Unit5lesson3ExperimentinFolkObjectives■Topractisethevocabularyrelatingtomusic.■Toreadandunderstandanewspaperarticle.■Toexpressopinionsandgivereasonsforthem.■Topractiseusingadverbialclausesofcause,resultandpurposewithbecause,as,since,sothatandso/such…that.■Todistinguishbetweenbecauseandbecauseofandpractiseusingthemcorrectly.ResourceusedtheInternet,Cassette,GrammarSummary4,Mini-Grammar4Possibleproblems■Studentsmayhaveproblemsdistinguishingbetweenbecauseandbecauseof.■SomestudentsmayfeellessconfidentinexpressingtheirownopinionsorallyandgivingreasonsinEnglishthanotherstudents.BackgroundKongXiangdong,afamousChinesenameinthemusicworld,isoneofthemostsuccessfulyoungpianistsintheworld.KongXiangdonghasperformedinmorethan40countriesandhasreceivednumerousprizes,includingthefirstprizeandfourotherspecialprizesatthe1992SydneyInternationalCompetitionofAustralia.HeistheyoungestprizewinnereverinbothMoscow’s1986TchaikovskyInternationalCompetitionandSpain’s1987SantanderInternationalCompetitionandisalsotheonlyChinesepianistwinningtwogoldmedalsatinternationalcompetitions.Helovesthepiano,andheloveshishomeland.Therefore,hebecamethebestpianistoftheHuangheRiverPianoConcerto.InHongKong,thesalesofhislaserdisc,YellowRiverPianoConcertohavereachedabout100,000andhaveearnedhimaPlatinumRecord.IntheUS,he’sthefirstAsianpianisttosignacontractwiththeBMG/RCArecordcompany.Infaceofalltheseachievements,Kongneverforgetshismotherandhisteacher,FanDalei,fromwhombothKongXiangdonghasbenefitedalot.Routesthroughthematerial■Ifyouareshortoftime,omitExercise8and9.■Ifyouhavetime,doOptionsactivity.■Ifyouhavetwoperiodsforalesson,asuitablenaturalbreakisafterExercise4.LanguagePower:pages70?C71.Mini-Grammar:4BeforeyoustartExercise1KeyWordsclassical,folk,jazz,traditional,pop,rock’n’roll■ReadthroughtheKeyWordswiththeclass.■Askstudentstotalkaboutdifferentkindsofmusicandfamousmusiciansrelatingtothekindofmusic—-encouragethemtosayasmuchaspossibleandtogivetheir用心爱心专心115号编辑opinions.Example:KongXiangdongisaworld-famouspianist.Heplaysnotonlyclassicalmusic,butfolkaswell.■ElicitinformationaboutKongXiangdongfromstudentstoarousetheirinterestinhim.ShowsomephotosofKongXiangdongtostudentsifnecessary.ReadtolearnExercise2■Askstudenttoskimthetitle,thepictureandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphtogetthegeneralideaofthetext.■Studentsreadthroughthequestionsfirstandguessthepossibleanswers.Thenaskthemtoscanthetextfortheanswersandtakenotesifnecessary.■Studentscomparetheiranswersinpairsbeforecheckingthemasaclass.Answers1Heismostfamousforclassicalmusic.2HebecametheyoungestprizewinnerinMoscow’sTchaikovskyInternationalCompetition.3Heshavedoffhishairtoshowthathismusicstylewasnew,justlikehisnewhairstyle.Exercise3■Studentsreadthetextagaintochecktheiranswersandfurtherunderstandthetext.Matchthebeginningstotheendingsthen.Answers1b2c3a■Studentscoverthetextandinpairs,talkaboutKongXiangdong,seeinghowmuchtheycanrememberfromthetext.■Encouragestudentstoexchangeideasabouthowtheytackledthetask—-didtheyreadthewholetextagainfromthebeginning?Whatcluesdidtheyuse,e.g.thequestionsinExercise2?thecombinedsentencesinExercise3?thenotestheyhavemade?...AskstudentswhatstrategiestheywoulduseforasimilartalkwithatextinChinese.Exercise4■Ingroups,studentsroleplayinterviewersandintervieweesaboutmusictofindouttheirpreferencesandtheirreasons.■Chooseoneortwo...
