Unit 12. Music

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS


Activity 1: Warm
up

Game

Happy
Musical
Notes


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Happy Musical Notes
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Classical music

Folk music


Jazz music


Pop music


Rock music


English 10

Unit 12: MUSIC
Part A: Reading

Cry on my
shoulder.
Super stars


I. Pre - reading:


1. Vocabulary

1. express (v) /ɪkˈspres/: show a feeling, opinion or
fact.

2. convey (v) /kənˈveɪ/ to express a thought, feeling
or idea so that it is understood by other people.
3. solemn (adj) /ˈsɒləm/ serious and without humor
4. integral(adj)/ˈɪntɪgrəl/ important
5. delight(n) /dɪˈlaɪt/ happiness
(v) make someone happy

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Vocabulary

6. mournful (adj) /ˈmɔːn.fəl/ very sad

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Vocabulary
7. lull (v)
/lʌl /
To make sb
relaxed
and calm
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Vocabulary
8. emotion(n) /ɪˈməʊʃən/
feelings of a person’ character

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Vocabulary

9. funeral (n) /ˈfjuːnərəl/
A ceremony for burying a dead
person

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Checking vocabulary

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II. While - Reading
• Task 1 : Gap filling.


Activity 1: The words/phrases in the box below all appear in
the reading passage. Use them to complete the sentences .
emotion
lull

communicate
delights
V

integral part solemn
mournful

1. If you know English, you can ____________ with people from the
English speaking world easily.
V
2. Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to ________
her
to sleep.
V
3. Nam’s success at school ___________
his parents.
N/NP
4. He is an _____________
of the team, we can’t do without him.
adj
5. The teacher criticized him with a _________
expression on his face.
6. Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his _________.
N
adj
7. With a __________
look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s
death.


Activity 2
T/F statements
(Pairwork)

Activity 2: T/F statements. (pair work)
1. Music is the only thing that
makes humans different from all
v
Music and language are two
other animals.
2. Music is similar to language.
different from
v
3. . People can use music to
communicate.(P1)
4. Music is played during all
important events and on special
almost
v
occasions.
5. Music can delight the senses
(P3)

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While - reading

Activity 3: Choose the correct
answers

1. What are things that make humans different from other
animals?

A) Language and emotion
B) Language and music
C) Thoughts and music
D) Music and feeling


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2. Why is music a powerful means of communication?
A) It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.
B) It can express love and friendship.
C) It can be played on special occasions.
D) It is different from language.


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3. What adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival
and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful?
A) Friendship
B) Events
C) Life
D) Music

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4. How can music entertain?

A) It makes people happy and excited.
B) It delights the senses.
C) It helps us earn lots of money.
D) Both A and B are correct


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5. Why has music always been a big business?
A) Music makes all people amused.
B) It lulls babies to sleep at night
C) It is a billion - dollar industry
D) It is difficult to live without
music.