1、Unit 2 Reading 1The universal languageUnderstanding culture through musictopicwriterreceiverWhat information do you think the emails contain according to the subjects?story?feelings?music?Email 1:Understand _ culture through _Email 2:Understand _ culture through _ChineseButterfly LoversWesterncountr
2、y musicI watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night.Read the first email and summarize the main ideas.Para.1Para.2 Para.3 The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together.Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully Chinese and Western musical elements can mix.Read the second ema
3、il and summarize the main ideas.Para.1Para.2 Para.3 Para.4You should listen to some country musicMy host family introduces me to country music.Country music has a long history and is often features certain specific instruments and lyrics that leave you deep in thought.Country music suggests a peacef
4、ul and simple life in rural America.The plotCharacteristics of the musicAtmosphere created by the musicThe two lovers first meet.happydramatic with heavier notesLiang falls sick and dies.The couple transform into butterflies and fly away.excitingTask 1:Read paragraph 2 and fill in the following tabl
5、e.Task 1:Read paragraph 2 and fill in the following table.The plotCharacteristics of the musicAtmosphere created by the musicThe two lovers first meet.happydramatic with heavier notesLiang falls sick and dies.The couple transform into butterflies and fly away.excitinglight and pleasantas if whisperi
6、ng to the audienceThe two lovers spend three years at school together.fast and cheerfulThe lovers are separated.Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liangs grave.angry and sadtake a softer turn and end on a bittersweet noteTask 2:Listen and guess.Task 3:Read and think.What does Butterfly Lovers combine
7、 according to Para.3?combinationI think this combination is quite successful.By composing Chinese music using Western instruments,the composer show that music has no boundaries.What do you think of this combination?Country musicHistoryborn out of blues and folk musicbecame popular time:_ place:_The
8、typical instrument(s)_Examplesthe musician:_the song:_Characteristicstunes:_ lyrics:_ themes:hardship,heartbreak and hopein the 1940sin the south of America the guitar easy to sing deep in thought John Denver“Take me home,country roads”Task 4:Read the second email and fill in the mind map.Why does H
9、arry quote the lyrics in his email?One of the features of country music is that it shows the peaceful green fields and simple life of the countryside through its simple tunes and beautiful lyrics.To support his viewpoint,Harry quotes part of the lyrics from Take Me Home,Country Roads,which is a typi
10、cal example.By reading the lyrics,Stephen is able to imagine the beautiful image of the rural American countryside.“Take Me Home,Country Roads”Butterfly Lovers ComparisonCritical readingMusic Typeviolin concertocountry musicInstrumentsviolinThemeguitara loving story(Chinese)peaceful green fields and
11、 simple lifeHow does the languagemusic prove universal in the two emails?From the first email,we see by composing Chinese music using Western instruments,the composers show that music has no boundaries.From the second email,we see the masters of country music like John Denver can make you feel the s
12、ame without understanding the lyrics.It shows music is a form of communication that doesnt require words.Alice uses personification when she describes the violin concerto Butterfly Lovers.Find the sentence.When the two lovers,Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai,first meet,the music is light and pleasant,as
13、 if whispering to the audience.Function:The description becomes more vivid and interesting,enabling the reader to look at the thing in a new and different way.Your foreign friend Phillip is interested in Chinese culture.Can you introduce a piece of Chinese music to him using personification?The name of the music;The features of the music;Your reasons.
