Unit 2 The universal language Welcome to the unit & Reading课件-(共35张PPT)高中英语牛津译林版（2019）选择性必修第一册

(共35张PPT)
Unit 2
The universal language
Welcome to the unit & Reading
Learning Objectives
01
Learning Objectives
1. Read the two posters to learn about some musical instruments and musicians at home and abroad.
2. By sorting out the structure of the article, summarizing the main idea of each paragraph, understand the literal meaning of the article and the author’s views, and grasp the writing characteristics of emails.
3. Master the methods of analyzing and understanding the structure of an article, learn about the main detailed information of the text, and cultivate the ability to obtain discourse information.
Learning Objectives
4. Appreciate the discourse and learn vocabulary related to music.
5. Learn about knowledge related to music, cultivate students' ability of artistic appreciation, and guide students to pay attention to the relationship between music and culture.
6. Master the rhetorical device of personification, learn to write an email in the correct format, and introduce Chinese music to foreigners.
Key Points and Difficult Points
Key points:
1.Understand the detailed information in the text and analyze the writing characteristics of emails.
2.Learn knowledge related to music, cultivate the ability of artistic appreciation, and pay attention to the relationship between music and culture.
Key Points and Difficult Points
Difficult Points:
1.By sorting out the structure of the article, summarizing the main idea of each paragraph, understand the literal meaning of the article and the author’s views, and grasp the writing characteristics of emails.
2.Master the rhetorical device of personification, learn to write an email in the correct format, and introduce Chinese music to foreigners.
Lead-in
02
How many musical instruments can you name
Listen to two pieces of music Horse Racing and For Elise. Then answer the following question.
What musical instruments are they played on
Horse racing is played on the erhu.
For Elise is played on the piano.
Welcome to the unit
03
Musical instruments come in a wide range of types. Read the posters below about two important musical instruments and the musicians, and discuss the following questions in pairs.
Er Hu Piano Invention Time Name of Musicians
Masterpiece(s)
Nationality
Tang Dynasty
the early 18th century
Hua Yanjun
(A Bing)
Liu Tianhua
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frédéric Francois Chopin
Moonlight on the Second Spring
Moon Night /
Birdsong over Empty Mountain
Symphony No.41/
Piano Concerto No. 23
Minute Waltz
Chinese
Austrian
Polish
Musical instruments come in a wide range of types. Read the posters below about two important musical instruments and the musicians, and discuss the following questions in pairs.
How do you feel when you listen to Moonlight on the Second Spring and Symphony No. 41(the Jupiter Symphony)
sad
peaceful
relaxed
energetic
uplifting
joyful
Reading
04
Pre-reading
writer
writer
receiver
receiver
topic
topic
What information do the emails contain
Email 2:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
While-reading
skimming
Email 1:
Understand ________ culture through _____________
country music
Chinese
Butterfly Lovers
Western
While-reading
skimming
1．Read the first email and summarize the main ideas.
Para. 1 I watched a performance of (1)________________ last night.
Para. 2 The (2)_____ and (3)_____ of Butterfly Lovers work well together.
Para. 3 Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully (4)_______ and (5)_______ musical elements can mix.
Butterfly Lovers
story
music
Chinese
Western
A1 Read the emails and write down the main idea of each paragraph.
While-reading
skimming
2．Read the second email and match each paragraph with the main idea.
Para.1　 A．You should listen to some country music.
Para.2 B．Country music suggests a peaceful and simple life in rural America.
Para.3 C．Country music has a long history and it often features certain
specific instruments and lyrics that leave you deep in thought.
Para.4 D．My host family introduces me to country music.
While-reading
Scanning（Email 1）
1.What is the name of the violin concerto mentioned in the email, and who composed it
2.In what way does Butterfly Lovers combine Chinese and Western musical elements
The name of the violin concerto is Butterfly Lovers, and it was composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang.
It is played on Western instruments like the violin, and much of the music has its roots in Chinese Yue Opera.
3.Where did country music become popular first in the US, and when
4.What music types did country music grow out of
5.What themes do most country music songs cover
Country music first became popular in the south of America in the 1940s.
It grew out of music types such as the blues and folk music.
Most songs are about hardship, heartbreak, and hope, with plenty of humour added.
Scanning（Email 2）
While-reading
Name
Composer
Where and when
Instruments
Theme
Opinion
Butterfly Lovers
He Zhanhao and Chen Gang
Last night
Violin
A classic story about a young couple torn apart by their families
It combined Chinese and Western musical elements, which made me realize that music is indeed a universal language. You should listen to it!
While-reading
Scanning（Email 1）
Scanning（Email 2）
While-reading
Characteristics
tunes: __________________
lyrics: __________________
themes: hardship, heartbreak
and hope
the typical instrument(s): _______
Examples
the musician:_______________
the song: __________________ __________________
History
born out of blues and folk music
became popular:
time: __________________
place: _________________
in the 1940s
in the south of American
the guitar
easy to sing
deep in thought
John Denver
Take Me Home, Country Roads
The violin concerto Butterfly Lovers takes us through the story of a young couple (1) ___________________________.
This beautiful piece of music expresses different moods—first light and pleasant, then (2) ___________________________, next dramatic with heavier notes and finally bittersweet. The piece is a perfect combination of Chinese and Western musical elements—it is played on (3) ___________________________ such as the violin but has its roots in Chinese Yue Opera.
While-reading
torn apart by their families
fast and cheerful
Western instruments
A2 Read the emails again carefully and complete the notes below.(Email 1)
Country music grew out of such music t ypes as (4) _______________________.
It became popular in the south of America in the 1940s and then spread across the
nation. The tunes are easy to sing, and the lyrics often leave you deep in thought.
Most of the songs are about (5) ___________________________.Country music makes you think of the green fields and (6) __________________________
While-reading
the blues and folk music
hardship,heartbreak and hope
simple life of the countryside
A2 Read the emails again carefully and complete the notes below.(Email 2)
B1 The passage below is an introduction to a plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
Music has the power to (1) __________ our lives. To give the public more access to music, we will put on a series of free concerts. Music in different styles,from classical to jazz, will be played. You can (2) _________ us to show you some of the world’s best-known works. The first of these concerts will be held in front of the arch in the downtown square at eight next Friday e and spend a (3) __________ evening with us!At the concert you will enjoy the Yellow River Piano Concerto, one of China’s greatest contributions to classical music. Like the violin concerto Butterfly Lovers, this piano concerto also (4) ________ Chinese and Western musical elements and is well received across the world.
combine overcome transform rely on
deserve pleasant guarantee for good measure
transform
rely on
pleasant
combines
Post-reading
B1 The passage below is an introduction to a plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
The musical piece, an adaptation of Xian Xinghai’s Yellow River Cantata, tells how the Chinese people, led by the Communist Party of China, fought to (5) _________________ the Japanese invaders. It consists of four movements: “The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen”, “Ode to the Yellow River”,“The Yellow River in Anger” and “Defend the Yellow River”. The difficult piano solo in particular (6) _________________ a mention. The concert will end with some short pieces of violin music (7) ______________. We (8) _________________ that you will enjoy this concert
combine overcome transform rely on
deserve pleasant guarantee for good measure
overcome
deserves
for good measure
guarantee
Post-reading
B2 The emails use some music-related vocabulary. Find the words in the emails and think of more on your own. Complete the chart with as many music-related words as you can.
Post-reading
Music
Jobs
Instruments
_________________
_________________
_________________
Types
_________________
_________________
_________________
Performers
_________________
_________________
_________________
People behind
the scene
_________________
_________________
_________________
opera, country, the blues, folk, classical, jazz, pop
violin, guitar, piano, cello, erhu
conductor, singer, pianist, violinist
composer, songwriter
Exercise
05
1. If you w to your deskmate you will be punished.
2. The game was so e that everyone wanted to see the
end.
3. We should s love and positive energy in our life to
warm the people around us.
4. Every man should try his best to （保卫）his country
and home.
5. We must have the patience to continue to work until we find a p solution.
Exercise: 单词拼写
hisper
xciting
pread
defend
eaceful
1. You can never depend others to do everything for you.
2. We should do our best to transform the complex elements of the parts simple ones.
3. She works so hard that we all think she deserves ( get) the scholarship.
4. We are looking forward to seeing all the people live their life peace.
5. The Indian's offense (进攻) is stronger than their (defend).
Exercise: 语法填空
on
into
to get
in
defense
Summary
06
New words: performance,deserve,whisper,seperate,overcome...
Expressions: rely on
on one’s own
Functions: 写电子邮件，介绍音乐
Sentences: My host family are big fans of country music, so I can always rely on them to introduce me to some great songs.
It consists of four movements: “The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen”, “Ode to the Yellow River”,“The Yellow River in Anger” and “Defend the Yellow River”.
Summary
Homework
07
Finish A3 on P18 and B3 on P19.
Preview language points and recite the key points of the text.
Homework
SEE YOU NEXT CLASS!
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