Bai 12 reading

Web words
Folk
music

jazz

rock

Classical
music

rap
Pop
music

Unit 12 : Music
Period 1 : Reading

before you read
Work in pairs: Discuss and match each of the descriptions to a type of music
Vocabulary pre-teaching
express (v): state thoughts or feelings in words / show meaning by gesture, behaviour…
Convey (v): express sth / transmit
Funeral (n) : ceremony for someone who has died
sense (n): physical faculty

While you read
While you read
Task 1: The words/ phrases in the box below all appear in the reading passage. Use them to complete the sentences
If you know English, you can………………...with people from the English- speaking world easily
Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to ………..her to sleep
Nam’s success at school………………….his parents
He is an………………...of the team, we can’t do without him
The teacher criticised him with a…………expression on his face
Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his …………….
With a ……………..look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s death

communicate
lull
delights
Integral part
solemn
emotion
mournful
Emotion communicate integral part solemn lull delights mournful
While you read

Task 2: Answer the questions

What are the two things that make humans different from other animals?
Why is music a powerful means of communication?
How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?
How can music entertain?
Why has music always been a big business?



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1. What are the two things that make humans different from other animals ?
Language and music
2. Why is music a powerful means of communication ?
It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.
You are lucky. Congratulation!
4. How can music entertain ?
It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses.
3.How can music set the tone for events and special occasion ?
It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn….
5. Why has music always been a big business ?
It is a billion dollar industry
After you read
Work in groups : Ask and answer the question in the textbook.

Roles of music
Add joyfulness to the atmosphere
……… Make a funeral………….
Lull babies………….
Wake students…………
Entertain people. It makes ……….
…….big business
How many roles of music are mentioned in the text ?
In your opinion , which of the roles of music is the most important ?
Remembering vocabulary exercise
Strong feeling of any kind such as love, hate, joy…

Sad / sorrowful
Make sb sleep by singing to him/her
Give great pleasure to

Burial of a dead person

State thoughts or feelings by words
Emotion

mournful

lull

delight

funeral
Express

Homework

Learn by heart the new words. Make sentences with the new words
Prepare the new lesson