1、Reading for Writing P56-57 新新人教必修人教必修Book 2 Unit 5 Music Look at the pictures. Do you love music? How can music make you feel? Please share your music stories. “ Music is the medicine of the mind. ” How do you interpret this sentence? How do you interpret this sentence? Look and predict What did hap
2、pen on him? Did music help him? Read the speech and answer the questions. 1. What was Sarahs problem? 2. How did music help her during her difficult time? 3. What is her advice to others? Sarah had a serious disease which was difficult to cure. It made her feel much better because it is the “medicin
3、e of the mind”. Her advice to others is to use music to help when you have problems. Do you know how to write a speech? Welcome the audience Introduction Propose of the topic Personal anecdote Personal feeling Close the speech Thank the audience at the end Study the language features To make the spe
4、ech touching, the speakers often use rhetoric to let their speeches more powerful. Rhetorical device Simile（明喻）（明喻） A simile compares two things by using words such as “like” or “as”. Metaphor（隐喻）（隐喻） John is as cunning as a fox. A metaphor compares two things that are unrelated, but which are simil
5、ar in some way. That businessman is a real fox. Rhetorical device Rhetorical question（设问）（设问） A rhetorical question is a question that isnt meant to elicit an answer, but is asked to make a point. Personification （拟人）（拟人） The sky weeps. Personification is when a thing, idea, or animal is given human
6、 attributes. How could I be so stupid? Rhetorical device Quote（引用）（引用） To quote is to repeat a short passage, word, phrase, or sentence that came from somewhere or someone else. Repetition （重复）（重复） I came, I saw, I conquered. Repetition is the use of the same word or phrase in a poem, speech, ete. I
7、t can be used for different purposes, such as to heighten tension or to give emphasis. .as Longfellow says, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Match the names of rhetorical devices to the lettered sentences in the speech. metaphor _ personification _ quote _ repetition _ rhetorical questi
8、on _ simile _ A E F B C D What expressions does Sarah use to talk about how music can make us feel? Useful Expression: 1. The song made me feel so much better. 2. Music gave me happiness. 3. . it made my spirits fly like a kite in the wind. 4. Music gave me strength and brought me relief. 5. It was
9、the rock I leant on. 6. .music gave me hope and a sense of satisfaction. 7. It spoke words of encouragement to the deepest part of my being. 课文回顾： 例： 1. We had a party _ his birthday. Its an honour (for sb) to do 做是（某人的）荣幸 hono(u)r n. 荣誉、光荣、荣幸 in hono(u)r of / in ones hono(u)r 为纪念 do sb the hono(u)r
10、 of doing (to do) sth 荣幸做某事 Its an honour to be here and to share with you the story of how music has had an impact on my life. 1 句意：非常荣幸来到这里与大家分享音乐是如何影响 了我的人生的。 2. 和你跳舞是我的荣幸。 _. in honour of It is an honour for me to dance with you 例: 1. 石头撞击窗户打碎了玻璃。 _ of the stone against the window shattered the
11、glass. 2. 坏电影对儿童会产生什么影响是显而易见的。 _. impact n. 影响；效果；碰撞；冲击力 vi. 影响；撞击；冲突 impact on 产生影响 It is obvious how bad movies will impact on children The impact 【拓展】influence / impact辨析 influence 侧重于通过内在的、潜移默化的影响，使一 个 人的行为或思想发生改变。 impact 指有冲击性的，震撼的影响，语气强烈。 get through 度过（艰难或不愉快的一段时间） It was the rock I leant on
12、to become strong and to get through those hard times. 2 句意:音乐是岩石，让我倚靠，变得坚强，度过那些 艰难的日子。 例:很难想像人们将怎样熬过这个冬天。 It is hard to see how people will _ the winter. get through Guessing: what other meanings are “get through”? 1. I have to get through the exams. 2. I cant get through to this number. 3. You can
13、get through the first two chapters. （通过考试）（通过考试） （接通电话）（接通电话） （完成）（完成） somehow adv. 以某种方式（或方法）；不知怎么地 I hope all of you will somehow begin to treasure music and make it a part of your life. 3 句意:我希望大家都能以某种方式开始珍惜音乐，让 音乐成为你生活的一部分。 例: 1.不知为什么，我觉得不能信任他。 _ _. 2.在回家的路上，他不知 怎么迷路了。 _ _. Somehow, I dont feel
14、I can trust him On the way home, he somehow got lost Use what you have learnt to write a speech about how music can change apersons life. 1. Work in groups. Think of ways that people experience music, and how music can help people. In what way How it can help Singing give encouragement provide joy e
15、xpress emotions Listening to the music share similar feelings bring about happiness make listeners strong in mind Play the piano/guitar/guqin express feelings from heart imagine a dream world have fun Now think about your experience with music and how it has changed your life, or think about how the
16、 life of someone you know has been changed by his/her experience with music. Fill in the blanks below with some of the rhetorical devices you hope to use in your speech. Complete the outline and use it along with rhetorical devices to draft your speech. Introduce yourself. Give the topic of your spe
17、ech. Write about your experience with music, or the experience of someone you know. Write about how music made you/him/her feel. Relate your/his/her experience to the audience. Close the speech Exchange drafts with a partner. Use this checklist to help you revise the draft. Put up your speech in the
18、 classroom or deliver it to your class. Does the writer explain how music has changed his/her/someone elses life? Are some of the rhetorical devices included and used properly? Does the writer talk about how music makes him/her/someone feel? Is the first word in each sentence capitalised? Does the w
19、riter use correct punctuation? Hello! My name is John, and Im here to talk about the power of music over words. Two years ago, my grandmother passed away, and music has helped me cope since then. Sometimes words cannot describe what we are feeling, but music can. As Hans Christian Andersen once said
20、, “Where words fail, music speaks.” Music is like a special language that everyone can understand. Have you ever heard a piece of music and remembered an important time inyour life? Sample Writing Perhaps when something important happened, or when you felt really happy or sad. I feel this way about
21、a piece of classical music by Eric Satie called“ Gymnopedie No.1”. It reminds me of my grandmother. It is like an old friend comforting me when I hear it. This music helps me remember how much I miss her. It helps me remember all the great times we had. And music helps me be grateful for that time together. If you struggle to find the words to help you, music can be your guide. Thank you!
