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Unit 2 Reading
Understanding culture through music
Learning goals:
After this class, we will be able to:
1.give a brief introduction to Butterfly Lovers and country music;
2.listen to Butterfly Lovers and express the understanding of it;
3.analyse the writing techniques of the two e-mails.
Lead in
Butterfly Lovers
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
1. Multiple-choice
(1)What does the fast and cheerful section in Butterfly Lovers represent
A. Their first meeting.
B. Their three happy years of school.
C. Their separation by Zhu’s father.
D. Their transformation into butterflies.
(2)Why does Butterfly Lovers make Alice realize music is a universal language
A. It is a beautiful violin concerto.
B. It is played on Western instruments.
C. It has its roots in Chinese Yue Opera.
D. It combines Chinese and Western musical elements.
Fast-reading
B
D
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.
Fast-reading
2.Read the first email and summarize the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Butterfly Lovers
story
music
Chinese
Western
My host family introduces me to ______________ music.
Country music has along history and it often features certain specific instruments and ____________ that leaves you deep in thought.
Country music suggests a ________ and ____________ life in rural America.
3.Read the second email and summarize the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
country
lyrics
peaceful
simple
Para. 4
You should __________ to some country music.
listen
Fast-reading
Detailed-reading: 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
__________ with heavier notes
Liang falls sick and dies. The couple __________ into butterflies and fly away. exciting
light and ________
as if ___________ to the audience
The two lovers spend _______ at school together.
fast and cheerful
The lovers are ________.
Zhu weeps ________ and jumps into Liang's grave.
angry and sad
take a softer turn and end on a__________ note
three years
separated
bitterly
transform
pleasant
dramatic
bittersweet
whispering
Country music
History
born out of blues and folk music
became popular
time: ________
place: ________
The typical instrument(s)
______________
Examples
the musician: ________
the song: ________
Characteristics
tunes: ________
lyrics: ________
themes:_________
___________________
in the 1940s
in the south of America
the guitar
easy to sing
deep in thought
John Denver
“Take me home, country roads”
2.Read the second email and fill in the mind map.
hardship, heartbreak and hope
Detailed-reading
1.The violin concerto Butterfly Lovers is a combination of a Chinese and Western musical elements. What do you think of this combination
Discussion
I think this combination is quite successful. By composing Chinese music using Western instruments, the composers show that music has no boundaries.
2. What do you think of Alice's opinion that “music is indeed a universal language”
Discussion
I agree that music is a univeral language. Sometimes we can still connect with the feelings expressed in a foreign language song without fully uinderstanding its lyrics. It is a form of communication that does not require word.
Consolidation
Combining Chinese and Western musical elements, Butterfly Lovers is a famous violin concerto ___1___ ( compose) by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang. It begins with light and pleasant music, telling Liang Shanbo ___2___ Zhu Yingtai’s first meet. Then there is a fast and cheerful section which __3__ (represent) their three happy years of school. Then the music gets dramatic with heavier notes and that is when the lovers ____4___( separate ). Finally, the music takes a softer turn and ends on a bittersweet note, telling us how the couple turn __5__ butterflies and fly away.
Country music, ___6___ grew out of music types as the blues and folk music, __7__ (become) popular in the south of America in the 1940s and then spread across the nation. The __8__ (musician) use many similar instruments. The tunes are easy to sing, and the lyrics often leave you deep in __9__( think ). Not only are most of the songs about hardship and heartbreak, but also they are about hope. Country music shows the __10__ ( peace) green fields and simple life of the countryside.
Consolidation
6. which
7. became
8. musicians
9. thought
10. peaceful
1. composed
2. and
3. represents
4. are separated
5. into
Homework
Finish B1 and B2 on page 19

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