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The universal language
Unit 2
Reading
Understanding culture through music
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
Erhu
Piano
sad
peaceful
relaxed
energetic
uplifting
joyful
How do you feel when you listen to them?
Prediction
What information do the emails contain?
topic
writer
receiver
story?
feelings?
music?
writer
receiver
topic
I watched a performance of ______________ last night.
The ______ and ______ of Butterfly Lovers work well together.
Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully _______ and ________ musical elements can mix.
Skimming
Read the first email and summarize the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Butterfly Lovers
story
music
Chinese
Western
The plot Characteristics of the music Atmosphere created by the music
The two lovers first meet.
happy
dramatic with heavier notes
Liang falls sick and dies.
The couple transform into butterflies and fly away. exciting
Scanning
Task 1: Read paragraph 2 and fill in the following table.
Task 1: Read paragraph 2 and fill in the following table.
The plot Characteristics of the music Atmosphere created by the music
The two lovers first meet.
happy
dramatic with heavier notes
Liang falls sick and dies.
The couple transform into butterflies and fly away. 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.
Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liang's grave.
angry and sad
take a softer turn and end on a bittersweet note
草桥结拜
英台抗婚
坟前化蝶
Task 2: Listen and guess.
Critical thinking: What do you think of this combination?
Task 3: Read and think.
What does Butterfly Lovers combi