Unit 9 Reading .doc

Step 1: Warming up1. The teacher asks the class: What kind of music do you prefer? Why do you like music?Music means a lot to human beings.Music is fun and for your spirit.Without music, life is a journey through a desert2. Enjoy a piece of folk music and write down your feelings.3.Conclude some Chinese instruments: dizi guzheng cuburbit flute luo drum pipa erhu and so on.4. Guessing game:Guess the name of the music and which instrument was played in the music Step 2: Reading 1. Before reading:Learn something about Moon Reflected on Second Spring and Abing. Prediction:Look at the picture and the title and predict the main idea of the passage.2. While readinglisten and read, then answer the questionsRead carefully again to find the main idea of each paragraphScan each paragraph to find the supporting details of each paragraph.Read the passage after the tape3. After reading Finish 2c. Read the passage again and use suitable words to complete the main idea of each paragraph. Then list the supporting details in each paragraph. Paragraph Main idea Supporting details1 I was _ by a piece of music named Erquan Yingyue. The music was strangely beautiful2 Abing lived a very _ life.3 Abings musical skills made him very _.Keys:1. moved The music was strangely beautiful but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain. It was one of the most moving pieces of music that Ive ever heard. I almost cried along with it as I listened. 2. poor His mother died when he was very young. His father died when he was a teenager.u He was poor and homeless. He developed an illness and became blind. He lived on the streets and played music to make money. 3. popular He could play over 600 pieces, and he wrote many of them himself. His most famous piece is still played and praised by erhu master today. Erquan Yingyue has become one of Chinas national treasures.Step 3: PairworkDraw a mind-map about Abing and his life together. Then look at the mind-map. Student A is a foreign visitor who is interested in Abing and his music. Student B is a Chinese student who knows about Abing. Use the information in the passage to make a conversation.Step 4: Work in gro