. Tssk2. Read each paragraph carefully and get the detailed information.
1.The famous _______ pianist, Kong Xiangdong, surprised his fans last week by giving a concert _________ classical music ____ Chinese folk music.
2. Why did Kong combine Chinese folk music with classical music, because
he wanted to become famous
he was good at it
he wanted to try something new
he did it just for fun

15. classical combining with
1.The famous _______ pianist, Kong Xiangdong, surprised his fans last week by giving a concert _________ classical music ____ Chinese folk music.
combining
with
2. Why did Kong combine Chinese folk music with classical music, because
he wanted to become famous
he was good at it
he wanted to try something new
he did it just for fun

16. Para2
1. Music has always been ____ of Kong’s
world. As his mother was a great
music _____, he lived with music from
_____.
2. Can you tell how Kong became a great pianist with the following key words?
his mother…piano…
draw piano keys…
give up

17. part lover birth 1. Music has always been ____ of Kong’s
world. As his mother was a great
music _____, he lived with music from
_____.
lover
birth

18. 2. Can you tell how Kong became a great pianist with the following key words?
his mother…piano…
draw piano keys…
give up
His mother couldn’t buy him a piano until he was seven. She had to draw piano keys on a piece of paper so that he could learn to play as early as possible. He was made to practise the piano so much that, at times, he thought about giving up. However, he didn’t quit, and he became a great pianist.

19. Para3-4
1. Because of Kong’s ______ and hard work, he became famous __________.
2. Kong’s new experiment in Chinese folk music is so important to him that he even changed his
3. Why did Kong shave off his hair?

20. 1. Because of Kong’s ______ and hard work, he became famous __________.
talent
worldwide

21. 2. Kong’s new experiment in Chinese folk music is so important to him that he even changed his .
appearance

22. 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.

23. Para5
Whether Kong is changing his appearance or transforming his music, he is a in music today.
pioneer

24. Task3. 1. As a famous pianist, Kong surprised his fans by
giving a concert of Chinese folk music yesterday.
2. After playing pop music for years, Kong felt the
needs to be different from other musicians.
3. When he was 18, he got his first international
prize in America.
4. Kong decided to rediscover the beauty in Chinese
classical music.
5. Kong wants to play Chinese folk music so as to
be popular among Chinese.
6. Kong’s mother was a great music lover.

25. 1. As a famous pianist, Kong surprised
his fans by giving a concert of
Chinese folk music yesterday.
2. After playing pop music for years,
Kong felt the needs to be different
from other musicians.
3. When he was 18, he got his first
international prize in America.
last week
classical
Moscow.

26. 4. Kong decided to rediscover the
beauty in Chinese classical music.
5. Kong wants to play Chinese folk
music so as to be popular among
Chinese.
6. Kong’s mother was a great music
lover.
folk
that the world can learn
more about China.

27. Task4. Group work: Voice your opinion
1. What do you think of Kong Xiangdoing?
2. What can you learn from Kong?

28. Practice after class

29. talent appearance quit root transform identity
Fill in the blanks.
talent appearance quit root transform identity
He had lost his card and was being questioned
by the police.
2. After 20 years in America, I still feel my are in China.
3. He has not smoking, but he only has three
cigarettes a day.
4. He has the old kitchen into a beautiful
sitting room.
5. We should not judge a person by his
6. She doesn’t have a but she makes up for it
with hard work. 29

30. talent appearance quit root transform identity
Fill in the blanks.
talent appearance quit root transform identity
1. He had lost his card and was
being questioned by the police.
2. After 20 years in America, I still feel
my are in China.
identity
roots
quitted
3. He has not smoking, but he
only has three cigarettes a day.
4. He has the old kitchen into
a beautiful sitting room.
__________.
transformed 30

31. Fill in the blanks. appearance talent
5. We should not judge a person by
his
6. She doesn’t have a but she
makes up for it with hard work.
appearance
talent

32. Homework
Choose one of your favourite singers, musicians, dancers or artists and write a brief introduction about him / her.

33. Thank you！
Goodbye!