unit 12 reading ( thao giang GVG )

Music
Pop music
Rock ‘n’ roll
Folk music
Jazz
Classical music
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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
Type of music
Description
a. serious and traditional Western 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
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February, 16/ 2011

1 .There are two things that make humans different from all other
animals . They are language and music . Music is clearly different
from language . However , people can use it to communicate –
especially their emotions . Like reading , writing and speaking ,
music can express ideas , thoughts and feelings . It can express
one’s anger , love, hate or friendship ; it can also convey one’s
hopes and dreams .
2 . Music is very much an integral part of our life . It is played during
almost all important events and on special occasions and sets the
tone for them . It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival
and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful . Music lulls babies
to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning .
3 . Above all , music entertains . It makes people happy and excited . It
delights the senses . In fact , music as entertainment has always
been a big business . It is a billion-dollar industry . It is difficult to
imagine what our lives would be like without music .



Pre- teach vocabulary
1. Express (v) /iks'pres /
= Convey (v) /kən'vei /
3. Funeral (n) /'fju:nərəl /
4. Sense (n) /sens /
: biểu lộ, bày tỏ
:biểu lộ, bày tỏ
:đám tang
:giác quan
To express the happiness people often smile

Vocabulary
1.Express(v)
2. convey (v)
3. funeral (n)
4. solemn (adj)
5. sense (n)
diễn đạt
biểu lộ
đám tang
trang nghiêm
giác quan

Task 1: The words/phrases in the box below all
appear in the reading passage. Use them to complete
the sentences.
emotion
lull
communicate
delights
integral part
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. Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his _________.
6. With a __________ look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s
death.

V
V
V
N
N
adj

Task 2: Work in groups, ask and
answer the following questions
1. What are two things that make humans different from
other animals?
2. Why is music a powerful means of communication?
3. How can music set the tone for events and special
occasions?
4. How can music entertain ?
5. Why has music always been a big business?

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1. There are two things that make humans different from all other animals .
They are language and music . Music is clearly different from language .

However , people can use it to communicate – especially their emotions .
Like reading , writing and speaking , music can express ideas , thoughts
and feelings . It can express one’s anger , love, hate or friendship ; it can
also convey one’s hopes and dreams .
Unit 12 : Music
3 . Above all , music entertains . It makes people happy and excited . It
delights the senses . In fact , music as entertainment has always been a big
business . It is a billion-dollar industry . It is difficult to imagine what our lives
would be like without music .
5. Why has music always been a big business?
It is a billion-dollar industry.
2 . Music is very much an integral part of our life . It is played during almost all
important events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them . It adds
joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn
and mournful . Music lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the
morning .

1 . There are two things that make humans different from all other animals .
They are language and music . Music is clearly different from language .
However , people can use it to communicate – especially their emotions .
Like reading , writing and speaking , music can express ideas , thoughts
and feelings . It can express one’s anger , love, hate or friendship ; it can
also convey one’s hopes and dreams .
2 . Music is very much an integral part of our life . It is played during almost all
important events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them . It
adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more
solemn and mournful . Music lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes
students up in the morning .
3 . Above all , music entertains . It makes people happy and excited . It delights
the senses . In fact , music as entertainment has always been a big

business . It is a billion-dollar industry . It is difficult to imagine what our
lives would be like without music .

Unit 12 : Music
4. How can music entertain?
It makes people happy, and excited. It delights the senses.

Unit 12 : Music
3. How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?
It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a
funeral more solemn and mournful.
1 . There are two things that make humans different from all other animals . They are
language and music . Music is clearly different from language . However , people
can use it to communicate – especially their emotions . Like reading , writing and
speaking , music can express ideas , thoughts and feelings . It can express one’s
anger , love, hate or friendship ; it can also convey one’s hopes and dreams .
2 . Music is very much an integral part of our life . It is played during almost all important
events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them . It adds joyfulness to
the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful . Music
lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning .
3 . Above all , music entertains . It makes people happy and excited . It delights the
senses . In fact , music as entertainment has always been a big business . It is a
billion-dollar industry . It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without
music .


1 . There are two things that make humans different from all other animals .
They are language and music . Music is clearly different from language .
However , people can use it to communicate – especially their emotions .
Like reading , writing and speaking , music can express ideas , thoughts

and feelings . It can express one’s anger , love, hate or friendship ; it can
also convey one’s hopes and dreams .
2 . Music is very much an integral part of our life . It is played during almost all
important events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them . It
adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more
solemn and mournful . Music lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes
students up in the morning .
3 . Above all , music entertains . It makes people happy and excited . It delights
the senses . In fact , music as entertainment has always been a big
business . It is a billion-dollar industry . It is difficult to imagine what our
lives would be like without music .

Unit 12 : Music
2. Why is music a powerful means of communication?
Music is a powerful means of communication because it can express ideas, thoughts and feelings

1 . There are two things that make humans different from all other animals . They are
language and music . Music is clearly different from language . However , people
can use it to communicate – especially their emotions . Like reading , writing and
speaking , music can express ideas , thoughts and feelings . It can express one’s
anger , love, hate or friendship ; it can also convey one’s hopes and dreams .

2 . Music is very much an integral part of our life . It is played during almost all important
events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them . It adds joyfulness to
the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful . Music
lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning . hopes and
dreams .
3 . Above all , music entertains . It makes people happy and excited . It delights the
senses . In fact , music as entertainment has always been a big business . It is a
billion-dollar industry . It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without

music .

Unit 12 : Music
1. What are two things that make humans different from other animals?
They are language and music

Congratulations!

After you read

Roles of Music
- to communicate
- express ideas ,
thoughts and feelings
- adds joyfulness to the
atmosphere of a festival and
makes a funeral more solemn
and mournful .
-express one’s anger
, love, hate or
friendship ;
hopes and
dreams .

-adds joyfulness to
the atmosphere of a
festival and makes a
funeral more solemn
and mournful .
- lulls babies to sleep

- wakes students up
entertainment
- makes people
happy and
excited
especially their emotions

- Write a paragraph( about 60 words) about
the roles of music.
- Prepare for part B (Speaking)