1、Unit7 Lesson 1Lead inDo you know some famous composers?And try to describe he/she for us?01莫扎特Mozart02弗朗茨舒伯特03弗里德里克肖邦教学目标Lead in教学目标Lead inLudwig van Beethoven.教学目标Lead inPre-readingPredicting what the passage is mainly about?While-readingRead the story quickly.Then check your prediction and talk ab
2、out some other information about Ludwig van Beethoven.Ludwig van Beethoven.While-readingRead the story again.Then finding the main idea of each paragraph.Ludwig van Beethoven.Read and thinkPara 1The brief introduction of Ludwig van Beethoven.What is the main idea of each paragraph?While-readingLudwi
3、g van Beethoven was a German composer.He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music.In his twenties,he had been very famous for his skills on the piano,but5then he began to lose his hearing.Beethoven thought about giving up,but in the end he continued to write music.Inspire
4、d by his struggles with deafness,the composer produced some amazing pieces,including nine10 symphonies,five piano pieces,and an opera!He proceeded with the composition until his death in 1827,writing more than 130 musical works,including his Symphony No.9 in D minor.Para 1The brief introduction of L
5、udwig van Beethoven.While-readingOne day in February 1824,at his little house in Vienna,Austria,Ludwig van15 Beethoven sat back in his chair and smiled.The famous German composers ninth symphony was finally completed.Writing the piece had taken several years,and now the final notes had been added to
6、 the score.At 54 years of age,he didnt know that this would be his last symphony.As he proudly signed his name at the bottom of the page,Beethoven tried to imagine how people20 would respond when they heard it for the first time.Para 2How the ninth symphony was completed.While-readingBefore the perf
7、ormance,the backstage atmosphere at a very famous theatre in Vienna was tense.Beethoven was afraid that the performance would be a disaster.After all,what use is a conductor who could not hear his orchestra-even if he is a musical genius?Para 3The before atmosphere of the performance.While-reading T
8、he audience did not hesitate to applaud loudly as the famous composer walked out onto the stage for the first time in 12 years.The theatres musical director,Michael Umlauf,joined him and together the two men took charge of the orchestra.For more than an hour,Beethoven jumped about in front of the or
9、chestra,waving his arms wildly in the air,and madly turning the pages of his score.The whole time,Umlauf stood quietly by his side,skillfully guiding the orchestra through the most amazing piece of music the world had ever known.Para 4The audiences reaction and the composers performance.While-readin
10、gAs the final,joyous note signaled the end of the symphony,the audience jumped to their feet,clapping,cheering and waving their hats.But Beethoven continued conducting,his head buried in the score.It was not until Caroline Unger,one of the singers,took his arm and turned him to face the audience tha
11、t the great man realized his symphony was a success.Para 5After the play,the audiences reaction and the composers performance.While-readingLater,Caroline remembered that Beethoven was not the only one who got a surprise.The audience was shocked as well,she said with a broad smile.“Most of them had n
12、o idea that he was deaf!The one person in the room who didnt hear the symphony-and never would-was the very man who composed it.Para 6Carolines memories about Beethoven performance.Post-readingRole playSupposed that you are an interviewer,you should interview Ludwig van Beethoven.what will you say?Homework谢谢大家
