unit 12 music reading very interesting

1. Who is the man in this
picture?
He is Trinh Cong Son.
I. Before you read
1. List some kinds of music
2. Matching
2. Vocabulary : Fill in gaps
II. While you read
1. Task 1: Decide T/ F
2. Task 2 : Answering the
questions
III. After you read: Discuss the
music’s roles
IV. Consolidation: Multiple
Choice
V. Homework
List some types of music that you know!
Types of
music
Group work 1’
Some types of music:
Types of
music
1. Pop music 2. Rock
3. Classical
music
5. Folk
music

4. Jazz
Matching
Discuss and match each of the descriptions to a type of
music.
1. folk music
2. rock “n” roll
3. pop music
4. classical music
5. jazz
a. serious and traditional Western
European music
b. traditional music of a country
c. a combination of African and
Western music
d. modern music that is popular
with young people
e. a style of music with a strong
and loud beat
Key: 1b; 2e; 3d; 4a; 5c
Pair work 2’
Vocabulary
1. classical /'klæsikəl/ music (n)
2. folk /fouk/music (n)
3. serious (a) /'siəriəs/
4. traditional (a)/trə'di∫ənl/
5. make someone/ something different from someone/ something:
6. combine (v)/ kɔm'bain:
-> combination (n) /k mbi'nei∫nɔ /
7. communicate (v):
8. emotion (n): (such as anger, happiness, love, hate…)

9. convey (v) /kən'vei/
10. integral (a) /'intigrəl/= very important
11. set the tone /toun/ for (v)
12. joyfulness (n) /'d ifulnisʒɔ / =happiness (n)
13. funeral (n) /'fju:nərəl/ = death ceremony
14. solemn (a) /'s ləmɔ /
15. mournful (a) /'m :nfulɔ /= very sad
16. lull (v) /l lʌ /= make someone feel sleep
Use the words in the box to complete these sentences:
emotion communicate integral part solemn lull delights mournful

1. If you know English, you can____________ with people
from the English-speaking world easily.
2. Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to
______her to sleep.
3. Nam’s success at school _________ his parents.
4. He is an _____________of the team, we can’t do without
him.
5. The teacher criticised him with a __________ expression
on his face.
6. Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his________ .
7. With a __________look on his face, he told us about his
uncle’s death.
lull
emotion
integral part
solemn
communicate
mournful
delights

Pair work 3’
While you read: Listen to the tape
1. Music plays an important role in
our life.
2. Man is different from animals
due to language only.
3. You can express your love by a
song.
4. Music is considered not only a
means of communication but also a
big business.
T
F
T
T
Task 1: Decide whether the statements
are True(T) or False (F)
Pair work 2’
Task 2: Answer the questions
1. What are the two things that make humans
different from other animals?
2. Why is music a powerful means of
communication?
3. How can music set the tune for events and
special occasions?
4. How can music entertain?
5. Why has music always been a big business?
Pair work 4’
1. What are the two things that
make humans different from other

animals?
They are language and music.
While you read
2. Why is music a powerful means
of communication?
Because it can express ideas,
thoughts and feelings.
While you read
3. How can music set tone for
events and special occasions?
It adds joyfulness to the
atmosphere of a festival and makes
a funeral more solemn and
mournful.
While you read
4.
4. How can music entertain?

It makes people happy and
excited. It delights the senses.
While you read
5. Why has music always been a big
business?

Because it is a billion-dollar
industry.
While you read
“Music plays an important part
in our lives.”
After you read

Do you agree or disagree? Why?
( List down as many roles of music
as possible)
Group work 3’
1. _______ make people different from all other
animals.
language
and money
language
and music
language
and fame
money and
fame
A B
C
D
I’M SORRY It is
not correct.
I’M SORRY It is
not correct.
I’M SORRY. It is
not correct.
Consolidation: Choose the correct answer:
big business
an art
a success an advantage
A
B
C

D
I’M SORRY It is
not correct.
I’M SORRY It is
not correct.
I’M SORRY It
is not correct.
2. Music as entertainment has always been _______
It’s correct
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Music entertains us.
B. Music plays an important part in our life.
C. Music is a big business.
D. Music makes humans different from all other
animals.
 Learn by heart the new words.
Homework
 Prepare: B. Speaking.

Write a short paragraph ( about 60 words)
Write a short paragraph ( about 60 words)
“How would
“How would
the life
the life
and
and
you
you
be if there weren’t

be if there weren’t
music?”
music?”
 Complete the sentences in handouts.