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Unit 2 The universal language
Understanding culture through music
By the end of this section ,students will be able to :
give a brief introduction Butterfly Lovers and country music ;
listen to Butterfly Lovers and express their understanding of it;
analyse the writing techniques of the two e-mails;
use personification to describe their favourite piece of music.
Learning aims:
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 instrument come in a wide range of types. Read the posters below about two important musical instruments and the musicians, and answer the following questions.
Welcome to the unit
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Er Hu
Piano
Invention Time





Masterpiece(s)


Nationality

Tang Dynasty
the early 18th century
Hua Yanjun
(A Bing)
Name of Musicians
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
Polish
Fill in the table
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
Lead in
The music is very light . We feel_________ .
Lead in
We feel __________.
Chinese stories about two lovers
Lead-in
How will you introduce these stories to your foreign friends?
FROM
To
Topic
Alice Duncan
Lucy Becker
Butterfly Lovers
Hi,Lucy,
...
Prediction
What information do you think the e-mail will contain?
Reading
Pre-reading
Prediction
What information do the emails contain?
writer
receiver
topic
writer
receiver
topic
Skimming
Reading
While -reading
Email 1:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
Email 2:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
country music
Chinese
Butterfly Lovers
Western
Lead in
Butterfly Lovers
I watched a performance of _____________ last night.
The __________and_______ of Butterfly Lovers work very well together.
Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully ________
and_________ musical elements can mix.
Read the first email and match the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Alice's email
Butterfly Lovers
story
music
Chinese
Western
Fast reading
1.______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._________________
Beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
Listen and guess:which stage do the following
music pieces belong to?
Ending
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.
Development
The two lovers spend three happy years at school together.
Beginning
The two lovers first meet.
(light and pleasant,
as if whispering to the audience)
(taking a softer turn and
ending on a bittersweet note)
(dramatic with heavier notes)
(fast and cheerful)
What are the plots ，music and atmosphere in Para. 2 ?
Detailed reading
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.
Pairwork：Retell the story of Butterfly Lovers
What does Butterfly Lovers combine according to Para. 3?
combination
Western musical elements
Chinese musical elements
The violin concerto Butterfly Lovers is a combination of Chinese
and Western musical elements. What do you think of this combination?
I think this combination is quite successful. By composing Chinese music using Western instruments, the composers show that music has no boundaries(界限).
Further thinking
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
Read the second email and summarize the main ideas.
Harry's email
Fast reading
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
Detailed reading
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
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 Amerian countryside.
Introduce your favorite singer and music
The name of the music;
Your reasons.
post reading
my favourite singer
My favourite song is Taylor Swift.
All of her songs, I like love story best.
Because her sonngs can make me feel realaxed when I feel unhappy.
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”
Butterfly Lovers
Comparison
Music Type
violin concerto
country music
Instruments
violin
Theme
guitar
a loving story (Chinese)
peaceful green fields and simple life
Critical reading
How does the language—music prove universal in the two emails?
From the first email, we see by composing Chinese music using Western instruments, the composers show that music has no boundaries.
From the second email, we see the masters of country music like John Denver can make you feel the same without understanding the lyrics. It shows music is a form of communication that doesn’t require words.
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.
...
Further thinking
With personification,a thing is described like a human being.Find the sentence using personification in the first e-mail.
Post-reading Task 1
When the two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, first meet, the music is light and pleasant, as if whispering to the audience.
The music I love is ... , and melody is pleasing to the ear as if
___________ the strings (在琴弦上舞动).
____________the valleys(在山野间咆哮).
The 1st mail
Alice and Harry strongly recommend their friend to give Butterfly Lovers and country music a try. How do they make recommendations?
● It’s a piece that really deserves to be heard.
● Why don’t you try to listen to some great country music?
● I guarantee you’ll enjoy it.
The 2nd mail
● You should definitely listen to ...—I bet you’ll like it.
Post-reading Task 2
Show Time
the name and the singer of the music歌名和歌手 ;
the features of the music音乐的特点 ;
your feeling of listening to the music对音乐的感受 ;
your reasons推荐理由 ;
Can you introduce a piece of music to your classmates?
1.Polish your writing after class.
2.Write an email to recommend a piece of traditional Chinese music to your foreign friends.
Homework
Thanks!

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