课件32张PPT。Unit 5Unit 5
MusicListeningDo you often listen to music while studying at home?
2. If you do, what kind of music do you usually listen to? What kind of effect does the music have on you?Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Who is the composer mentioned in the listening?
Which school subject does his music help?Mozart.Maths.Listen to the tape again and write
down what the “Mozart effect”
means to you.
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__________________________________Classical music, especially Mozart, helps improve your memory.Listen to the whole passage and decide whether they are True or False.You can listen to any kind of classical music if it has regular rhythms.1. Listening to classical music improves your memory.2. The “Mozart effect” means listening to Mozart’s music.TF4. Scientists think the “Mozart effect” works with all kinds of music.F 3. To improve your long term memory you need to study maths.FScientists do not think that studying maths can improve your long term memory.Scientists think it only works with classical music.5. Listening to music makes you more intelligent.FScientists think that learning a musical instrument can help your maths skills./ Listening to classical music improves your short term memory.In groups of four discuss these questions and make notes of your ideas.1. Do you believe in the “Mozart effect”? Why or why not?Talking2. Have you ever experienced it?
Give an example.3. Do you think it also works with other kinds of music such as pop music? Give reasons.S1: I’ve never felt the “Mozart effect”, have you?
S2: Well, I find I feel calmer if I’m worried about my work. It makes me feel more optimistic.
S3: That’s interesting because I attach great importance to listening to music. I find that I listen to a particular CD when I feel sad. Music always makes me feel more confident about life and my problems.
S4: Is that a CD of classical music? I don’t appreciate that kind of music at all. I prefer pop music. It makes me feel more cheerful and energetic.S3: No, actually it isn’t classical music but it does change my mood.
S1: However, the “Mozart effect” is supposed to improve your memory. Have any of you noticed anything like that?
S4: Not really!
S3: Not really!S2: Well, I find that if I try and learn English vocabulary while listening to music, it helps me. Do you think that’s what the “Mozart effect” is?
S1: No, not really. However, it does seem as if we believe in the “Mozart effect”, even though none of us have experienced it!Work in pairs and make a list of any classical composers that you know of. Beethoven MozartHaydnTchalkovskyThis listening is about one of the most famous classical composers: Bach.Bach’s background
Dates: March 21st 1658- July 28th 1750
Life: Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a musical family and so it was inevitable that he became a musician and composer. His first love was the organ and he composed many fugues (or complicated tunes with many parts that were used to make musical patterns). He is famous for these compositions and for his cantatas, St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion. His most famous short piece is Air on a G String.First-listening
Look at the chart and questions on the book and predict the content of the listening. Listen to the tape and check your predilection.Listen to the tape again and underline the words you hear.mathematical, pattern, jazz, folk, composers, choral, moving, beautySecond listeningListen again and fill in the chart below.God.In the church.Mathematical and with a special pattern.Third listeningChoral music.For the beauty of his musical patterns.Discuss which kinds of musician/singer/ composer/conductor you prefer. Choose your favourite. Write down briefly what you know about him or her: why you chose him/her and which part of his/her music you prefer. Make notes in the chart below to help you remember what you are going to say. S1: I like Chinese folk music, do you? I love The Butterfly Lovers. That’s so romantic and I enjoy listening to it so much.
S2: I like Western pop songs. The Beatles are one of my favourites. When I hear their music it makes me feel so happy. I always smile.S1: I don’t know their music at all.
S2: Well, they are a band of four young men called John, Paul, George and Ringo. I really like their songs. They sing songs about life. My favourite song is Yesterday. It makes me feel so sad.S1: I didn’t realize that they wrote that. I love that song.
S2: Their music has a haunting quality which keeps it in your mind. The tunes are so pretty and the songs are so different. That’s what makes their music so interesting.S1: I think I’ll try and find some of their music too. I think I’d enjoy listening to them too.
S2: Have we finished? Would you like to fill in your notes and practise your speech now?
