English 10 nc - Unit 12 Lesson 1

Performed by: Pham T. Quynh Anh

Unit 12:
Lesson 1:
Reading

Warm-up: Answer the following questions
1. What is your hobbies?
2. Who does like music?
3. Do you often listen to music in your free time?
4. What kind of music do you prefer?
5. What singer or musician do you like the most?
Give reasons.

Activity 1: Work in pairs. Discuss and match each of
the descriptions to a type of music.
Type of music Description
1. folk music
a. serious and traditional Western
European music
2. rock ’n’ roll
b. traditional music of a country
3. pop music
c. a combination of African and
Western music
4. classical music
d. modern music that is popular
with young people
5. jazz
e. a style of music with a strong and

loud beat

CORRECT
ANSWERS
1. _Classical music__: serious and traditional Western
European music.
2. Folk music : traditional music of a country.
3. _Rock ’n’ roll : a style of music with a strong and
loud beat.
4. Jazz : a combination of African and
Western music.
5.__Pop music : modern music that is popular with
young people.

VOCABULARY
* Indispensable (adj): không thể thiếu được
* Instrument (n): nhạc cụ
* Audience (n): khán giả
* Romantic (adj): lãng mạn
* Appeal (n): sự hấp dẫn, lôi cuốn
* Emotional (adj): xúc cảm, cảm xúc
* Stimulation (n): sự kích thích
* Symphony (n): bản giao hưởng
* Emerge (v): xuất hiện, xảy ra
* Tune (n): giai điệu
* Root (n): nguồn gốc
* Folk music (n): nhạc dân gian
* Rural (adj): thuộc miền quê
* Beat (n): nhịp, phách
* Solo (n): đơn ca, độc tấu

* Transmit (v): truyền, phát
* Version (n): bản phóng tác

Activity 2: Answer the following questions.
(page 149)
1. Who are the listeners of classical music?
2. What is the key difference between classical
music and romantic music?
3. Why is pop music so popular with many people?
4. Why does a folk song usually have several
versions?
5. When was rock-’n’-roll born?
6. How successful was Elvis Presley with rock-’n’-
roll ?
7. Where does rock come from?
8. What is the key musical instrument that rock is
played on?

CORRECT ANSWERS
1. A learned and serious audience
2. Classical music depends on formal appeal, but
romantic music depends on emotional stimulation.
3. Because it consists of short songs with a strong beat
and simple tunes, which are easy to remember.
4. Because it is transmitted orally. Some words may be
omitted or added while the song is transmitted by
words of mouth.
5. In the 1950s.
6. He was known as the “King of Rock-‘n’-Roll”.
7. It comes from rock-‘n’-roll.

8. Electric guitars.

Activity 3: Fill in the gaps with the
missing
information (page 150)
Music Type Description Example
Classical for a (1)____ audience; dependent more
on formal appeal
Symphony No. 40
Folk transmitted orally, (2)______ composers,
has several versions
(3)______________
Pop nonclassical type of music, emerging in
(4)_________; short songs with a strong
beat and simple tunes (5)__________
Papa by Paul Alka
Rock-’n’-roll developed from (6)_________ music in
the (7)________
(8)_______ by the
“King of Rock-’n’-
roll”
Rock developed in the 1960s from
(9)_________, strong beat, based on a
solo voice and electric guitars
Satisfaction by
(10)_______

CORRECT ANSWERS
1. learned and serious audience
2. unknown

3. Auld Lang Syne
4. the early 1900s
5. easy to remember
6. jazz and country
7. 1950s
8. Heartbreak Hotel
9. rock-‘n’-roll
10. The Rolling Stones

Activity 4: Discussion
“Music plays an indispensable part
in human life."
•
Do you agree?
•
How important to our lives do you think
music is?
•
Discuss with your friends to find out the
roles of music in society.

Roles of music
It’s
used to
relax
….
It’s
used
to
communicate

….
It can
express
ideas,
thoughts
……
It can
covey
one’s
hopes
and dreams
…
It’s a
billion-
dollar
industry
….