Unit 12. Music

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UNIT 12
Music
Reading
BEFORE YOU READ
Answer the questions
(1) Do you often listen to music in your free time?
(2) What kind of music do you prefer?
(3) What singer do you like most?
sadness
anger
happiness
emotion ( n )

= senses
feelings
ou

important

We can’t live without water.
integral ( a ) =
Water is __________ to our life.
a funeral ( n )
ju
very sad
mournful ( a ) =
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To lull ( v )
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Tuan often listens to music because music makes him happy.
= Music delights him.
delight (v)
emotion (n)
Integral (adj)
to lull (v)
delight (v)
funeral (n)
mournful (adj)
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 not do without him.
5. The teacher criticized 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
communicate
lull
delights
integral part
solemn
emotion
mournful
Task 1: Complete the following sentences with the words in the box.
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 occasions?
4. How can music entertain?
5. Why has music always been a big business?
6. How many roles of music are mentioned in the text?
Task 2: Answer the questions.
Possible answers.

1. They are language and music.
2. Because people can use it to communicate their emotions.
3. It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
4. It makes people happy and excited.
5. Because music is considered as the most popular means of entertainment.
6. There are two roles of music in our life. Music is a very much an integral part of our life and entertains.
Discussion
“Music is important to our lives “
DO YOU AGREE ?
AFTER YOU READ