Unit 12 . Music

a classical music b folk c pop d rock-’n’-roll e rock Extract No Music style Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING Vocabular y: _ indispensable absolutely essential (adj): Ex: Air, food and water are indispensable to our life _ instrument (n): _ romantic (adj) beautiful in a way that makes you think : of love or feel strong emotion romantic (n) romanticism (n) romantically (adv) _ appeal (n) appeal (v) = attractiveness ; interest Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING Vocabular y: _ stimulation the state of being interested and (n) : excited about something stimulate (v) _ composer (n) person who composes music : compose (v) write = (music) _ symphony (n) : _ emerge (v) become known : _ generation (n) all people born at about the : same time Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING Vocabular y: (adj) _ rural of the countryside : _ It was not until … that … : Ex: From rock-’n’-roll, it was not until the 1960s that rock developed = Rock developed from rock-’n’-roll in the 1960s _ solo (n) : a piece of music performed by only one person solo = (adj) (n)single _ version Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING Vocabular y: _ indispensable _ symphony (n) (adj) _ instrument (n) _ emerge (v) _ romantic (adj) _ appeal (n) _ stimulation (n) _ composer (n) _ generation (n) _ rural (adj) _ solo (n) _ version (n) * While you read : Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each blank with a suitable word generation instrument emerged composers indispensable emerged Pop music ………………………………… in the early 1900s Computers have become indispensabl an …………………………… e …………part of our life composers Mozart is one of the world famous …………………………….………… Folk music is free to change as it travels from generation person togeneration person, ……………………… ………… to …… ………………………… , and even country to country instrument You should learn to play a musical ………………………………………… T T F Task 2: Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) Most people love music because of its indispensable part in our daily lives Learned and serious people like listening to classical music Mozart’s symphony No.40 in G Minor has been loved in some places in the world F Rock-’n’-roll, a type of popular music emerged in the early 1900s T Auld Lang Syne, a traditional folk song is usually sung on New Year’s Eve in England Task 3: Express your opinion about : _ The important role of music in life _ One kind of music / The song/ The composer/ The singer you like best Give the reason * Homework : _ Read the text and learn new words by heart _ Do exercises in your notebook _ Prepare Unit 12 (cont.) Reading (Period 2) Goodbye ! and See you again Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (17561791) Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) The Rolling Stone .. . a classical music b folk c pop d rock-’n’-roll e rock Extract No Music style Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING Vocabular y: _ indispensable .. . interest Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING Vocabular y: _ stimulation the state of being interested and (n) : excited about something stimulate (v) _ composer (n) person who composes music .. . composes music : compose (v) write = (music) _ symphony (n) : _ emerge (v) become known : _ generation (n) all people born at about the : same time Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson: *Before you read READING