Look at the picture and answer the following questions.

1. Who is he?

2. Have you ever know something about him?

Step 2 While-reading

a. Skimming

Read the passage quickly, and make a note of some basic information about Ye xiaogang．

Name Sex Nationality Job Main achievement Style of music

Suggested answers:

Name Ye xiaogang Sex Male Nationality China Job Composer Main achievement received many prizes, home and abroad Style of music mixing Chinese musical traditions with western forms and instrumentation． b. Detailed reading

Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks with proper words. Find what Ye Xiaogang did or what happened to him in the following years：

Time What he did 1955