Unit 5 Warming up Unit 5 Warming up What would you like to do if you are free today? No homework! No class! A lot of friends! Everything you like!

Unit 5

Warming up

Unit 5

Warming up

Warming up

What would you like to do if you are free today?

No

homework!No

class!

A lot of friends!Everything

you like!

If

sleep and dream

dream of being richgo shopping

How about dancing?

Maybe you

could sing

karaoke with

your friends!

Task 1:Task 1:

Can you name any music Can you name any music style?style?

Rock ’n’ Roll Orchestra

Country music Jazz

Choral Hip-hop

PopClassical music

Folk music

Rap

Blues

Listen and see if you can guess

which music matches which

picture.

Task 2 : Practice

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Choral---A traditional Christmas

song, which is often sung in the

church on Christmas Day.

Choral--- Many people get together to sing, a choir.

Orchestra

A large group of people

playing all kinds of musical

instruments together.

Country Music----

Type of popular music that comes from the folk music of the southern and western US.

Rap--- A popular music in the style of

music from the southern and western

US.

Rap --- Talking and singing, also means “Hip-Hop”.

Rock ’n’ Roll ---A style of music

that was popular in the 1950s,

and has a strong loud beat.

Jazz --- It was

born in the US

around 1890. It

was sung by

black people

and its root is

in Africa.

Music of American Negro origin, very romantic.

Jazz

Serious and traditional

style

Classical music --- Music

that people consider to

be serious and has been

popular for a long time.

Music or song in the traditional style of a country.

Folk Music

Chinese Folk Songs

Folk music---It has been passed

down from one generation to another.

At first it was never written down.

People learnt it from their parents.

Most of the songs are about country

life, the seasons, animals, and about

love and sadness in people’s life.

1. What kind of music do you like

better, Chinese or Western,

classical or modern? Why?

2. Why do you like to listen to

music?

Task 3: Discussion

1.What kind of music do you like

better Chinese or Western,

classical or modern? Why?

Possible answer

I like Chinese because I think Chinese music is easy to understand. It is our culture. I like classical music because it is serious and makes people inspired. It can last long.

2. Why do you like to listen to

music?Because music can enrich my life,

make me feel relaxed, pleasant and

happy when listening to music.