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Unit 2 The universal language
Understanding culture through music
In your opinion, what is the universal language?
Body language
English
Music
Lead in
Music is the utmost pleasure in life; music is the clear spring of life; music is the furnace of temperamental refinement.
- Xian Xinghai
音乐,是人生最大的快乐;音乐,是生活中的一股清泉;音乐,是陶冶性情的熔炉。
—— 冼星海
greatest, best
性情陶冶
熔炉
Listen to two pieces of music Horse Racing and For Elise. Then answer the following question.
What musical instruments are they played on?
Horse racing is played on
the erhu.
For Elise is played on the piano.
Welcome to the unit
Musical instruments come in a wide range of types. Read the posters below about two important musical instruments and the musicians, and answer the following questions.
Fill in the blanks
Er Hu Piano
Invention Time
Name of Musicians
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
Austrian
(奥地利的)
Polish(波兰的)
Welcome to the unit
Piano
Erhu
sad
peaceful
relaxed
energetic
uplifting
joyful
How do you feel when you listen to Moonlight on the Second Spring and Symphony No. 41(the Jupiter Symphony)?
What other musical instruments do you know about?
violin
pipa
flute
erhu
piano
suona
Unit 2 The universal language
Reading
Understanding culture through music
Chinese stories about two lovers
Lead-in
How will you introduce these stories to your foreign friends?
Prediction
What information do the emails contain?
topic
writer
receiver
story?
feelings?
music?
writer
receiver
topic
Email 1:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
Email 2:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
Chinese
Butterfly Lovers
Western
country music
Skimming
Butterfly Lovers
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
Task 1: Read the first email and summarize the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Butterfly Lovers
story
music
Chinese
Western
Alice's email
2. Beginning
1. Development
4. Climax
3. Ending
Listen and guess:which stage do the following
music pieces belong to?
The two lovers first meet
The music is ________________
The atmosphere as if ________________________
They spend ____________ at school together.
The music is __________ and __________
The atmosphere is __________
Liang falls __________ and __________
Zhu weeps __________ and _______________________
The music is __________________________
The atmosphere is angry and sad .
The couple transform into __________ and __________.
The music takes a __________ and a _______________ .
light and pleasant
whispering to the audience
3 years
fast
cheerful
happy
sick
dies
bitterly
jumps into Liang's grave
dramatic with heavier notes
butterflies
fly away
soft turn
bittersweet note
Beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
The two lovers first meet.
The two lovers spend three years at school together.
The lovers are separated.
Liang falls sick and dies.
Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liang's grave.
The couple transform into butterflies and fly away.
Critical thinking: What do you think of this combination?
Task 3: Read and think.
What does Butterfly Lovers combine according to Para. 3?
Scanning
combination
I think this combination is quite successful. By composing Chinese music using Western instruments, the composers show that music has no boundaries.
My host family .
The general of country music.
The of country music.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
You should listen to some country music.
introduction
features
introduce me to country music
Harry's email
Task 4: Read the second email and summarize the main ideas.
Task 5: Read the second email and fill in the mind map.
Country music
History
grew out of _____________________
became popular
time: ________________
place: _____________________________________________________
Typical instrument(s)
______________
Examples
the musician: ____________
the song: __________________
Features
tunes: _____________
lyrics:_________________
themes:___________________________
images____________________________________
in the 1940s
in the south of America and then spread across the nation
the guitar
easy to sing
deep in thought
John Denver
hardship, heartbreak, hope
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”
the blues and folk music
peaceful green fields and simple life of the countryside
Name: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Jobs: American singer-songwriter,
record producer and actor
Achievements:
In the late 1960s: began his music career
In the 1970s: one of its best-selling artists
By 1974:
one of America’s top-selling performers;
“among the most beloved entertainers of his era”
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
Why does Harry quote the lyrics in his email?
n. 担保;保修单
v. 担保;保证
你为什么不试试听几首很棒的乡村音乐?我保证你会喜欢的!
How does music prove a universal language in these two emails?
Critical thinking
From the first emil,we see...
From the second email, we see...
By composing Chinese music using Western instruments, the composers show that music can be combined together.
The country music using simple tunes and beautiful natural images can make you are in the American countryside.
How to write an email to recommend something to your friend?
l Language Informal: So glad to get your email. I bet you'll like it! Why don't you try to listen to some great country music?
l Writing skills: personification(拟人) ...as if whispering to the audience. detailed description metaphor(比喻)
giving examples ......
Writing techniques
structure
假如你是李华,你的美国朋友David向了解中国英语以及他背后的故事,请你写一封电子邮件向他介绍《高山流水》并推荐他听。
写作要点:
1. 名称:High Mountains and Flowing water
时间:in China’s Spring and Autumn and Warring States period
人物:Boya (a master of the qin); Zhong Ziqi (a friend of Boya
who could understand Boya’s music well) 2. 故事:Boya擅长抚琴,但是在遇到Zhong Ziqi之前,没人能真正理解他的
音乐。一天,Boya正在抚琴,听到琴声的Zhong Ziqi在脑海中勾出
了一幅高山流水的画面,Boya恰好想把这首琴曲命名为高山流水. 3. 文化:知音(friends can understand each other well)
Writing
THANKS!
B1 The passage below is an introduction to a concert. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
transform
rely on
pleasant
拱形结构;拱门
combines
改编本;适应
overcome
由......组成(或构成)
deserves
for good measure
guarantee
1.由某人作曲的优美的小提琴协奏曲 L3-4
2.值得聆听/倾听L4-5
3.使我领略一个经典故事的曲折 L6
4.使 (关系亲密的人)分离,分开 L7
5.向某人低语 L9
6.强迫某人做某事 L12
7.因失去…痛哭流涕 L13
8.悲痛欲绝 L13
9.变成… L16
10.结合了A与B L18
11. 西方音乐元素 L18
12. 更为重要的是 L19
13.根植于,扎根于… L20
14.一切顺利,万事如意。L23
1. a beautiful violin concerto composed by sb.
2. deserve to be heard
3. take me through the twists and turns of a classic story
4. tear sb. apart
5. whisper to sb.
6. force sb. to do sth
7. weep bitterly over the loss of …
8. (be) overcome with sorrow
9. transform into …
10. combine A with / and B
11. western musical elements
12. more significantly = more importantly
13. have its roots in … = take root in …= be rooted in …
14. All the best.
1.寄养家庭,东道主家庭 L2
2.依靠某人做某事 L3
3.向某人介绍某物,使某人了解某物 L3
4.就在…的南部 L6
5.原来,结果是,证明是… L6
6.遍布全国 L7
7.产生于…; 改掉/戒除 L7
8.民间音乐 L8
9.使某人陷入沉思 L10
10.奉送,额外赠送 L11
11.充满了幽默感 L11
12.作为额外增添;另外 L12
13.美丽的自然画面 L17
14.提示有/使想起/暗示… L18
1.host family
2. rely on sb. to do sth.
3.introduce sb. to sth.
4.right here in the south of …
5.It turns out that 从句.
6.spread across the nation
7.grow out of … (grew-grown)
8.folk music
9.leave sb. deep in thought
10.throw in
11.with plenty of humor thrown in
12.for good measure
13.beautiful natural images
14.be suggestive of …
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