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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Chinese or western?
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• guitar

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Unit 11
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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• I. Read the passage, then answer the following
  questions.
• 1 Where does blues music come from?
• 2 What does the word "rap" mean?
• 3 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.
The word rap means to speak the song words
along with the beat .
Because there are many Spanish-speaking people
in the US. It is not very popular in China.
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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.
• 2 ( ) Blues is a new style of music.
• 3 ( ) Hip-hop and rap are completely different
  
  from blues and rock.
• 4 ( ) Santana is a well-known Latin music
  artist.
• 5 ( ) Rappers sing the words to their
  music.
• 6 ( ) There are many Spanish-speaking people
  in both North and South America.

is a wide variety
music has a long history.
They have much in common with blues rock, but
they also have their own characteristics.
speak
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Read the passage again ,and discuss about the
form
kind Where is it from? Where is it popular? What are their characteristics? Famous singers/star






African songs
Blues
US
A way for
Blues music
Jazz
US
Blues music
US
Rock
Hip- hop
fast/slow, combine
US
Rap
US
speak/rap
Latin music
South/Latin America
Santana Ricky Martin
Spanish-speaking countries
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MEMORY COMPETITION

• Who can answer ?
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1.What kinds of music are talked about?
2. Does blues have a long history?
3.Where does blues music come from?
4.Who brought blues to America?
5.When did the people sing the blues?
6.What is blues about ?
7.What music comes from blues?
8.What is the important characteristic of rap
music?
9.Is hip-hop the same as blues and rock?
10. Where is Latin music popular?
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Language points
On the radio
1. I listen to the weather forecast on /
over the radio every day.
2 . I heard the news on the radio.
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Have in common with

1. We have much in common with each other.

2.Though they are brothers , they have
nothing in common with one another.
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Combine

1. Is it possible to combine the two parties?

2. Some films combine education with recreation.
Variety

1. Paper has a variety of uses.

2. This shop has a variety of toys.
Along with
1. Come along with me .
2 Along with my friends, I worked day and night.
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Retell the text
a world ofa brief look atmusical styles
blues..historya wayshow..comes from
slaves African-American culturejazz
rockcontainshave much in common
with..characteristicship-hopcombines
to createrap musicrapperalong with Latin
music traditional spread
popularSpanish-speaking a variety of open your
ears the sounds of the world.
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Homework

• Write a short passage about music. The following
  questions may help you.
• 1. How many musical styles do you know? What
  are they?
• 2.What are the characteristics of each
  musical style ?
  
• 3.what is your favorite musical style ? Why ?

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Thank You
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