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XB1Unit 2 The universal language
Reading
Understanding culture through music
Understanding
culture through music
XB1Unit 2
The universal language
I am Lucy. I received an email from Alice.
Let’s have a look!
Lead in
It’s about Butterfly Lovers.
What is it?
Here’s a video clip,
Let’s watch it together.
Alice's email
What musical instruments can you hear in the concerto?
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together.
Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully Chinese and Western musical elements can mix.
Fast reading
Read the first email and match the main ideas.
I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night.
Task 1:Brief introduction to Butterfly Lovers.
Detailed reading
Composer:
Instruments:
Story
Who:
What:
He Zhanhao and Chen Gang.
Violin.
A classic story about a young couple torn apart by their families.
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.
Zhu’s father
Para.1
I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night.
Para.2
The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together.
Ending
Climax
Development
Beginning
Task2:What are the plots, music, and atmosphere in Para.2 ?
The two lovers first meet
The music is
The atmosphere: as if
light and pleasant
whispering to the audience
They spend at school together.
The music is and
The atmosphere is
3 years
fast
cheerful
happy
Liang falls and
Zhu weeps and
The music is
The atmosphere is angry and sad .
sick
dies
bitterly
jumps into Liang's grave
dramatic with heavier notes
The couple transform into
and
The music takes a and a
butterflies
fly away.
soft turn
bittersweet note
twists and turns
Beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
Task3:Listen and guess
which stage do the following music pieces belong to?
Task 4:What does Butterfly Lovers combine ?
What do you think of this combination?
violin
Yue Opera
Butterfly Lovers
Western instruments
Chinese opera
Combination
What does Alice learn by listening to Butterfly Lovers ?
Music has no boundaries.
Discussion
What technique is used in the sentence“the music is light and pleasant...as if whispering to the audience(Line 8-9)”.
personification(拟人)
What do you think of the technique?
Such technique can make the language more vivid and interesting, enabling the reader to look at the thing in a new and different way.
I am Harry. I will send an email to Stephen. Let’s have a look!
Lead in
It’s about Country music.
What is it?
Here’s a video clip,
Let’s watch it together.
Harry's email
What musical instruments can you hear in the concerto?
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
You should listen to some country music.
Read the second email and match the main ideas.
Fast reading
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.
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
Detailed Reading
hardship, heartbreak, hope
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”
the blues and folk music
peaceful green fields and simple life of the countryside
A.To prove John Denver’s music can make you feel like you’re there.
B.To prove country music shows the peaceful green fields and simple life of the countryside.
C.To tell us the rural life is old and boring.
D.To prove the music can make countryside surroundings come to your mind.
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Detailed reading
Why does Harry quote “Take Me Home,Country Roads” in his email?(multiple choices)
Email 1:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
Email 2:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
Chinese
Butterfly Lovers
Western
country music
What roles do you think music play in our life?
Music can heal our mind when we are hurt.
Music can lift our spirits when we are frustrated.
Music can convey different feelings without knowing the lyrics.
Music can be a common hobby shared by different people in different countries.
...
.
.
Alice and Harry strongly recommend their friend to give Butterfly Lovers and country music a try. How do they make recommendations?
Why don’t you try to listen to ...? I guarantee you’ll enjoy it.
It’s a piece that really deserves to be heard.
You should definitely listen to ...—I bet you’ll like it.
Harry's email
Alice's email
story plot
feelings
music characteristics
Life here in Nashville is as interesting as.....
background story
examples
Introduce a piece of music to your classmates(composer, singer, player and writer...)
First, give your ____________________.
Then, illustrate your _________.
Last, show your _____________.
recommendation
reasons
story & music characteristics
example(s)
your feelings
appealing
Homework
See you next time!
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