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Reading for Writing
UNIT 5
“ Music is the medicine of the mind. ”
How do you interpret this sentence?
Music Appreciation
Lead-in
Music is an escape from the depression and tension of everyday life.
What benefits can
people get from
music?
music
hopeful
optimistic
understanding
strong in mind
independent
3
Look and Predict
Pre-Reading
What’s the speech about?
Sarah Williams
1. Where is she?
2. What is she doing?
3. How does she feel?
She is in hospital.
She is listening to the music.
She feels relaxed.
Now let’s look at this girl. Her name is Sarah Williams. So what do you find about Sarah in the picture?
翻you actually can make a prediction on where? What? How? and any other points you can figure out.
Reading for structure
E: Introduce herself and the topic.
Match the main idea to each paragraph and summarize the structure of the whole speech:
B: The impacts of music
C: Sarah’s personal experience.
A: Sarah’s advice and hope.
D: Thank the audience.
Beginning (Para.1)
Body (Para.2-3)
Ending (Para.4-5)
Writing tip 1: Appropriate structure makes the speech smooth, logical and coherent.
Writing tip 1: Appropriate structure makes the speech smooth, logical and coherent.
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Para.1
Read Para.1 and summarize the content in the beginning part.
Good morning! My name is Sarah Williams. It’s an honour to be here and to share with you the story of how music has had an impact on my life.
Greet the audience
Introduce yourself
Propose the topic
Have you ever faced a time when things looked dark and you
had no hope at all? Two years ago, I was told I had a serious
disease which was difficult to cure. My body ached all the time and thus I thought I didn’t have much longer to live. I was very
afraid and I felt so alone and discouraged. Then one day, I had to go through a two-hour medical treatment. The doctor wanted me to relax so he had me listen to some music, and one of the songs was "Happy". The song made me feel so much better that
from then on I began to listen to music