The sounds of the world

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Senior English for ChinaBook One
Unit 11
The sounds of the world
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Music family
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Chinese or western?
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Unit 11
Unit 11
The sounds of the world
The sounds of the world
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• Listen to the tape then answer the following
  questions.
• 1.How many kinds of music are talked about in the
  passage?
• 2.What are they ?

Six kinds of music.
blues rock jazz hip-hop rap Latin
music
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Read the passage again . Choose " if the
sentence is true. Choose " if it is false.
1 ( ) There are only a few styles of music
in the world.
is a wide variety
2 ( ) Blues is a new style of music.
music has a long history.
3 ( ) Hip-hop and rap are completely
different
from blues and
rock.
They have much in common with blues rock, but
they also have their own characteristics.
4 ( ) Santana is a well-known Latin music
artist.
5 ( ) Rappers sing the words to their
music.
speak
6 ( ) There are many Spanish-speaking
people in both North and South America.
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• I. Read the passage, then answer the following
  questions.
• 1 Where does blues music come from?
• 2 Why is Latin music so popular in the US? Is it
  popular in China?

The blues comes from African songs that people
used to sing when they worked and during
festivals.
Because there are many Spanish-speaking people
in the US. It is not very popular in China.
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Scanning
Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph
There is a world of music out there.
Blues music has a long history.
Todays American music culture contains many
different styles.
Latin Music has spread all over the world.
There is a wide variety of new music to be
discovered in every corner of the world.
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Skimming
Multiple Choice
A. Blues, Jazz and Rock music. B. Hip-hop music
and Latin Music. C. Different Styles of Music. D.
American Music

• A.Jazz music B. Rock music
• C. Blues music D. Latin music

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A.American music is the best in the world. B.
Africans are better musicians than any other
people in the world. C. its a good thing
that there are so many different styles of
music. D. We should choose one type of music and
stick to it.
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A.Jazz music B. Rock music C. Blues music D.
Hip-hop music
A. Because it uses traditional styles from Latin
America. B. Because it is popular in
Spanish-speaking countries. C. Because it was
born and developed in Spain. D. Because the songs
are sung in Latin.
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Summary
jazz
blues
African music
rock
American music
hip-hop
rap
Latin music
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Santana
Ricky Martin
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Appreciation and Discussion

• Which one do you like better and why ?
  (words,rhythm,emotion,style,theme,
  instrument,...?)
• Do you think we should play more traditional
  music than modern music at school or more modern
  music than traditional music?

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Thank You
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