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“Folk singers are more like poets than singers,” Li Yahe, a music businessman, once told China Youth Daily．
That saying perfectly describes Zhang Lei, the 34-year-old champion of the fourth “Voice of China” singing competition, which ended on Oct 7．
Critics thought Zhang's success as a victory for folk singers．The Voice of China used to attach great importance to singing skills and vocal techniques, which are not necessarily what folk singers are good at．“Folk songs are more about emotions and storytelling,” said Li．
Folk is one of the oldest musical styles．It dates back to ancient times, when people sang about their everyday lives and the society around them．
A powerful comeback
Folk music became popular again in the Western world in the 1960s．During social revolutions, many young Westerners turned to the simple rhythms of folk．Pioneers included US singer Bob Dylan, whose songs are reflections of some social issues like the Vietnam War．Singers at that time used traditional folk instruments like the banjo, the upright bass, the mandolin and the piano．
In the late 1970s, folk music was introduced to Taiwan．The rise of singers like Lo Tayu and Chyi Yu popularized folk music, particularly among young Chinese people．
At that time, folk tunes were based on simple song structures, with pleasant chord progression and pretty lyrics, just like during old times．But they focused more on the dreams and sorrow of youth than on politics．
This continued to be the case when the folk “wave” swept Chinese mainland in the 1990s．
Folk pioneers
Sadly, it didn't last long in China．Folk gave way to pop in the late 1990s, when people started living more fast-paced lives．But that didn't mean folk music had disappeared from the music world entirely．
“The drop in the popularity of folk songs is because the business mode of the music industry is outdated, not because of the music itself,” folk singer Song Ke once said．
He was right．Recent years have seen folk songs gaining popularity, with the appearance of singers like Li Jian and Song Dongye．
“The popularity of the Internet has shocked the traditional profit model in music industry,” Lu Zhongqiang, manager of 13-Month, a music recording and publishing company, told Tencent Entertainment．
“Not-so-well-known music starts showing its strength when the production of mainstream music is declining,” he added．
1.Which would be the best title of the passage?
A．The History of Folk Music
B．Folk Music Pioneers
C．The Folk Music Industry
D．The Voice of China
2.The underlined world “it” in the last but four paragraph means________．
A．the popularity of folk music
B．the focus of folk music
C．the tradition of folk pioneers
D．the new model of pop music
3.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A．The Voice of China is very popular among young Chinese people
B．Folk music once was a way to voice opinions about social issues
C．Folk songs are more about expressing emotions than storytelling
D．Outdated music mode is what leads to the decline of folk songs
4.Which word can best describe the attitude of Lu Zhongqiang towards folk music?
A．Objective
B．Confident
C．Critical
D．Worried
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Woodkopf is a crazy new sport invented in the Czech Republic(捷克共和国) and it has been gaining quite a lot of national media attention. This popular sport involves a pair of opponents wearing two-meter wooden boards on their heads and trying to knock the other’s board down without dropping their own. Strange as it sounds, a rousing match of Woodkopf can be quite exciting to watch.
This crazy sport can be traced back to July, 1992, when it was practiced during a cultural festival of art school graduates in Prague. Woodkopf, which literally translates as “wooden head”, is popular partly due to the fact that the game is simple, inexpensive and requires no complex equipment, but also because it never fails to supply a good dose of humor.
It is played by both men or women of all ages, and the rules are pretty simple. Both opponents must wear long and thin wooden boards of 200×16×2cm, weighing between 3 and 4kg. Once the boards are in position, the opponents try to knock each other’s boards off, using only plank-to-plank(木板) touches. No body-to-body or plank-to-body touches are allowed. The player who manages to knock down the opponent’s board twice in a row is declared the winner.
According to members of the Woodkopf Union, the best players are generally the taller ones. A bald head is also of great advantage, as pointed out by union chief Ivan Rezac.
Veteran Woodkopf players are now struggling for the sport to be included in the Olympic Games. They strongly believe that it has a great future. Vladimir Cech, who has been playing for the past seven years, said,?We want it to become our national sport, and a part of Czech culture along with beer, pork, dumplings and cabbage.?.
Title | An Interesting Sport ----Woodkopf |
Origin | 1. from July,1992, Woodkopf was first played by art school graduates in Prague. |
Reasons for its 2. | 1. It’s simple, inexpensive and 3. to watch. 2. It always supplies a sense of humor. |
4. | 1.Wearing two-meter wooden boards on their heads, two 5.try to knock each other’s board off without 6.their own. 2.Only plank-to-plank touches are allowed, and body-to-body or plank-to-body touches are 7. . |
Winners | 1. 8.succeeds knocking down the other’s board twice in a row is the winner. 2. The taller players and people with bald heads are very 9. to win. |
The future of the sport | Experienced Woodkopf players are struggling to make it an 10. in the Olympic Games and a national sport of the Czech Republic. |
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