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