News report
New words:
•singing career 歌唱生涯
•especially 专门地
•suit 适合interview
Listening and readingCan you name any
music style?
Task 1 Brain-stormingR&B
Pop
rock
Rap
Classical
music
Folk
Music
Hip-
hop
Blues
Punk Country
musicJazzTask 2 Survey-making
Which style of music
do you like ?style %
R&B(rhythm
&blues 70%
Classical
music 37%
Country
music 44%
Blues 15%
Folk music 11%
style %
pop 74%
Punk 15%
Rap 44%
Rock 63%
Jazz 41%
Hip-hop 63%Listen to different
kinds of music and
number the pictures on
page 33.
Task 3 PracticeClassical
music
Rock’n’
Roll Orchestra Rap
Folk music Jazz Country
music Choral
①②
③
④
⑤⑥
⑦
⑧What kind of music do
you like better, Chinese
or Western, classical or
modern? Why?
Task 4 DiscussionTask 5 ListeningListening
• 1 How many questions does the speaker
asked at the beginning in the tape?
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4
• 2 What is the text mainly about?
A Many students like to listen to Mozart.
B The one who plays instrument very well is
always good at maths.
C Music may be helpful in study.
D When practising playing instrument,
students like to play Mozart most.3 Fill in the blanks
Music may be ______ to help you. Some
_____________ have _______ that if you listen to
__________ music, especially Mozart, while
__________, it will _________ your ability to
___________. This is called the “ Mozart
_______.” Does it work with all kinds of music
such as _____ and ________, but they don’t seem
to have the same _______. It seems that the
rhythm of _________ music help _________ one’s
_________.
able
researchers shown
classical
studying improve
remember
effect
pop country
effect
classical develop
memoryFind the music
in our life!
Task 6Music in our life
• Rings of mobile phones
• School bell
• Morning/eye exercises
• Dance
• Theme songs/episodes in Films/TV
plays
• Background music of advertisements,
Radio and TV programs, webpage,
games…
• Parks, shops…
• Festival/ Celebration ……What are the
functions of
music ?
Task 7What are the
functions of music ?
• Make things more lively and interesting
• Make things better for people to understand
and enjoy
• Express people’s feeling
• Make people feel good
• Help people forget their pain
• Attract people’s attention
• help people to remember things well
• ……Sing a song•1 Find songs for each style of
music
•2 Read “Notes to the text” for
U5 (P83-84)
HomeworkDo you think music is a language?
Brain-stormingWhat’s the function of music
• Make people feel good
• Attract people’s attention
• Express people’s feelingDo you think music is a language?•1 What’s your favourite
song? Why?
•2 When do you usually listen
to music? How?
•3 Find the music in our life
•4 What’s the function of
music?Jazz Folk
Music
Can you name any
music style?
R&B
Pop
Blues
Punk
rock
Rap
Country
music
Hip-hop
Classical
musicWhich music styles do you know?
Jazz 50%
Classical
music 53.8%
Country
music 57.7%
Blues 50%
Folk
music 46.2%
pop 77%
Punk 42.3%
Rap 69.2%
Rock 69.2%
R&B(rhythm
&blues 84.6%
Hip-hop 73.1%Answers
• 1 Choral
• 2 Country music
• 3 Rap
• 4 Folk music
• 5 Rock ‘n’ Roll
• 6 Classical music
• 7 Jazz
• 8 Orchestra• 3 Which of the following statement is not
true?
A Both playing an instrument and studying
maths uses the same part of your brain.
B Pop music doesn’t have the same rhythm
as classical music.
C Classical music can improve maths skills.
D Music lessons will make you more
intelligent.