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(共27张PPT)
Unit 2 The universal language
Reading
Lead in
We feel __________.
the first Email :
Understand _____________ culture through _____________
Chinese
Butterfly Lovers
Lead in
topic 主题
writer 作者
receiver 收信人
Guidance & Exploration
Alice's email
Alice's email
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together.
Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully story and musical elements can mix.
I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night.
Skimming
The plot Characteristics of the music Feelings created by the music
The two lovers first meet.
They spend three years at school.
They are separated; Liang falls sick and dies; Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liang’s grave.
The couple transform into butterflies and fly away.
Light and pleasant
Whispering to audiences
Fast and cheerful
happy
Dramatic with heavier notes
Angry and sad
Take a softer turn and end on a bitter sweet note
exciting
Scanning
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the table
1.______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._________________
Beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
Listen and guess:which stage do the following
music pieces belong to
Development
The two lovers spend three happy years at school together.
Beginning
The two lovers first meet.
1
2
Summary
retell the story
The couple transform into butterflies and fly away to be together forever.
Climax
The lovers are separated by Zhu’s father. Liang falls sick and dies. Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into his grave.
3
4
Ending
Summary
Guidance & Exploration
Harry's email
The second Email :
send From Stephen Lin
To Harry Yu
Subject Country Music
Understand _____________ culture through _____________
Lead in
Western
country music
My host family introduces me to ____________.
Country music has a long _______ and it often features certain specific instruments and lyrics that leave you _____________ .
Country music suggests a ______ and ______ life in rural America.
Read the second email and summarize the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
country music
history
deep in thought
simple
peaceful
Para. 4 You should listen to some country music.
Skimming
Read the email again and fill in the mind map.
Country music
History
born out of blues and folk music
became popular
time: ________
place: ________
in the 1940s
in the south of America
The typical instrument(s)
______________
the guitar
Characteristics
tunes: ________
lyrics: ________
themes: hardship, heartbreak and hope
easy to sing
deep in thought
Examples
the musician: ________
the song: ________
John Denver
“Take me home, country roads”
Scanning
What is country music
Time:
Place:
Themes
Characteristic
Representative
become popular in the1940s
in the south of America
hardship , heartbreak and hope
tunes and lyrics are easy to sing.
John Denver
Taylor Swift
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
Name: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Jobs: American singer-songwriter 创作型歌手,
record producer 唱片制作人 and actor
Achievements:
《Take Me Home, Country Roads》,《Annie's Song 安妮的歌》,《Leaving on a Jet Plane 乘喷气式飞机离开》
Recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed 录制并发行了大约300首歌曲，其中约200首是他创作的
Earning him 12 gold and 4 platinum albums 为他赢得了12张金唱片和4张白金唱片
Who is John Denver
How does music prove a univesal language in the first email
Critical thinking
From the first emil,we see...
From the second email, we see...
by composing Chinese music using Western instrument, the composers shows that music can be combined together.
The country music using simple tunes and beautiful natural images can make you are in the American countryside.
Introduce your favorite singer and music
The name of the music;
Your reasons.
post reading
my favourite singer
My favourite singer is Taylor Swift.
Of all her songs, I like Love Story best. Because her songs can make me feel relaxed when I feel unhappy.
Introduce your favorite singer and music
The name of the music;
Your reasons.
post reading
1.Write an article about your favourite song
2.Retell the story of Butterfly lovers to your classmates.
homework
Read the emails again carefully and complete the notes.
torn apart by their families
fast and cheerful
Western instruments
the blues and folk music
hardship, heartbreak and hope
simple life of the countryside
A2
B1
combine overcome transform rely on
deserve pleasant guarantee for good measure
Music has the power to (1) ____________ our lives. To give the public more access to music, we will put on a series of free concerts. Music in different styles, from classical to jazz, will be played. You can (2) __________ us to show you some of the world’s best-known works. The first of these concerts will be held in front of the arch in the downtown square at eight next Friday e and spend a (3) __________ evening with us!
transform
rely on
pleasant
At the concert you will enjoy the Yellow River Piano Concerto, one of China’s greatest contributions to classical music. Like the violin concerto Butterfly Lovers, this piano concerto also (4) ___________ Chinese and Western musical elements and is well received across the world. The musical piece, an adaptation of Xian Xinghai’s Yellow River Cantata, tells how the Chinese people, led by the Communist Party of China, fought to (5) ____________ the Japanese invaders. It consists of four movements: “The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen”, “Ode to the Yellow River”, “The Yellow River in Anger” and “Defend the Yellow River”. The difficult piano solo in particular (6) ___________ a mention. The concert will end with some short pieces of violin music (7)_________________. We (8) ___________ that you will enjoy this concert!
combines
overcome
deserves
for good measure
guarantee
B1
opera, country
__________________________________
________________________________________
_________________
Music
Jobs
the blues, folk
classical 古典音乐，
jazz爵士乐，pop 流行音乐
piano, cello大提琴, erhu
Instruments
Performers
conductor 指挥, singer
pianist, violinist
composer, songwriter
People behind the scenes
Types
B2

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