师：Okay, boys and girls. Are you ready for class?
生：Good afternoon, everyone!
师：Good afternoon, everyone! Thank you. Sit down, please. Have you noticed the music I played? What instrument is it played on?
生：I believe that is our erhu. Do you think so?
师：Thank you. How do you feel when listening to the music?
生：Maybe a little bit sad.
师：Yes, I agree with you. Thank you. Do you know anything about the music? Hands up.
生：（接过话筒）The music is called "二泉映月".
师：Well, then. What else?
生：（回答其他相关内容或表示不知道）
师：OK, it doesn't matter. What else do you want to know about the music?
生：What's it written about?
生：Who the writer is?
生：When the musician wrote this music.
师：Very good. This class, we are going to read a text about this music - "Sad but Beautiful". Please read the title for me again.
（学生读标题）
师：Thank you. Let's come into this sad but beautiful world with the writer together. Before reading, let's have a look at the title as well as the picture. Then answer my question: What can you predict from the title and the picture?
生：（接过话筒）I think he is a blind man because in the picture on the book, I saw sunglasses.
师：You have smart eyes. Excellent. Who else?
生：I believe the musician can play many kinds of musical instruments because he has a pipa on his back and he holds an erhu in his hand.
师：Good job. Is that all? Who else?
生：Maybe the writer is lonely because there's only him in the picture.
师：Very good. Who else?
生：（接过话筒）Hmm, I think this passage is mainly about his... um... son that is sad but beautiful.
师：Ah, well done. Thank you very much, boys and girls. Let's begin our reading. Read and see whether your predictions are true or not. Okay, take out your paper. Please focus on the first sentence and then answer my question: What can you infer from the first sentence?
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师：What can you infer from it?
生：I guess the writer is a foreigner.
师：Why do you think so?
生：Because it says "Last night, one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music".
师：Do you agree with him? Well done. Thank you. Take your seat, please. Boys and girls, let's go on with paragraph number one. Read it in silence and then answer my question: What is sad but beautiful in paragraph one? Is it clear? Here we go.
（学生默读后回答）
师：Okay, have you got the answer? What is sad but beautiful in paragraph number one?
生：The piece of music called "二泉映月" is such a beautiful...
师：Yes, I beg your pardon. What's the name of the music?
生：二泉映月.
师：Which sentence says that?
生：The third sentence of the paragraph: "The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty, I sensed a strong sadness and pain."
师：Do you agree with him? Very good. Let's have a look at these sentences together. "Strangely beautiful", what's that kind of feeling? Maybe I'd like to give you some help this way. How did the writer feel when listening to the music? Maybe you can get some help from the first paragraph, some sentences, some words, some phrases.
生：I think the writer is deeply moved.
师：Moved. Good. Is that all?
生：He feels deeply sad and that he cried along with it as I listened to it.
师：Well done. These are the feelings the writer got. Yes. Okay, boys and girls, let's have a try. Close your eyes. Listen in silence. Sad, painful, cry along with it. Okay, open your eyes. Did you get the feeling, the same feeling as the writer's?
生：A little bit, yes.
师：How do you usually feel when listening to music?
生：Maybe I usually feel excited and relaxed.
师：Excited and relaxed. Very good. Who else? Thank you.
生：（接过话筒）I believe that whenever I listen to music, I take my feelings with the music and I will find it enjoyable.
师：Yes, very good. These are the common feelings we usually get from music. Yep. But whenever we listen to this music, I mean whenever we listen to "二泉映月", we want to cry. Yep. So, isn't it strangely beautiful? Why? Why could the writer write such music? Let's go on with paragraph number two. Read it and answer my questions: What is sad and what is beautiful? Here we go.
（学生默读）
师：Please focus on your reading. Do not be distracted by anybody else. Okay, who wrote this music?
生：Abing.
师：Is "Abing" his family name and given name? Of course not. This is his stage name. His real name is... Is that clear? Okay, tell me what is sad and what is beautiful.
生：Maybe it's sad about his hard life and his experiences because his mother died when he was very young. And after that, his father died. For several years, he was hopeless. He developed a serious illness and became blind.
师：That's exactly what I want. So, Abing's experience is sad. Thank you. What about beautiful? What is beautiful?
生：Abing's father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as drums, dizi, and erhu. And he got married and had a home again after he lost a home.
师：Very good. Thank you very much. As we all know, when he was young, his mother died. Yep. What's worse, his father died. Not only that, he became blind and homeless. Yep. So that is to say, Abing became sadder and sadder. Did he give up? Of course not. Instead, he performed on the street for many years to fight against his sadness. Abing became stronger and stronger. That's why it is sad but beautiful. Yep. His strong will is beautiful. His mind, his spirit is beautiful. Well, then, we have something even more beautiful. What is it, boys and girls? Let's go on with paragraph number three and then answer my question: What is even more beautiful? Let's go.
（学生默读后回答）
师：Okay, have you got the answer? Why is it even more beautiful?
生：In the last paragraph, I believe that his spectacular achievements are even more beautiful.
师：Very good. Thank you. And what else?
生：Maybe he had a considerable influence on many people who love music.
师：Oh, good work. Who else? Maybe some words or phrases can help you from paragraph number three. What else? Just read them out.
生：Because the music has become one of China's national treasures.
师：That's exactly what I want, boys and girls. These are Abing's successful things, right? Yep. So we call such successful things "achievements". Among all his achievements, which one is the greatest?
生："二泉映月" is his greatest achievement.
师：Yes. And "二泉映月" became...
生：It has become one of China's national treasures.