Module 4
violin
piano
saxophone
guitar
Vocabulary
soloist
techniquetune
concert
repertoire
conservatory
a musician who performs alone
a way of doing something, for example, playing an instrument
another word for melody
an event where musicians play
all the pieces of music that a musician can play
a school where musicians study
Fill in the table. international music star
1974
Kunming
CanadaShanghai Conservatory
of Musicpipa and guzheng
her mother
pipa and guzheng
Career
Year of birth
Hometown
The place she is living now
The school she went to
The training she received
The person who taught her to play musical instruments
The musical instruments she plays
Read the passage carefully and find the main idea of each part.
introduces Liu Fang as well as her musical training and background
tells about Liu Fang’s musical influences and characteristics of Chinese classical music
is about Liu Fang’s love for performing live and her goals as an artist.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Check the answers to Activity 4combine
title
traditional
challenge
silence
interprets
1. She likes to __________ musical styles from east and west.
2. What is the _________ of the piece she played?
3. I like listening to ___________ Chinese folk songs.
4. It’s a great ___________ to play an instrument like the pipa.
5. Sometimes there is a long __________ in the middle of the piece.
6. I like the way she ____________ classical pieces.
Read the sentences and decide if the statements are true.
Grammar
Liu Fang has played the pipa since the age of six.
She’s given concerts since she was eleven.
1. Liu Fang still plays the pipa.
2. She only played the pipa when she was six.
3. She has given concerts regularly since the age of eleven.
4. She only gave concerts when she was a child.
现在完成时强调状态或类似于状态的某种工作的持续。T
F
T
F
Liu Fang has been playing the pipa for the last three hours.
She’s been performing concerts every day since last month.
1. What tense are the two sentences using?
2. Which of these things is true about the sentences? a. The people started doing these things in the past and are still doing them. b. The people do these things every day. c. The actions take a very long time to complete.
Present perfect progressive
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