Famous Chinese musicians

冼星海Xian Xinghai

聂耳Nie Er

Born ： July 13th, 1905代表作（ Masterpiece ）：《黄河大合唱》

Born ： Feb. 14th, 1912代表作（ Masterpiece ）：《义勇军进行曲》

Who is he ? Do you know ?

沃尔夫冈 · 阿马德尔斯 · 莫扎特

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Let’s know something about Mozart’s childhood with the following facts.

＊ Mozart was born in Austria in 1756.

＊ At the age of three, he was able to play the piano by himself.

＊ At the age of four, he started taking music lessons.

＊ When he was five, he began to write music by himself.

＊ When he was seven years old, he and his sister began playing

for other people.

奥地利

年龄

Read 1a and mark the following sentences T(True) and F(False).

( )1. Mozart started writing music when he was a little boy.

( ) 2. Father Mozart used to give little Mozart music lessons

on the piano.

( )3. Little Wolfgang was playing the piano well without

any help.

( )4. Little Wolfgang learned so quickly that his father was

very happy.

T

F

T

T

Read 1a and choose the best. ( )1. The story is about Mozart when he was _______.

A. a child B. a student C. a great musician

( )2. Why didn’t Father Mozart give little Mozart music lessons?

A. Because he was lazy. B. Because he was stupid.

C. Because he was too little.

( )3. When Little Wolfgang played the piano, the music sounded_____.

A. beautiful B. bad C. terrible

( )4. Little Wolfgang often watched and listened to every note his sister

played. Choose the best Chinese meaning for the underlined word.

A. 注释 B. 音符 C. 笔记 ( )5. Father Mozart decided to give his little boy ________.

A. art lessons B. math lessons C. music lessons

A

C

A

B

C

Read 1a and fill in the blanks.

Mozart — the Wonder Boy

Before Father taught

him

Mozart asked his father to give him a ______lesson, but hi

s father said he was too ______.

Why Father decided to

teach him

When Mozart was alone in the room, he played _______

without any help. The music sounded_________.

After Father began to

teach him

Little Mozart learned very _______ and began to ______

music by himself at the age of ________.

What an ________ child !amazing

musiclittle

wellbeautiful

quickly write

five

录音 1a-P67

Let’s discuss the key and difficult sentences in the passage.

Mozart—the Wonder Boy

Mozart was _______________. Here’s ______ about _______ w

hen ____________.

___________ used to give his sister _______________________.

Little Mozart often ______ and _________every note _____________ i

n the room. One day, he played _________ by himself so well that his fa

ther _________ and decided to give ____________________.

After that, he played as _____as _________ and he could write

____________ by himself at _______ of _____.

_______amazing ______!

Retell the passage

a great composer

Mozart

he was a child

music lessons on the piano

watched listened to his sister played

the piano

was happy little Mozart music lessons

well his sister

beautiful music the age five

What an child

Mozart’s father

a story

Work in groups. Interview your partner about his/her fa

vorite musician’s life story. Write down the key informa

tion. The following questions may help you.

When we write about a

person, it is important to

mention the general opinion

first and then use a story to

support your opinion.

1. Who is your favorite musician ?

2. What do you think of him/her ?

3. Why do you like him/her ?

4. How did he/she learn music ?

5. Do you know anything about him/her when he/she was young ?

My _______ musician is ___________ . ___

______ sound ______. One of her famous son

gs is _______________. She loved ______ wh

en she was ______, and she practiced hard. Th

e song ______________ made her ______ all

over ________.

favorite Celine Deon

Her songs beautiful

My Heart Will Go On singing

a child

Beauty and Beast popular

the world

1. I know something about the famous musician,Mozart now.2. I can write a passage about famous persons now.

1. Retell the passage 1a alone.

2. Write a passage about your favorite musician.

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