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Unit 5 Music
Can you name any music style?
Task 1 Brain-storming
R&B
Pop
rock
Rap
Classical
music
Folk
Music
Hip-
hop
Blues
Punk
Country
music
Jazz
Task 2 Survey-making
Which style of music do you like ?
Listen to different
kinds of music and
number the pictures on page 33.
Task 3 Practice
Classical music
Rock’n’ Roll
Orchestra
Rap
Folk music
Jazz
Country music
Choral
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
⑧
What kind of music do you like better, Chinese or Western, classical or modern? Why?
Task 4 Discussion
Task 5 Listening
Listening
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
memory
Find the music in our life!
Task 6
Music 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 7
What 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)
Homework
Do you think music is a language?

Brain-storming
What’s the function of music
Make people feel good
Attract people’s attention
Express people’s feeling
Do 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
music
Which music styles do you know?
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.