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pop
Rock’ n roll
classical
jazz
Folk song
MUSIC
Unit 12: music

- Do you like listening to music?

- Which music band do you like best?

- Which singer do you like best?
PART A: READING
Before you read

Which kind of music are you listening to?

1.

2.

3.






a. pop music
d. classical music
c. folk music
b. jazz music
e. rock’ n roll
Folk music
Rock’n rol
Classical music
1
2
3
Work in pairs: discuss and match each of the descriptions to a type of music


b. traditional music of a country

e. a style of music with a strong and loud beat
d. modern music that is popular with young people
a. serious and traditional western European music
c. a combination of African and Western music



While you read
Listen to the tape
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow
There are two things that make humans different from all other animals. They are language and music. Music is clearly different from language. However, people can use it to communicate – especially their emotions. Like reading, writing and speaking, music can express ideas, thoughts and feelings. It can express one’s anger, love, hate or friendship; it can also convey one’s hopes and dreams.
Music is very much an integral part of our life. It is played during almost all important events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them. It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful. Music lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning.
Above all, music entertains. It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses. In fact, music as entertainment has always been a big business. It is a billion – dollar industry. It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without music.
New words:

- express: bµy tá, thể hiện
- convey: thÓ hiÖn, béc lé
- joyfulness: sù vui mõng
- tone: ©m ®iÖu, giai ®iÖu
- funeral: ®¸m tang
- sense: gi¸c quan, c¶m gi¸c

Task 1: use the words below to complete the sentences

1. If you know English, you can with people from the English – speaking world easily.
2. Every night, the mother tell her daughter a fairy tale to
her to sleep.
3. Nam’s success at school his parents.
4. He is an of a team, we can’t do without him.
5. The teacher criticised him with a expression on his face.
6. Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his
7. With a look on his face, he told us about his
uncle’s death.
emotion
communicate
integral part
solemn

lull
delights
mournful
Task 2: Answer the questions.
1. What are the two things that make humans different from other animals?
2. Why is music a powerful means of communication?
3. How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?
4. How can music entertain?
5. Why has music always been a big business?
Task 2: Answer the questions.
What are the two things that make humans different from other animals?
They are language and music

2. Why is music a powerful means of communication?
Because it expresses ideas, thoughts and feelings

3. How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?
It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and make a funeral more solemn and mournful






Task 2: Answer the questions.
4. How can music entertain?
It can entertain people, that is it can make them happy, excited and relaxed, and it can delight the senses

5. Why has music always been a big business?
Because it is now a billion – dollar industry
After you read
Questions:

How many roles of music are mentioned in the text?
In your opinion, which of the roles of music is the most important?
Answers
1. There are five roles of music mentioned in the text
2. In my opinion, the role of expressing ideas, thoughts and feelings is the most important because:
+ to express one’s anger, love, hate, or friendship
+ to convey one’s hopes, and dreams.
+ to delight and relax our mind
+ to make our life more interesting and comfortable.
Additional practice
Do you like this kind of music? Why?


What should you do to maintain it ?
Homework
Read the passage again and summarize it (6 to 8 sentences)
Do task 2 again.
Remember some kinds of music and prepare for part B: speaking.