Listen to these pieces of music and guess the types
Pop music
Jazz
Folk music
Classical
Rock ‘n’ roll
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MUSIC
READING UNIT 12
Reading
Before you read
Work in pairs. Discuss and match each of the descriptions
to a type of music.
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b
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While you read
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 sense. 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
Vocabulary:
2.Communicate (v):
Giao tiếp
Communication (n):
3.Integral (a):
Cảm xúc
Strong human being such as love, hate, or anger:
1.Emotion (n):
Very essential, very important
4.Solemn (a):
Very serious
5.Mournful (a):
Very sad
6.Funeral (n):
Đám tang
To make s.o feel calm or as if they want to sleep
7. Lull (v):
Lullaby (n):
A slow, quiet song sung to children to make them go to sleep
Sự giao tiếp
Nghiêm trang, trang trọng
Ru, dỗ dành
8. delight (v):
Làm dễ chịu
Thiết yếu
1. If you know English, you can __________ with people from the English-speaking world easily.
2. Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to _____ her to sleep.
3. Nam`s success at school ______ his parents.
4. He is an ________ of the 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.
Task 1.
The words/phrases in the box below all appear in the reading passage. Use them to complete the sentences.
emotion communicate integral part solemn
lull delights mournful
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?
Language and music.
It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.
It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses.
It is a billion-dollar industry.
After you read
Work in pairs. Tell your partner about his/her favorite music band or singer following the suggestion:
What is your favourite music band?
My favourite music band is Westlife.
Why do you like their music?
Their music is easy to listen to.
Do you often listen to them?
Yes, I do.
What kind of music do they perform?
They perform pop music.
Name some pieces of music played by them.
My love, soledad, up town girl,…
What are the roles/effects of music in your life?
Music makes me relaxed/ It keeps me happy.
Homework
-Learn the new words.
-Write a paragraph about the roles of music in our life (80-90 words).
Good bye and see you again!!!
Thank you for your attention!