Unit 2 The universal language Project(1) Making a web page 课件（34张PPT）

(共34张PPT)
Read the article ‘From the blues to pop’ and find out as much information as possible about Western pop music. The following questions will help you to collect information.
What is this text mainly about?
It is about the history and development
of pop music.
How many periods can pop music be
divided into according to the writer?
Four periods. Early jazz, R&B, rock
and roll, and 1960s pop music.
Read this article carefully again,
and fill in each blank with no more than one word according to the text.
tended
popularity
appeared
From the blues to pop
Early jazz ●A kind of music was created by black musicians during the early part of the 19th century, and was named the blues because it (1) _______ to be sad.
●Despite its increasing (2) ________, the blues lacked variety and was too slow to dance to,so afterwards jazz (3) _________.
liberty
typical
From the blues to pop
Early jazz ●A kind of music was created by
●Louis Armstrong, one of the fathers of jazz, brought (4) _____ to his music, which was followed by other musicians.
●It is (5) _______ of jazz to be adapted while it is being played.
place
combination
From the blues to pop
From R
&B to
rock and
roll ●From the early 1930s to the early 1950s, R & B took the
(6) _____ of traditional jazz
gradually.
●R & B, a form of African-American music, was a(n) (7) ___________ of the fast pace of many kinds of jazz and the older blues sound.
influence
From the blues to pop
From R
&B to
rock
and roll ●Rock and roll, one particular style of R & B, became popular during the early 1950s.
●To avoid the (8) ________ of the prejudice and racial discrimination of the time, Sam Philips used white singers to bring rock music to white audiences.
supreme
copied
From the blues to pop
1960s pop
music ● The Beatles, considered as the (9) _______ rock and roll band of the 1960s, brought
Western pop music to audiences around the world.
● The Beatles were pioneers in many ways and their achievements have never been (10) ______ until now.
Find out the events that are related to the following time periods.
from the early
1930s to the early 1950s
during the 1950s
in the 1920s in the1940s
in 1954
From the early 1930s to the early
1950s
traditional jazz went into a gradual
decline, and was replace by rhythm
and blues, or R&B
One particular style of R & B
became popular — rock and roll.
During the 1950s
In the 1920s
Big Joe Turner started out performing
jazz.
In the 1940s
turn to R&B
In 1954
Elvis Presley made his first music
record for Philips
1960s pop music
1. Which band was the most successful
rock and roll band of the 1960s?
The Beatles.
2. What is “Beatlemania”?
The phenomenon that masses of fans of the Beatles would surround them, screaming and going crazy trying to see them.
__________ were the supreme rock
and roll band of the 1960s.
The Beatles make ____________
_____ popular around the world.
Wherever the Beatles went,
thousands of fans would surround
them.
The outline of this part:
The Beatles
music
western pop
You are going to research a singer or band and make a web page about the person or group. Use these questions to help you.
1. How do you think music has changed
over time?
2. What do you think was the most
popular music in the past?
3. How do you think music will develop
in the future?
4. Which singer or band have you
chosen to find out more about? Why
did you make that choice?
5. Where can you find out information
about the singer or band?
6. What do you need to find out about
the singer or band?
7. How will you organize the information
on the web page?
8. Who will do what in your group?
Prepare and collect information with your group member, and write a web page together. Present to us on the display wall.
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Who recorded the song “Shake,
Rattle and Roll”?
A. Louis Armstrong.?????
B. Sam Philips.????????????
C. The Beatles. ???????????
D. Big Joe Turner.
2. The text is mainly about _____.
A. what was the most popular music
in the past?????????
B. some famous Western musicians
in history
C. the development of Western pop
music?????????????????
D. how music will develop in the
future
1. During the early part of the 19th
century, black musicians used these
folk songs to create a kind of music
called the blues, because it had a
tendency to be very sad.?
在19世纪早期，黑人音乐家们根据这些
民歌创造了一种音乐形式叫“蓝调音
乐”，因为这种音乐往往比较忧伤。
句中to create a kind of music动词不定式
短语作___________。
【考例】I stopped the car _____ a short break as I was feeling tired.
A. take????????????????? B. taking?????????????????????
C. to take ???????????? D. taken
【点拨】句意：因为感到累了，我停下车休息了一小会儿。此处用动词不定式短语作目的状语，故选C项。
目的状语
2. While the blues was popular, as a
musical format it lacked variety and
was too sad and slow to dance to.
尽管蓝调音乐非常受欢迎，但作为一
种音乐形式，它缺少变化，而且太伤
感、节奏太慢，不适合跳舞时伴奏。
句中while引导______________, 主句中使用了too…to…结构。句尾dance to中，to用作介词，表示“伴随……的节奏”。
让步状语从句
3. From the early 1930s to the early
1950s, traditional jazz went into a
gradual decline, and was replaced
by a new musical trend known as
rhythm and blues...
从20世纪30年代初期到20世纪50年
代初期，传统的爵士乐渐渐走向没
落，被一种叫做节奏蓝调，……
decline可用作动词和名词：
(1) 用作动词时，有两种含义。
作不及物动词，意为“下降，减少，衰
落，接近尾声”等；
e.g. Spending on information
technology _____________.
在信息技术上的花费已经减少。
has declined
This shows their economy___________.
这说明他们的经济正在衰退。
After the war, the city __________in
importance.
战争之后，这个城市的重要性降低了。
is declining
declined
作及物动词，意为“婉言拒绝”。常用结
构为：decline sth. , decline to do sth.
e.g. She _________their invitation.
她谢绝了他们的邀请。
declined
(2) 用作名词，意为“下降，减少，衰
落”等。
e.g. There is a _______in real wages.
实际工资有所减少。
We are studying the ________of
ancient Rome.
我们在研究古罗马的衰落。
decline
decline
常用结构：
go into (a) decline/ fall into decline
开始衰落
on the decline / in decline
走下坡路，在衰退中
请用decline翻译下面的句子。
1. 公司报告其利润有所减少。
The company reported a small decline in its profits.
2. 欧洲一些国家的人口正在减少。
The population in some European
countries is on the / in decline.
1. Do Parts B1 and B2 on page 108 of the workbook.
2. Do Parts D1 and D2 on page 110.
3. Read Part A on page 112 and finish
Part B.