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课件网) Welcome to the unit and Reading Understanding culture through music Unit 2 The universal language In this lesson, you are going to: get to know various musical instruments； give a brief introduction to Butterfly Lovers and country music; realize music help understand culture. Lead-in Read the posters below about two musical instruments and the musicians, and answer the following questions. Pipa Piano Violin Suona Saxophone Erhu Flute Cucurbit flute 1. What other musical instruments do you know about 2. How do you feel after listening to the two pieces of music？ peaceful, relaxed… energetic, uplifting, joyful… Music is universal. Let’s understand culture through music. Pre-reading What do you think the text will talk about according to the title and pictures I think Butterfly Lovers in the first email may refer to a famous musical piece in China, which is based on a Chinese legend about two lovers. The email may contain information of the music the writer heard and her feelings. What she learnt about Chinese culture through the music would also be included. The second email about “Country music”, a type of music popular in America, may contain the writer’s experiences of listening to different types of country music. It could include his opinions and feelings as well as what it taught him about American culture. Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas 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 While-reading 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. 3．The emails mainly tell us _____. A．the love in Butterfly Lovers is moving B．country music is popular for most of people C．music is the universal language；we can understand culture through it D．the music in Butterfly Lovers differs with the plots of the performance √ 4．Fill in the blanks. Email 1：Understand (1)_____ culture through (2)_____. Email 2：Understand (3)_____ culture through (4)_____. 5．How do Alice and Harry introduce the music from another culture Fill in the blanks with the words in the box below. Alice (Email 1)：_____＋_____ Harry (Email 2)：_____＋_____ Chinese Butterfly Lovers American country music story feelings background examples story background feelings examples Activity 2 Careful-reading for details Ⅰ. Read Alice’s email and complete the chart below. Name 1. Butterf ... ...
