Unit 12 Music-Reading

Types of music Description 1.. Modern music that is popular with young people e.. A style of music with a strong and loud beat... Answer the questions1 Do you often listen to music in

Types of music Description

1 folk music

2 rock ‘n’ roll

3 pop music

4 classical music

5 jazz

a Serious and traditional

Western European music

b Traditional music of a

country

c A combination of African

and Western music

d Modern music that is

popular with young people

e A style of music with a

strong and loud beat

Answer the questions

(1) Do you often listen to music in your free time?

(2) What kind of music do you prefer? (3) What singer do you like most?

sadness anger happiness

feelings ou

important

We can’t live without water.

integral ( a ) =

Water is to our life.

a funeral ( n )

ju

very sad

mournful ( a ) =

:

ɔ

To lull ( v ) ʌ

Tuan often listens to music because music makes him happy.

= Music delights him.

delight (v)

emotion (n)әu

Integral (adj)

to lull (v)

delight (v)

funeral (n) mournful (adj)

1 If you know English, you can ………with people from the English-speaking world easily

2 Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to … her

to sleep

3 Nam’s success at school … his parents

4 He is an ……… of the team, we can not do without him

5 The teacher criticized him with a ……… expression on his face

6 Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his ………

7 With a ………… look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s death

emotion

communicate

integral part solemn lull delights mournful

communicate

lull

delights integral part

solemn

emotion mournful

Task 1: Complete the following sentences with

the words in the box.

1 What are the two things that make humans

different from other animals?

2 Why is music a powerful means of

communication?

3 How can music set the tone for events and

occasions?

4 How can music entertain?

5 Why has music always been a big business?

6 How many roles of music are mentioned in

the text?

Task 2: Answer the questions.

Possible answers.

1 They are language and music.

2 Because people can use it to communicate their

emotions.

3 It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival

and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.

4 It makes people happy and excited.

5 Because music is considered as the most popular

means of entertainment.

6 There are two roles of music in our life Music is

a very much an integral part of our life and entertains.

“ Music is important to

our lives “

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