AninterviewwithapoppianistPPT教学课件

1、An Interview with a Pop PianistClip 1 What is Robin Gordon? What is James Newman? What is JN well known for?A way of playing classical music in a wildly romantic manner His strange clothesA journalist.A rich and famous pianist.Prediction If you were Robin Gordon, what questions would you ask James N

2、ewman?Clip 2What personality does James Newman have? (Pay attention to adjectives and key information) Dont let the chance _ _ _ _. Be _ when the opportunities turns up. Be important to be _ _ all the time, and _ _ _ at school. Adjectives:_, _, _, _Why does JN have such a personality?slip through yo

3、ur fingerspreparednumber onehardworking, competitive, aggressiveget straight Ascareer-orientedPair work What kind of person do you think yourself is? How has this personality been developed? In your point of view, do your family or family members have great influence on your personality? Give some e

4、xamples to prove your idea.Clip 3 What did JN wear when he began as a pianist? How did he feel when he played with these clothes?A black suit and a bow tie.Serious and miserable.Clip 4Where and how did JN begin his own style? JN: I learned the piano_ _ _ _, and after I left music school, I started g

5、iving piano performances. Well, anyway, one evening when I was in Wisconsin, something happened. My audience that evening _ _mostly rich farmers. They were all sitting like _ dummies(模型)it was really a very hot eveningI was all _. They just werent _ Bach or Chopin.They were ready to _ _ their chairs

6、 with boredom. So I stopped playing and _ _.at an early ageconsisted ofsleepingsweatyenjoyingfallstood upoff JN: Exactly. And I shouted, “Come on, folks. What would you really like to hear?” At first they looked at me as if I had _ _, then they became all _ _. They agreed that they wanted a _. So I

7、played something in a kind of _Bach style.gone mad wide awakechangewild What changes did this incident bring to JN?Starting his new style: to play Bach and ChopinStarting wearing fancy clothes.classical musicin a very unusual waystrange clothesGroup Discussion If your were James Newman meeting such

8、an accident during the piano performance, how would you react? In order to develop ones own style, what factors do you think count?Clip 5 How do his father and other people think of his change of style in piano?Check your understanding! Mr. Newman plays classical music in a usual and traditional way. Mr. Newman isnt a hardworking and competitive man. Mr. Newmans family have a significant influence on him. The rich farmers in Wisconsin didnt seem to enjoy classical music. Many people have accepted Mr. Newmans style, his father included.Assignment Recite the text and read it fo