Transcript Tan Dun

Unit5 Art world
TanDun's music
Reading (1)
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It is award music for the 2008
Beijing Olympics.
Each time a medal was presented to
a winner ，the music was played .
Do you know who wrote it? Tan Dun
He is a composer .
He makes music with common objects
instead of musical instruments
He makes sound by controlling the speed
Of water flow.
The lightning round (抢答环节)
作曲家
乐器
普通的
object
control
flow
The lightning round (抢答环节)
作曲家
composer
乐器
instrument
普通的
common
object
物体
control
控制
flow
流动
Scan the article and finish Tan Dun’s profile
1958
Year of birth: _________________
Place of birth: _________________
Hunan, China
music
Interest: _____________________
composer
Job: _______________________
Education: studied music at a
university in
Central
Conservatory
____________________
went on to study in
the USA
_________
Oscar
Best known for: winning an ______
for the music in a film
sounds of nature a lot
His music: uses the
_________________
builds a bridge
between
the East and the West
___________________________
Do you want to be a winner, too?
Here is a chance for you!
There’re 4 tasks ,try to finish them!
You will be a winner!
Task1
Task3
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2
Task2
3
Task4
4
Read Paragraph 1-2 and answer the following
questions
1) What was Tan’s interest at his very young age?
Music
2) What does Tan think the best music comes from?
Nature.
3) Did he use any musical instruments when he was
young?
No, he didn’t.
4) What did he make music with?
Common objects like stones and paper.
Task1
1
Task3
2
Task2
3
4
Task4
Listen to the Paragraph 3 ,then
answer the two questions.
1) Where did Tan learn music in 1986?
( In the USA)
2) What was Tan famous for in the world?
(He was famous for music in the
film Crouching Tiger, hidden
dragon )
Task3
2
Task2
3
4
Task4
Read paragraph 4 and complete the
passage with the correct information.
Tan Dun likes the sounds of
nature and ________
________
them a lot in his music.
uses
For example, in his amazing ________
piece of music
Water, he makes over 50 sounds from water by
________ the _______
speed of water flow ________
instead
controlling
of any musical instruments
________ .
Task3
3
4
Task4
Para 5-6:
What famous words did he say?
Do you know the meaning of this
sentence?
east
west
past
present
Music without boundaries
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Task4
An interview
Suppose you are Tan Dun
and some reporters(记者)
want to interview you.
Homework
1. Listen to the tape, read the
text over and over again.
2. Introduce Tan Dun to your
friends.
3. Finish off the relevant
exercises.