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1、Section A Life in a Violin Case,Contents,Text A,Main Idea & Structure,Words & Expressions,Warming up,Do you like music? What does music mean to you? Listen to “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music”, and discuss with your classmates.,Warming up,Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a
2、 name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do,Reading Through,In order to tell you what I believe, I must briefly bring up something from my personal history.The turning point of my l
3、ife was my decision to give up a promising career in business to study music. My parents, although sympathetic, disapproved of music as an occupation. This was understandable, I thought, in view of my family background.,Para. 1&2,Chinese,Life in a Violin Case,Text A,I used to get up at dawn to pract
4、ice before I left for “downtown”. Instead of lunching with my coworkers, I would seek out some cheap caf and order a mean meal. I continued to make money, and finally, little by little, I saved enough to go abroad.At that time, my family no longer needed my help, and so I gave up my position and sai
5、led for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before, and enjoyed every minute of it.,Para. 7&8,Chinese,Text A,“Enjoyed” is too mild a word, really; I walked on air. I really lived. I was a free man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to do
6、.If I had stayed in business, I might be a really wealthy man today. I do not believe, however, I would have made a success of living. I would have given up a happiness that money cant buysomething that is all-too-often done when ones primary goal is making money.,Para. 9&10,Chinese,Text A,When I br
7、oke away from the business world, it was against the advice of practically all of my friends and family. So conditioned are most of us to the idea that success is moneyso much so that the thought of giving up a good salary for happiness seems foolish. If so, all I can say is “Gee, its great to be fo
8、olish!”Money is a wonderful thing, but now I know that it is possible to pay too high a price for it.,Para. 11&12,Chinese,Text A,Meaning: In order to tell you my beliefs, I must first say a few words about what has happened to my family and me.,In order to tell you what I believe, I must briefly bri
9、ng up something from my personal history.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: My parents understood my feelings, but they didnt think it was a good choice for me to take up music as a job.,My parents, although sympathetic, disapproved of music as an occupation.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Though
10、 he was greatly respected by other people in his area, he earned so little that he was almost unable to supply his large family with what they needed for life.,Despite being greatly respected in the community, he earned barely enough to provide for his large family.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning:
11、 My father often said that they had just enough money to eat and live only because my grandmother knew how to use money carefully and without waste.,My father often said that it was only because my grandmother was so economical that the wolves were kept at bay.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Beca
12、use my grandfather had set a negative example for the family, if anyone ever talked about taking up music as a career, the others would think immediately that it meant youd have to live without a stable income.,As a consequence of this example in the family, the very mention of music as a career car
13、ried with it the idea of an uncertain existence.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Before I graduated from Columbia University, my family was having difficulty paying all the bills.,Before my graduation from Columbia University, my family ran into some money problems.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meanin
14、g: Now, I do not at all want to say that business is something bad; I just want to say that business does not suit me.,Now, I do not for a moment mean to speak poorly of business; my whole point is that it was just not for me.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: I would not have lunch with my fellow w
15、orkers, but would try to find a cheap caf and order a simple meal.,Instead of lunching with my coworkers, I would seek out some cheap caf and order a mean meal.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: I continued to make money and gradually saved enough money to go to a foreign country in the end.,I conti
16、nued to make money, and finally, little by little, I saved enough to go abroad.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: When I quit my job and left the business world, almost all of my friends and family advised me not to.,When I broke away from the business world, it was against the advice of practically
17、 all of my friends and family.,Meaning of the Sentences,This text is about the authors life as a musician and how he enjoys this kind of life. Actually at the very beginning, his parents insisted that he should not go into music as a career because his grandfather, who took music as an occupation, e
18、arned barely enough to support the family. So he had to go into business to help his family out of their money problems. But later, he was able to go abroad to study music with the money, which became the turning point in his life. He enjoyed his life as a musician because he feels he is really making a success of living.,
