Unit 12: Music

Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo Tỉnh BR-VT

Trường THPT Trần Nguyên Hãn

Năm học: 2006 - 2007

Giáo viên: Nguyễn Thị Tường Vân

Unit 12.

Period 1

Tuesday, March 6th 2007

I/ Pre-reading

Listen to the following pieces of

music and tell what types of music they are.

1.Folk music2 Rock’n’roll

3 Pop music

4 Classical music5.Jazz

Listen to the following pieces of music and tell what types of

music they are.

1 FOLK MUSIC

1.Folk music2 Rock’n’roll3 Pop music

4 Classical music5.Jazz

Listen to the following pieces of music and tell what types of

music they are.

2.POP MUSIC

1.Folk music2 Rock’n’roll

3 Pop music

4 Classical music5 Jazz

Listen to the following pieces of music and tell what types of

music they are.

3.JAZZ

“ The old black magic” –Miles Davis

1.Folk music2 Rock’n’roll

3 Pop music

4 Classical music5.Jazz

Listen to the following pieces of music and tell what types of

music they are

4.ROCK’ N ’ROLL

“It’s now or never”

- Elvis Presley

1.Folk music2 Rock’n’roll

3 Pop music

4 Classical music5 Jazz

Listen to the following pieces of music and tell what types of

music they are.

5.CLASSICAL MUSIC

“Symphony No.9” Beethoven

VOCABULARY:

3 integral /’intigrәl/(adj.)

E.g. The arms and legs are integral parts

of the human body

4 tone /tәun/(n.) : sound of music or voice

- set the tone for sth.

5 solemn /’sƆlәm/ m/ (adj.): looking very serious, formal

II/ While reading

Task 1.True / False statements

1/ People can use music to

communicate like reading, writing and speaking

2/ Music is the same as language 3/ Music may bring benefits to the musicians and singers.

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Task 2 Fill in the blanks

The words/phrases below all appear in the reading passage Use them to complete

the sentences.( Task 1 on page 125)

emotion communicate integral partsolemn

lulldelightsmournful

emotion communicate

Fill in the blanks

1.If you know English, you can

with people from the English-speaking world easily

2.Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to _ her to sleep

lull

Fill in the blanks

emotion integral part

solemn delights mournful

3 Nam’s success at school his parents

4 He is an of the team, we can’t do without him.

integral part

Fill in the blanks.

emotion solemn mournful

6 Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his .

7 With a look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s death

5.The teacher criticised him with a expression on his face solemn

emotionmournful

Task 3.Answer the questions.

1/ What are the two things that make humans different from other animals?

-(They are) language and music

2/ Why is music a powerful means of communication ?

-It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.

3/ How can music set the tone

for events and special occasions?

-It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival

and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.

4/ How can music entertain ?

- It makes people happy

and excited It delights the senses

5/ Why has music always been a big business ?

- It is a billion-dollar industry.

III Post-reading

“ Music plays an important part in human life.”

- Do you agree or disagree ?

- How important do you think music is to our life?

C O M P O S E RG U I T A R

L A S S I C AS

1. The person who composes music

2 A musical instrument Tran Tien usually plays.

3 Serious and traditional Western European music4 The name of the “King of Rock’n’Roll”5 A kind of music with very strong beat