Unit 2 Reading (I) 课件 【新教材】2020-2021学年牛津译林版（2020）高中英语选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 The Universal Language Reading (I) Step 1 Lead-in Sign language In your opinion, what is the universal language? Music is the utmost pleasure in life; music is the clear spring of life; music is the furnace of temperamental refinement. ——Xian Xinghai English Music What musical instruments are they played on? Enjoy the music! Guitar Violin Erhu Piano Er Hu Piano Invention Time Name Masterpiece(s) Nationality Tang Dynasty the early 18th century Hua Yanjun (A Bing) Liu Tianhua Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frédéric Francois Chopin Moonlight on the Second Spring ● Moon Night ● Birdsong over Empty Mountain ● Symphony No. 41 ● Piano Concerto No. 23 Minute Waltz Chinese Australian Polish Read the two posters and fill in the table. Erhu Piano sad peaceful relaxed energetic uplifting joyful How do you feel when you listen to them? Step 2 Pre-reading 1. What information do you think the emails contain according to the subjects? 2. Have you watched a music performance live or on TV? What was it like? Email 1: Understand ________ culture through _____________ Email 2: Understand ________ culture through _____________ Chinese Butterfly Lovers Western country music Step 3 While reading Global reading A1:Read the emails and write down the main idea of each paragraph. Alice’s email Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night. The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together. Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully Chinese and Western musical elements can mix. Harry’s email Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 My host family introduces me to country music. Country music has a long history and it often features certain specific instruments and lyrics that leave you deep in thought. Country music suggests a peaceful and simple life in rural America. You should listen to some country music. Detailed reading (email 1) The plot Characteristics of the music Atmosphere created by the music The two lovers first meet.   happy Liang falls sick and dies. Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liang’s grave.     exciting light and pleasant  as if whispering to the audience The two lovers spend three years at school together. fast and cheerful The lovers are separated because ... dramatic with heavier notes angry and sad The couple transform into butterflies and fly away to be together forever. taking a softer turn and ending on a bittersweet note  Listen and guess Critical thinking: What do you think of this combination? Read and think. What does Butterfly Lovers combine according to Para. 3? combination Fill the blank torn apart by their families fast and cheerful Western instruments Detailed reading (email 2) History ●born out of blues and folk music ●became popular: time: _____________ place: _____________________ Country music The typical instrument(s) _____________ Characteristics ● tunes: _________________ ● lyrics: _____________ ● themes: hardship, heartbreak and hope Examples ●The musician: ____________ ●The song: _______________ in the 1940s in the south of American the guitar easy to sing deep in thought John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Name: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. Jobs: American singer-songwriter, record producer and actor Achievements: 《Take Me Home, Country Roads》,《Annie's Song》, 《Leaving on a Jet Plane》 Recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed Earning him 12 gold and 4 platinum albums Who is John Denver? Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River Life is old there, Older than the trees Younger than the mountains,Growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Take me home, country roads What can you know about rural America from “Take Me Home, Country Roads”? the blues and folk music hardship, heartbreak and hope simple life of the countryside Fill the blank Critical reading Both Alice and Harry enjoyed their experiences of music from another culture. What do you think of Alice’s opinion that “music is indeed a universal language”? How does the language—music prove universal in the two emails? From the first email, we see by composing Chinese music using Western instruments, the composers show that music has no boundaries. Critical reading From the second email, we see the masters of country music like John Denver can make you feel the same without understanding the lyrics. It shows music is a form of communication that doesn’t require words. Homework 1. Read the magazine again and underline the difficult points that you cannot understand. 2.Finish B1 and B2 on page 19. null, track 1 25156.025 Minute Waltz Frédéric François Chopin Chopin - The Essential Collection, track 4, disc 01 20088.154 梁祝(小提琴协奏曲) 俞丽拿 梁祝 绝响 33045.164 梁祝(小提琴协奏曲) 俞丽拿 梁祝 绝响 42135.305 Take Me Home,Country Roads John Denver Take Me Home Country Roads 187700.3 XXX - 酷我音乐 $$