外研版选修七Module4 Music Born in America-Listening & Function & Everyday English课件（23张PPT）

(共23张PPT)
Module 4
Music Born in America
1. To learn some verb phrases related to music and expressions in daily communication.
2. To learn stress in sentences.
3. To learn to compare the present and the past.
Work in groups. Match the instructions on the left with the meanings on the right.
turn the music up make the music quieter
turn the music down start playing the music
turn the music on make the music louder
turn the music off stop playing the music
Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answers.
1. Who are the people
a. two sisters
b. a mother and a daughter
c. two friends
2. What are they talking about
a. music that someone else is listening to
b. music that they both like
c. music that one of them is listening to
b
c
3) Why was it difficult for one speaker to hear the other speaker
a. The music was too loud.
b. The band was American.
c. Someone was waiting for a phone call.
4) Why was one of the speakers listening to music, instead of being outside
a. It was a beautiful day.
b. She was waiting for a phone call.
c. She liked hip hop music.
a
b
Read the extracts from the conversation and choose the correct meanings.
Mother: What are you listening to
Daughter: A new American hip hop band.
Mother: They’re very loud.
Daughter: Yes. Great, aren’t they
Mother: Well, they aren’t my cup of tea. Bands are so much
noisier than they used to be.
Mother: All right, we did. But we didn’t play music as loudly
as you do these days.
Daughter: OK. I’ll turn it down.
Mother: Thank you. But why are you inside listening to music anyway It’s a beautiful day. When I was young, we used to spend much more time in the open air than you do. Why don’t you turn the music off and go for a walk
Daughter: I don’t want to. Anyway, I’m waiting for a phone call.
Choose the correct meanings according to the conversation.
1. Can you turn that music down a bit
(a) Can you make it louder
(b) Can you make it quieter
2. It isn’t my cup of tea.
(a) It isn’t the kind of thing I like.
(b) This tea belongs to someone else.
b
a
3. We didn’t play music as loudly as you do these days.
(a) You like listening to music louder than we did.
(b) We listened to louder music than you.
4. Why are you inside listening to music
(a) Why don’t you turn the music off and go out
(b) Why don’t you listen to the music outside
5. It’s her turn to call me.
(a) I called her last time.
(b) She wants to call me.
a
a
a
Work in pairs. Read this extract from the conversation and underline the stressed words.
A: Bands are so much noisier than they used to be.
B: Not true! I listened to one of your CDs the other day. It was really loud!
A: Well, when I was your age, we didn’t listen to loud music.
B: I bet you did!
A: We didn’t!
B: Really
A: All right, we did. But we didn’t play music as loudly as you do these days.
B: OK. I’ll turn it down.
A: Thank you.
Now listen again and check.
句子重读
1. 实词重读，虚词轻读
2. 实词不重读的特殊情况
a) 实词第二次出现
He thinks of that as a child thinks.
b) street在专有名词中
Wangfujing Street.
3. 虚词重读的特殊情况
a) 情态动词，助动词和系动词be在句首、句尾和否定时。
Do you like it Yes, I do.
Are you a doctor Can you help me
I don’t like you. He isn’t a worker.
b) 情态动词表示可能性或某种情感色彩，如惊奇等时。
They may come this evening.
He must be in the room.
Can it be five already
c) 介词在句首和句尾。
In the box, he found a letter.
He is the person I talked with.
d) 引导复合句的连词在句首。
If you wish, I’ll visit you.
When he comes, I’ll tell him.
e) 反身代词表示强调。
He couldn’t come himself.
Comparing the present and the past
Read these opinions from LISTENING and answer the questions.
Bands are so much noisier than they used to be.
When I was your age, we didn’t listen to such loud music.
We didn’t use to play music as loudly as you do these days.
We used to spend much more time in the open air than you do.
1) Who is speaking
2) Which words and expressions tell you that she is making comparisons
3) Which words tell you that she is talking about things that happened regularly in the past
used to / didn’t use to
-er … than; such; as…as; much more
The mother.
Check the opinions that your parents have about the music you listen to.
1. Pop music is much more interesting now than it is was when we were young.
2. Musicians were much more serious in the old days.
3. When we were young, the music we listened to wasn’t so loud.
4. Chinese pop stars are better looking than they used to be.
5. Foreign singers and musicians aren’t as interesting as Chinese ones.
Now work in pairs and discuss your answers.
Complete these sentences, making similar comparisons between the present and the past. Use the words in brackets.
1. Modern pop stars __________________________________
_________________________________________________.
(earn money)
2. Old rock bands ____________________________________ _________________________________________________.(work hard)
earn more money than pop stars used to in the sixties
used to work harder than young rock bands do today
3) These days, bands ____________________________________ ___________________________. (sing and play instruments)
4) These days, music fans ________________________________ ______________________________________. (spend money)
5) In the old days, ______________________________________ _______________________________. (opportunities to listen)
don’t sing and play instruments as well as the old bands used to
spend less money in buying records than people used to do
there used to be less opportunities to listen to music than there are now
Make up a dialogue to compare your present life with your parents’ past life, using used to, would, -er … than, such, as…as, much more etc.