1、Unit 2 The universal languageWorkbook Building skillsLets watch a video and answer the following questions.1.Where does the story happen?2.What can you see in the video?3.How do you feel after hearing the music?4.Whats the name of this piece?Lead-inLets watch a video and answer the following questio
2、ns.1.Where does the story happen?2.What can you see in the video?3.How do you feel after hearing the music?4.Whats the name of this piece?In Egypt.Lead-inGroups of soldiers are marching.Excited,inspired and eager to enter the battle.Grand March from Aida.阿依达进行曲阿依达进行曲 Tom is listening to the radio pr
3、ogramme Opera Hour introducing Aida.Listen to the programme and number the events in the order they happen in Aida.63741285ListeningPage 65 Tom has seen the opera Aida and is talking to his mum about it.Listen to their conversation and complete the notes below.brought the characters to lifenearly tw
4、o and a half(very)powerfulfullListeningPage 65 everything look realcriedhis love and his countryfrightenedListeningThe performance,music,set and story.A:What did you think of the New Years concert?B:Although I dont usually listen to classical music,I really enjoy it.I had never seen a before!The mem
5、bers of the orchestra were highly skilled musicians.They looked very serious at first,but they were clearly having lots of fun when they.A:What pieces did they play?Have you attended or watched any musical performance,such as a concert,a musical or an opera?In pairs,talk about your experiences.Use t
6、he example below to help you and pay attention to the expressions in bold.SpeakingPage 66B:The theme of the concert was“French composers”.They began with a piece by Claude Debussy called La Mer.Its about the sea,and.A:Interesting.What else did they play?B:The second piece was called Bolero,and it wa
7、s composed by Maurice Ravel.The beginning of the piece was very simple:all I could hear was.,the drum was joined by a flute.I thought it was boring at first because they kept.However,the music gradually became louder and louder,and the ending was incredibly powerful!SpeakingA:Wow,that sounds amazing
8、.What did you like best about the concert?B:The last piece they played!It was from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.That was really exciting and everyone at the concert loved it!SpeakingUseful Expressions Austria is famous for its long musical tradition.Read the magazine article about music in Aust
9、ria and answer the questions below.ReadingPage 67ReadingPost-ReadingParakey words or main idea123456 Write an article introducing Kun Opera.Include information about its origin,features,famous pieces and influences on other music types.Title:_Introduce your topicProviding detailed informationGiving
10、a summaryWritingKun Opera:a short introduction Kun opera is an artistic and elegant form of traditional Chinese drama.It is one of the oldest forms of opera still performed today and is our national treasure.It started in the late Yuan Dynasty and developed during the early Ming Dynasty,in the area
11、around Kunshan,Suzhou.What makes the style unique is its smoothly flowing melodies,and Kun Opera is considerably softer than Beijing Opera.The tempo is slow,and brings to mind gentle waves on a lake.Another unique feature is that it is sung in a special stage dialect,based on the local dialect in Ku
12、nshan.The lyrics are similar to classical Chinese poetry.The Peony Pavilion,first performed around 1599,is perhaps the most famous piece.It was written by the playwright Tang Xianzu,and tells the story of the 16-year-old girl Du Liniang who falls in love with the scholar Liu Mengmei in a dream.Other
13、 famous pieces include The peach Blossom Fan,The Palace of Long Life,The Western Mansion and The Legend of the White Snake.Kun Opera dominated Chinese theatre from the 16th to the 18th century and has influenced many other Chinese theatre forms,including Sichuan Opera and Beijing Opera.In 2001,UNESCO listed Kun Opera among the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.To summarize,Kun Opera is a unique style of music with a long history.It is closely connected with Chinese literature and has played an important part in traditional Chinese culture.Finish Excises Day 6.
