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Elvis Presley
Westlife
Beethoven
The Beatles
Đan Trường
Phương Linh & Hà Anh Tuấn
Bi Rain
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Lesson 1: Reading - P148
Monday, March 17th 2008
I. Before you read
Listen to these music extracts. What kinds of music are they?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Folk music ( Ly ngua o)
Pop music (My love – Westlife)
Classical music (Symphony No.40 – Mozart)
Rock ‘n’ roll (Heartbreak hotel – Elvis Presley)
Jazz (Highway Blues)
Vocabulary
1.Instrument [`instrumənt] (n):
2. Classical music (n)
written in a Western musical tradition
3. Appeal [ə`pi:l] (n):
a quality that makes sb/st attractive or interesting.

a tool or device used for a particular task.
4.Symphony [`simfəni] (n)
a long complicated piece of music for a large orchestra, in 3 of 4 main parts.

5. G Minor (n)
the fifth note in the scale of C major.

Vocabulary
6. Emerge [i`mə:dʒ] (n)
to become known
7. Beat [bi:t] (n)
the main rhythm in a piece of music.

8. Tune [tju:n] (n)
a series of musical notes that are sung or played in a particular order to form a piece of music
9. Version [`və:∫n] (n)
a film, play, piece of music,…that is slightly different from the original film, play,… which it is based.
Matching the words or phrases in column A with their meanings in column B.
A
B
1.Instrument
2.Appeal
3. Symphony
4. G Minor
5. Emerge
6. Beat
7. Tune
8.Version
a. a long complicated piece of music for a large orchestra, in 3 of 4 main parts.
b. To become known
d. a quality that makes sb/st attractive or interesting.
f. the fifth note in the scale of C major.
e. a film, play, piece of music,…that is slightly different from the original film, play,… which it is based
g. a series of musical notes that are sung or played in a particular order to form a piece of music
h. the main rhythm in a piece of music
c. a tool or device used for a particular task.
II. While you read
Read the passage – P148
6.Elvis Presley
2. Dan Truong
3. ABBA
4. Beethoven
8. Britney Spears
5. The Beatles
7. Westlife
1. Bi Rain
10. Weboys
9.H.A.Tuan- P.Linh
11. BOA
12. The wall
Move HW
Move after
Question 1: Who are the listeners of classical music?
Answer: A learned and serious audience.
The Beatles
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Question 2: What is the key difference between classical music and romantic music?
Answer: Classical music has beauty in itself, whereas romantic music arouses people‘s emotion.
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Question 3: Why is pop music so popular with many people?
Answer: Because it consists of short songs with a strong beat and simple tunes which are easy to remember.
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Question 4: Why does a folk song usually have several versions?
Answer: Because it is transmitted orally. Some words may be omitted or added while the song is transmitted by words of mouth.
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Question 5: When was rock ‘n’ roll born?
Answer: In the 1950s
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Question 6: How successful was Elvis Presley with rock ‘n’ roll?
Answer: He was known as the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
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The Wall
Question 7: Where does rock come from?
Answer: It comes from rock ‘n’ roll
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Bi Rain
Question 8: What is the key musical instrument that rock is played on?
Answer: Electric guitars
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III. AFTER YOU READ
Discuss and match each of the description to a type of music
Type of music
Description
1. Folk music
2.Classical music
4. Rock ‘n’ roll
3. Pop music
5. Jazz
b. A style of music with a strong and loud beat.
d. Serious and traditional Western European music.
g. A combination of African and Western music.
f. Modern music that is popular with young people
e. Traditional music of a country.
Move EX
Homework
Read the passage twice
Do part a) – p149
Move S23
EXTRA EXERCISE
Discuss and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F):

Music plays an dispensable part in human life.

2. Classical music is mainly for a learned and serious audience.

3. Pop music refers to a classical type of music appearing in the early 1900s.

Rock did not develop until the 1960s from rock ‘n’ roll.

Folk music often has unknown composers and several versions
F
T
F
T
T
Lesson 1: Reading - P148
Monday, March 17th 2008
Thanks for your attention