1、Unit 2 The Universal Language Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) Step 1 Lead-in In your opinion, what is the universal language? Xian Xinghai What musical instruments are they played on? Enjoy the music! Guitar Violin Erhu Piano Er Hu Piano Invention Time Name Masterpiece(s) Nationality Tang Dynastyt
2、he early 18th century Hua Yanjun (A Bing) Liu Tianhua Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frdric Francois Chopin Moonlight on the Second Spring Moon Night Birdsong over Empty Mountain Symphony No. 41 Piano Concerto No. 23 Minute Waltz ChineseAustralian Polish Read the two posters and fill in the table. Erhu Pia
3、no sad peaceful relaxed energetic uplifting joyful How do you feel when you listen to them? Step 2 Pre-reading No Image No Image 1. What information do you think the emails contain according to the subjects? 2. Have you watched a music performance live or on TV? What was it like? Email 1: Understand
4、 _ culture through _ Email 2: Understand _ culture through _ ChineseButterfly Lovers Western country music Step 3 While reading Global reading A1:Read the emails and write down the main idea of each paragraph. Alices email Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last nigh
5、t. The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together. Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully Chinese and Western musical elements can mix. Harrys email Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 My host family introduces me to country music. Country music has a long history and it often features
6、 certain specific instruments and lyrics that leave you deep in thought. Country music suggests a peaceful and simple life in rural America. You should listen to some country music. Detailed reading (email 1) The plotCharacteristics of the music Atmosphere created by the music The two lovers first m
7、eet. happy Liang falls sick and dies. Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liangs grave. exciting light and pleasant as if whispering to the audience The two lovers spend three years at school together. fast and cheerful The lovers are separated because . dramatic with heavier notes angry and sad The c
8、ouple transform into butterflies and fly away to be together forever. taking a softer turn and ending on a bittersweet note Listen and guess Critical thinking: What do you think of this combination? Read and think. What does Butterfly Lovers combine according to Para. 3? combination Fill the blank t
9、orn apart by their families fast and cheerful Western instruments Detailed reading (email 2) History born out of blues and folk music became popular: time: _ place: _ Country music The typical instrument(s) _ Characteristics tunes: _ lyrics: _ themes: hardship, heartbreak and hope Examples The music
10、ian: _ The song: _ in the 1940s in the south of American the guitar easy to sing deep in thought John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” uName: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. uJobs: American singer-songwriter, record producer and actor uAchievements: uTake Me Home, Country Roads,Annies Song, Leaving
11、 on a Jet Plane u Recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed uEarning him 12 gold and 4 platinum albums Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River Life is old there, Older than the trees Younger than the mountains,Growing like a breeze Count
12、ry roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads What can you know about rural America from “Take Me Home, Country Roads”? the blues and folk music hardship, heartbreak and hope simple life of the countryside Fill the blank Critical reading Both A
13、lice and Harry enjoyed their experiences of music from another culture. What do you think of Alices opinion that “music is indeed a universal language”? How does the languagemusic prove universal in the two emails? From the first email, we see by composing Chinese music using Western instruments, th
14、e composers show that music has no boundaries. Critical reading From the second email, we see the masters of country music like John Denver can make you feel the same without understanding the lyrics. It shows music is a form of communication that doesnt require words. Homework 1. Read the magazine again and underline the difficult points that you cannot understand. 2.Finish B1 and B2 on page 19.
