1、Book2 Unit5 Music Listening and Speaking Learn to identify different genres of music. Practice listening for detailed information. Talk about opinions and feelings about music. Music is the universal language of mankind. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Is there a piece of music, a song, a kind of music
2、al instrument, or a musician that is very special to you? Please share with us. Please share with us. 音乐是人类通用的语言。音乐是人类通用的语言。 亨利亨利沃兹沃斯沃兹沃斯朗费罗朗费罗 How many music genres do you know? Now lets learn them Now lets learn them together.together. What type of music do you know? It is a type of music which is
3、 popular and liked by most people pop music This kind of traditional music is from a particular country, region, or community. Folk music It is a style of music which has a strong loud beat. Rock music It is a type of popular music in the style of the traditional music of the southern and western U.
4、S. country music A type of popular music in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in time to music with a steady beat. Hip-hop music It is a type of music that people consider to be serious and that has a value that continues for a long time. Classical music A musical style that origina
5、ted at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. Jazz Pre-listening Look at the pictures below and discuss the question: 12 conducting an orchestraplaying the playing the guqin Pre-listening 34 playing the playing the guitarguitar singing or rap
6、ping into microphones Match the pictures with the correct types of music. A. Chinese traditional A. Chinese traditional B B. . classical classical C. country music C. country music D D. . hip-hop hip-hop 1 12 23 34 4 B B A AC CD D A reporter from the school newspaper is interviewing students about m
7、usic. What kind of music do you like? Classical Classical music andmusic and Chinese traditional songs. classical music. hip-hop music. country music. dance to listen to play sing 1. The first student likes to 2. The second student likes to 3. The third student likes to While Listening Listen to the
8、 interviews. Draw lines between the words to make complete sentences. Some words will not be used. While Listening The reporter paraphrased some of the answers the students gave him. Listen to the interviews again and complete the sentences with the words you hear. 1. A: Country music touches my hea
9、rt. B: So you like music thats _ of _? 2. A: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move! B: So it makes you want to _? 3. A: Classical music makes me feel like Im sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature. B: So to you, its _and _? fullfeeling dance peacefulbeautiful Paraphrase: When you
10、want to explain something difficult to somebody, it is helpful to use easier words with the same meaning. This will help you make it easier to understand. Listening Script: ReporterReporter=R =R Student Student 1 1=S1=S1 R: What kind of music do you like? S1: I like country music. I really love Bill
11、y James. R: Why? S1: His music touches my heart. R: So you like music that s full of feeling. S1: Yes thats what country music is all about. R: Do you like hip-hop? S2: I love it! R: What makes it so special to you? S2: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move! R: Oh, so it makes you want to da
12、nce? S2: Thats right! I just cant stop. R: And what kind of music do you like? S3: I play the piano, so I like classical music. R: What do you like about it? S3: When I play, I get carried away. I feel like Im sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature. R: So, to you, its peaceful and beautif
13、ul? S3: Yes. Post Listening Summary How to express How to express reasonsreasons for liking for liking music?music? touches my heart /soul makes me happy/want to dance gives me energy/hope helps me exercise/study sounds peaceful/beautiful reminds me of home/people I love Useful Expressions:Useful Ex
14、pressions: Post Listening Discuss these questions with your classmates. 1. Do these types of music make you feel the same as the students? Why or why not? Classical music also makes me feel relaxed because I also find it peaceful and beautiful. 2. What type of music do you not like, and how does it
15、make you feel? I dont like heavy metal music at all. Its too loud and fast. It gives me a headache! Do you know about the following instruments? Do you love them? Why? Pipa stringed instrument Bagpipes wind instrument Interview each other about music. Use the pictures below for ideas. A: What kind o
16、f music do you like? B: I like techno music. A: What makes it so special to you? B: I like to listen to it when I exercise. It gives me energy. A: What kind of music do you like? B: I like traditional Chinese music, especially the music of the pipa, a string instrument. A: What makes it so special t
17、o you? B: It reminds me of my hometown and the people that I love. And it brings peace and beauty to me, which makes me feel like Im lying by a stream in a forest. Read the lyrics from “Blowin in the Wind” by Bob Dylan. Notice how the plosives are pronounced. How many roads must a man wal(k) down Be
18、fore you call him a man? How many seas must a whi(te) dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times mus(t) the cannon balls fly Before theyre forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind The answer is blowin in the wind Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
19、Before it is wash(ed) to the sea? Yes, and how many years can some people exist Before theyre allow(ed) to be free? Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head Pretending that he jus(t) doesn(t) see? The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind The answer is blowin in the wind Repeat after recording. Notice how the plosives are pronounced. Thank you
