An interview with a pop pianistppt课件

1、.1.2.3.4Clip 1What 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.5Prediction If you were Robin Gordon, what questions would you ask James Newman?.6Clip 2What person

2、ality 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 your fingerspreparednumbe

3、r onehardworking, competitive, aggressiveget straight Ascareer-oriented.7Pair 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 examples to prove your

4、 idea.8Clip 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.9Clip 4Where and how did JN begin his own style? JN: I learned the piano_ _ _ _, and after I left music school, I started giving piano perform

5、ances. 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 with boredom. So I

6、 stopped playing and _ _.at an early ageconsisted ofsleepingsweatyenjoyingfallstood upoff.10 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 played something

7、 in a kind of _Bach style.gone mad wide awakechangewild.11What 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 clothes.12Group Discussion If your were James Newman meeting such an accident

8、 during the piano performance, how would you react? In order to develop ones own style, what factors do you think count?.13Clip 5 How do his father and other people think of his change of style in piano?.14Check 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.15Assignment Recite the text and read i