Unit 12. Music

UNIT 12
MUSIC
Before you read
Listen to music and answer the questions
1. What is the name of the song ?
2. What type of music ?
Answers :
1. Trong Com -. It is folk music .
2. Duong len dinh vinh quang - It is Rock music
3. Show me the meaning of being lonely- Pop music
( Backtreet boy )
4. Yesterday - It is Rock’n and Roll . ( The Beatles )
5. Happy New Year - Pop music
Match the descriptions to a type of music
Match the descriptions to a type of music
NEW WORDS
1.tradition (n) / traditional (adj)
2. combination (n) :
3. loud beat :
4. communicate (v) :
5. Communication (n)
6. emotion (n) :
7. emotional (adj):
8. express (v) :
9. angry (adj) / anger (n).
10. convey (v) / conveyance (n)
11. integral part :
12. Special occasions :
13. Joyfulness (n) :
14. funeral (n) :
15. solemn (adj) :
16. mournful :
17. Lull (v) :
18. delight (v,n):
19. sense (n) :
20. fairy tale (n)
21. criticize (v) / criticism (n)
22. folk music (n)
WHILE YOU READ
Task 1 : Use the words in the box 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 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.

communicate

lull
delights
intergral part
solemn
emotion
mournful
I- Read the text again and do True or False exercise

1.�Language and music are two things that make humans different from all other animals.
2.Music can express ideas, thoughts and feelings such as anger, love, hate or friendship.
3.��� Language can convey one`s hope and
dreams.
4.��� Language adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
5.��� Music is not a form of entertainment but also a big business .

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F; language->music
F : language -> music
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Task 2 : Answer the questions
What are the two things that make human 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 ?
TASK 2: Answer the questions
What are the two things that make human different from other animals ?
- They are language and music. ( line 2 )
2. Why is music a powerful means of communication ?
- It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.( line3,6)
How can music set the tone for events and special occasions ?
- It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful. ( line 9-11)

TASK 2: Answer the questions
4. How can music entertain ?
- It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses .( line 13 )
5. Why has music always been a big business ?
- It is a billion-dollar industry. ( line 14 )

After you read
Ask and answer the questions ;
1 . How many roles of music are mentioned in the text ?
2. In your opinions , which of the roles of music is the most important ?
( work in pair )
HOMEWORK
Summarize the text .
Talk about the roles of music