Unit 12. Music

UNIT 12: MUSIC
READING
Warm up
What type of music is it?
Rock ‘n’ roll
Rap
Folk music
Pop
Jazz
Classical music
BEFORE YOU READ
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.
[kə`mju:nikeit]: (v)
[iks`pres]: (v)
[ɪ`məʊʃən]: (n)
[`intəgrəl]: (a)
[`sɔləm]: (a)
[`mɔ:nful]: (a)
[lʌl]: (v)
Vocabulary
emotion [ɪ`məʊʃən]
(n) tình cảm, cảm giác
communicate [kə,mju:ni`keit]
(v): giao tiếp
integral [`intəgrəl] (a):
không thể thiếu
solemn [`sɔləm](a):
long trọng, trang nghiêm
lull [lʌl] (v):
ru ngủ
mournful [`mɔ:nful](adj):
buồn rầu, thê lương
express [iks‘pres]
(v): diễn tả
delight the sense (exp):
làm thư giãn
Check vocabulary
emotion [ɪ`məʊʃən]
(n) tình cảm, cảm giác
communicate [kə,mju:ni`keit]
(v): giao tiếp
integral [`intəgrəl] (a):
không thể thiếu
solemn [`sɔləm] (a):
long trọng, trang nghiêm
lull [lʌl] (v):
ru ngủ
mournful [`mɔ:nful](adj):
buồn rầu, thê lương
express [iks‘pres]
(v): diễn tả
delight the sense (exp):
làm thư giãn
While YOU READ
Task 1. The words/ phrases in the box below all appear in the reading passage. Use them to complete the sentences.
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.
lull
emotion
integral part
solemn
communicate
mournful
delights
Language and music are two things that make
human different from all other animals.
Language and music are quite similar to each other
People can not use music to communicate.
Music entertains. It makes people happy,
excited, and delights the senses.
2. Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
T
F
F
T
3. Task 3: Answer the questions:
1. Why is music a powerful means of communication?


2. How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?



3. Why has music always been a big business?

=>Because music can express ideas, thoughts,
and feelings.( lines 4,5 ; paragraph1)
=>It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of the festival
and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
( lines 3,4; paragraph 2)
=>Because it is a billion - dollar industry.
( line 3; paragraph 3)
After you read
MUSIC
CONSOLIDATION
……….. make human different from all other animals.
B. Music
A. Language
C. Language and music
People can use music to………….
B. dream
A. communicate
C. listen
Music ………… for events and special occasions.
B. conveys one’s hopes and dreams
A. expresses one’s anger, love, hate
C. sets the tone
Above all, music entertains. It makes people……..
B. upset
A. sad
C. happy and excited
Music has always a big………..
B. success
A. business
C. dream
Roles of music
Music entertains.
Music is a powerful
means of communication.
Music sets the tone for events
and special occasions.
Music is a big
business.
Music makes humans different
from other animals.
In your opinion, which of the roles of music is the most important?
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do the exercise.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
HOMEWORK
Thanks for your attention