Unit 12. Music

Unit 12: Music
A: Reading
Le Thi Cam Van
Week: 28/29 Period:
Date of preparing: 26/2/2010
Date of teaching: 27/ 2/2010
29/ 2/2010
1. Objectives:
After the lesson, students will be able
+ guess the meaning of words in the context.
+ scan for specific information
+ identify the main idea.
+ know vocabulary items to talk about the role of music.
2. Teaching aids: textbook, projector…
What type of music has been defined in several ways; as music transmitted by word of mouth, music of the lower classes, music with no known composer ?
Imperial court music
alternate singing


What type of music originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of the blues, country music. It is a style of music with a strong and loud beat?
Elvis Presley

What type of music is serious and traditional
western European?
What type of music aimed at youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll?
What is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a combination of African and European music traditions?
Without music life would be a mistake.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. 
“Music speaks what cannot be expressed,soothes the mind and gives it rest,
heals the heart and makes it whole,flows from heaven to the soul.”

Vocabulary:
- express (v) /iks’pres/:
- convey (v) /kənvei/:
- integral (adj) /’intigrəl/:important
- entertain (v) /entə’tein/:to amuse, to interest
-communicate (v): truyền đạt
sense /sens/ (n) giác quan
lull (v): ru ngủ
solemn (adj): trang nghiêm
mournful (adj): Buồn rầu


Task 1. Use the words or phrase below to fill in the blank
If you know English, you can communicate with people from English-speaking world easily.
Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to lull her to sleep.
Nam’s success at school delights his parents.
He is an integral part of the team, we can’t do without him.
The teacher criticised him with a solemn expression on his face.
Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his emotion.
With a mournful look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s death.
emotion communicate integral part solemn
lull delights mournful
While you read
Use the words or phrase below to fill in the blank
If you know English, you can communicate with people from English-speaking world easily.
Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to lull her to sleep.
Nam’s success at school delights his parents.
He is an integral part of the team, we can’t do without him.
The teacher criticised him with a solemn expression on his face.
Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his emotion.
With a mournful look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s death.
emotion communicate integral part solemn
lull delights mournful
What are two things that make humans different from other animals?
Why is music a powerful means of communication?
How can music set the tune for events and special occasions?
How can music entertain?
Why has music always been a big business?
Task 2. Answer the questions
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.
Answers for Task 2
Work in pair to ask and answer the questions below:
How many roles of music are mentioned in the text?
In your opinion, which of the roles of music is the most important?
After you read
Summary
music
entertain
communicate
integral part
business
Write a paragraph (about 10 lines) about roles of music in our life.
Homework