(
课件网) Unit 2 The universal language Reading Listen and guess what are the musical instruments violin pipa erhu piano What information do you think the two emails contain according to the subjects Email 1: Understand _____ culture through _____ Email 2: Understand _____ culture through _____ Chinese Butterfly Lovers Western country music Prediction Guidance & Exploration Alice's email Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 The story and music of Butterfly Lovers work well together. Butterfly Lovers illustrates how wonderfully story and musical elements can mix. I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night. Fast reading Read the first email and match the main ideas. Task 1:Brief introduction to Butterfly Lovers. Detailed reading Composer: Instruments: Theme Who: What: He Zhanhao and Chen Gang. Violin. A classic story about a young couple torn apart by their families. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Zhu’s father Para.1-2 Ending The couple transform into butterflies and fly away to be together forever. Climax The lovers are separated by Zhu’s father. Liang falls sick and dies. Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into his grave. Development The two lovers spend three happy years at school together. Beginning The two lovers first meet. Task 2：Read and tell the plot of Butterfly Lovers Para.2 Task 3:Read paragraph 2 and fill in the table. The plot Characteristics of the music Atmosphere created by the music The two lovers first meet. They spend three years at school. They are separated; Liang falls sick and dies; Zhu weeps bitterly and jumps into Liang’s grave. The couple transform into butterflies and fly away to be together forever.. Light and pleasant as if whispering to audience Fast and cheerful happy Dramatic with heavier notes Angry and sad Take a softer turn and end on a bittersweet note exciting Task 4:What does Butterfly Lovers combine What do you think of this combination Para.3 violin Yue Opera Butterfly Lovers Music is indeed a universal language. Western instruments Chinese opera combination Guidance & Exploration Harry's email Read the second email and fill in the following mind map . Country music History born out of blues and folk music became popular: time: _____ place: _____ Examples The musician: _____ The song: _____ Characteristics tunes: _____ lyrics: _____ themes: hardship, heartbreak and hope The typical instrument(s) _____ in the 1940s in the south of America the guitar easy to sing deep in thought John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Fast reading Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River Life is old there, Older than the trees Younger than the mountains, Growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Take me home, country roads Appreciation A．To prove John Denver’s music can make you feel like you’re there. B．To prove country music shows the peaceful green fields an ... ...
