Lesson 3

Experiment in Folk

泉港二中英语组 林梅琴

Do you know any famous

musicians? Do you know

the kind of music they

play?

Xian Xinghai

Hua Yanjunalso called “blin

d a bing”Nie er

1. He was born in Guangdong

province in 1905. He is called

people’s musician.

2. He wrote many songs such as On

Taihang Mountain and the

famous Yellow River chorus.

3. He died in Russia when he went

there to study.

Xian Xinghai

Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Franz LisztSchubert

A famous Chinese name in the

music world, one of the most

famous pianist in the world.

He has performed in more

than 40 countries and has

scored numerous prize. He

combines classical music and

folk music well.

Kong Xiang dong

Read the text and answer these

questions.

He is a most famous for classical music.

1. What kind of music is Kong

Xiangdong most famous for?

He became the youngest prize win

ner in Moscow’s Tchalkovsky Inte

rnational Competition.

2. What did Kong achieve in 1986?

He shaved off his hair to show

that his music style was new, just

like his new hairstyle.

3. Why did Kong shave off his hair?

1.Playing the same music in different

cities of the world is very

2.The concert last week was such

success that he had to give another

two concerts.

3.Because Kong’s talent and hard

work , he become famous

worldwide.

Correct errors

bored.

∧

boring.a

∧of

4. He was made to practise the

piano so much that, at time, he

thought about giving up.

5. He gave a concert combine

classical music with Chinese

folk music.

times

combining

6. This is why he went back his

roots and study Chinese folk

music.

7. He didn’t quit, he became a

great pianist.∧

∧

to

and

1. combine… with …

“ 把… 与…结合” Diets are most effective when

combined with exercise.

节食与运动相结合才会更有效。

Language points

2. success 成功， 胜利

Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。

The meeting was a success.

会开得很成功。

成功的事，取得成功的人

What kind of music do you like?

Which type of concert would you

prefer to go to, classical or Chinese

folk music? Give your reasons.

作为一个教师，他是很出色的。He is a great success as a teacher.

Match the beginnings and endings of

the sentences according to the text...

a) because he refused to give up.

b) because his mother was a

great music lover.

c) because he wanted to try

something new.

2. Kong wanted to play Chinese folk

music ______________________

_____________

1. Music has always been an important

part of Kong’s life __________

____________________________.because his

because he wanted to try

something new.

mother was a great music lover

3. Kong became an award-winning

musician in 1986 ___________

________________

because he

refused to give up.

Read these sentences ad decide which is

an adverbial clause of cause, result or

purpose.

adverbial clause of cause

a) Kong explained that he tried this

because he wanted to create

something new.

adverbial cause of result

b) He was made to practise the piano

so much that, at times, he thought

about giving up.

c) He concert last week was such a

success that Kong’s Dream Tour

Concert is expected t run for the

next two years.adverbial cause of result

adverbial clause of cause

d) As his mother was a great music

lover, he lived with music from

birth.

e) Since his music style was new, he

decided his hairstyle had to be new

too.

adverbial clause of cause

f ) She had to draw piano keys on a

piece of paper so that he could learn

as early as possible.

adverbial clause of purpose

_________, __ and _____ can

introduce a clause which explains the

______ of a certain action or

situation.

_________ and _________________

can introduce a clause which

describes the _______ of an action.

Complete the rule

Because as since

cause

So…that such (a/an) …that

result

________ can introduce a clause

which shows the ________of a

certain action or situation.

So that

purpose

Underline the adverbial clauses and

mark them with R (for result), C

(for cause) or P (for purpose)

Example

He wants to play Chinese music so

that he world can learn more about

China. ( ) P

1. Andrew is studying jazz because

he wants to be a jazz musician.

( )

2. Since Mary is busy, she can’t go

to the opera. ( )

3. As the weather is bad, the flight

will be cancelled. ( )

C

C

C

4. Harry is studying the erhu so that he

can be an erhu musician. ( )

5. Suzi likes listening to pop music so m

uch that she sometimes forgets to do

her homework. ( )

P

R

6. The dog buried his bone so that

the other dogs wouldn’t find it.

( )

7. He came to such a sudden stop

that we almost hit him. ( )

P

R

Read these sentences from the text.

Work out the differences in pairs.

Decide whicha) introduce a clause with a subject

and a verb?

b) introduce a noun or a noun

phrase?

1. But because he persevered, he

soon became a great pianist.

2. Because of his talent, Kong

became famous worldwide.

3. Because of this, he decided to

look more closely at his own roots

and rediscovered the beauty in

Chinese folk music.

a)

b)

b)

4. ...he combined Chinese folk music

with the piano because he wanted

to try something new. a)

Complete these sentences with

because or because of.

1. He couldn’t see the view _________

the tree.

2. She was afraid _________the dog

was frightening.

3. I can’t hear the music _________

he is talking.

because of

because

because

4. He can’t walk very well __________

the accident.

5. The waves are huge __________the

storm.

6. Jenny ate three bowls of noodles

________ she was hungry.because

because of

because of

Use the suffixes below to fill the

blank. -st, -ian

1.The ______ (piano) who won the

competition was a very young

man.

2. I met a ________ (music) who

played many different

instruments.

pianist

musician

3. Picasso is a famous _____

(art) who was born in Spain.

4. John knows the ________(guitar)

in the band we watched last night.

5. The children watched as the

_______ (magic) pulled a rabbit

out of a hat!

guitarist

magician

artist

Work in pairs and tell each other:

1) when you listen to music, 2)

what kind of music you listen to

and why. Use the following words

to help you.

classical, folk, jazz, traditional,

pop, rock, because, because of,

so that, so/such…that, as, since

HomeworkDo the exercise on page

70 and 71.