Unit 12 . Music

Unit 12: MUSICLesson: READING *Before you read _ indispensable adj: absolutely essential Ex: Air, food and water are indispensable to our life... *While you read :Task 1: The words in th

a classical music

b folk

c pop

d rock-’n’-roll

e rock

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Unit 12: MUSIC

Lesson: READING

*Before you read

_ indispensable (adj): absolutely essential

Ex: Air, food and water are indispensable to our life.

_ instrument (n):

_ romantic (adj) : beautiful in a way that makes you think of love or

feel strong emotion romantic (n)

romanticism (n) romantically (adv)

Vocabulary:

Unit 12: MUSIC

Lesson: READING

_ stimulation (n) : the state of being interested and excited

about something stimulate (v)

_ composer (n) : person who composes music

_ symphony (n) :

_ emerge (v) : become known

compose (v) =

_ generation (n) : all people born at about the same time

*Before you read

write (music)

Vocabulary:

Unit 12: MUSIC

Lesson: READING

_ rural (adj) : of the countryside

_ It was not until … that … :

Ex: From rock-’n’-roll, it was not until the 1960s that rock developed.

_ solo (n) : a piece of music performed by only one person solo (adj) = single

_ version (n)

*Before you read

= Rock developed from rock-’n’-roll in the 1960s.

Vocabulary:

_ indispensable (adj)

_ instrument (n)

_ romantic (adj)

_ appeal (n)

_ stimulation (n)

_ composer (n)

_ symphony (n) _ emerge (v) _ generation (n) _ rural (adj)

_ solo (n) _ version (n)

Unit 12: MUSIC

Lesson: READING

*Before you read

Vocabulary:

*While you read :

Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each

blank with a suitable word

generation instrument emerged composers indispensable

1 Pop music ……… in the early 1900s.

2 Computers have become an ……… …………part of our life.

3 Mozart is one of the world famous ……….…………

4 Folk music is free to change as it travels from person to

person, ……… ………… to …… ……… , and even country

to country.

5 You should learn to play a musical ………

emerged

indispensable

composers generation generation

instrument

Task 2: Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).

1 Most people love music because of its indispensable part in our daily lives.

2 Learned and serious people like listening to classical music.

3 Mozart’s symphony No.40 in G Minor has been loved in some

places in the world.

4 Rock-’n’-roll, a type of popular music emerged in the early

1900s.

5 Auld Lang Syne, a traditional folk song is usually sung on New

Year’s Eve in England.

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F

F

T

T

Task 3: Express your opinion about :

_ The important role of music in life.

_ One kind of music / The song/ The composer/ The singer you like best Give the reason.

*Homework :

_ Read the text and learn new words by heart _ Do exercises in your notebook.

_ Prepare Unit 12 (cont.) Reading (Period 2)

Goodbye !

See you again and

The Rolling Stone