U12-Reading

LeDinhXo-The English teacher of LeVietTao high schoo- U12: Music- Part A: Reading- Period 73 Thursday, 25 th February 2010 leviettao upper secondary school LeDinhXo-The English teacher of LeVietTao high schoo- U12: Music- Part A: Reading- Period 73 Look at some pictures and guess what type of music it is. The Beatles Types of Rock’n’roll Pop music Folk music jazz Classical music 1 1 2 3 4 5 Match each of the descriptions to a type of music. Type of music Description 1. Folk music 2. Rock ‘n’ roll 3. Pop music 4. Classical music 5. Jazz a. serious and traditional Western European music. b. traditional music of a country. c. a combination of African and Western music. d. modern music that is popular with young people. e. a style of music with a strong and loud beat. 1B 2E 3D 4A 5C There are two things that make humans different from all other animals. They are language and music. Music is clearly different from language. However, people can use it to communicate- especially their emotions. Like reading, writing and speaking, music can express ideas, thoughts and feelings. It can express one’s anger, love, hate or friendship; it can also convey one’s hopes and dreams. Music is very much an integral part of our life. It played during almost all important events and on occasions and sets the tone for them. It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful. Music lull babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning. Above all, music entertains. It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses. In fact, music as entertainment has always been a big business. It is a billion-dollar industry. It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without music. LeDinhXo-The English teacher of LeVietTao high schoo- U12: Music- Part A: Reading- Period 73 I. Vocabulary 1. emotion /i' məu∫ n/ (n) = feeling Ex: People can use music to communicate their emotions. 2. express /iks'pres/ (v): say or show how you think or feel.  expression /iks'pre∫n/ (n) Ex: Music can express ideas, thoughts and feelings. VOCABULARY: 3. Integral / 'intigrəl/ (a): necessary Ex: Music is very much an integra l part of our life. 6. convey/ kən'vei /: to make ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc known to sb 4. solemn / 's ləmɔ / (a): very serious; not happy or smiling 5. mournful / 'm :nfulɔ / (a): very sad Ex: Her solemn face told them that the news was bad. VOCABULARY: 7. lull /l lʌ / (v) Ex: The mother is lulling her baby to sleep. 8. delight / di'lait/(v): to give sb great pleasure Ex: Mary delighted her parents by singing a song. 9. tone / təun /: how something sounds  set the tone for (IDM) Ex: Music sets the tone for special occasions. VOCABULARY: 2. emotion /i'məu∫n/ (n) = feeling 3. express /iks'pres/ (v) expression /iks'pre∫n/(n) VOCABULARY: 4. integral / 'intigrəl/ (a) 5. solemn / 's ləmɔ / (a) 6. mournful / 'm :nfulɔ / (a) 8. lull /l lʌ / (v) 9. delight / di'lait/(v) 10. tone / təun /:  set the tone for (IDM) 7. convey / kən'vei /: 1. Communicate with /kə'mju:nikeit/ (vph)