supporting details in a passage. 3. To know and use the words and phrases: sense,
sadness, pain, reflect, moving, perform, lifetime, pity, in total, master, praise, recall, wound, painful
Sad but Beautiful
Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me. The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
When he was young
After his father died
After he got married
1950
1893
By age 17
For several years
For many years
His mother died. He developed an illness continue to sing and
guzheng: High Mountain and Floating Water (高山流水)
Chinese flute: Purple Bamboo Melody (紫竹调)
Fast reading: match the main idea of each paragraph.