Unit11ThesoundsoftheworldⅠ.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitThemaintopicofthisunitismusic.Allthelanguagematerialsandexercisesarebasedonit.AtThebeginning,thestudentscanhearandenjoyfourdifferentpiecesofmusicfromdifferentregionsintheworld.Thentheycanhearsomesongs.Thestudent’sinterestsinmusiccanbeimprovedandtheirappreciatingabilitycanbeimproved.Thestudentscanalsolearnmoreaboutmusicbycommunicatingeachotheraswellspracticingthesentencepatternsabouthowtoaskforadviceandgiveopinions.Thetextsofthisunitshowusdifferentkindsofmusic,suchastheblues,rock,hip-rapandLatinmusic.Todothiscanenlargethestudents’knowledgeaboutmusicandhavethemunderstandthatmusiciseverywhereinourdailylife.Soitistruethatmusicisourpubliclanguage.AftertheygothroughthePre-reading.ReadingandPost-reading,thestudentscannotonlylearnmuchaboutmusicbutalsolearnquiteafewusefulwordsandexpressions.Inaddition,therearesomeexercisesaboutvocabularyandgrammar.SothestudentscanlearnsomethingaboutandreviewingthetransformationfromDirectSpeechtoIndirectSpeechandviceversa.Attheendofthisunit,thestudentsarerequiredtowriteanarticle,comparingtraditionalChinesemusicandmodernmusic.Overall,thestudentscanfullyimprovetheirabilitytolisten,Speak,readandwriteandlearnplentyofusefulwordsandexpressions.Ⅱ.TeachingAimsandDemandsCategoryContentsbasedonthenewcoursestandardTopics1.Talkaboutdifferentkindsofmusic2.Askforsuggestionsandgiveadvice3.Talkaboutfamousmusicians4.ComparemodernandtraditionalmusicFunctionsAskingforsuggestionsandgivingadviceWhatcanwesuggest?Maybewecould…CanIaskyouforsomeadvice?Isuggest(that)…Canyouhelpmedecide…?Maybeitwouldbebetterto…That’sagoodidea.Well,butwhatabout…?Haveyouconsideringdoing…?WordsandExpressionsSuggestionmusicalinstrumentperformperformerbluescharacteristicslavejazzcontaintraditionalspreadvarietyuniversalfolkguitarrecordsatisfyinnerdesireemotionprocessmusiciantotallyexpressintelligencechantincommonturn…intoGrammarReviewingthePassivevoiceofalltenses用心爱心专心1.PassiveVoiceofthePresentIndefiniteTheclassroomiscleanedeveryday.2.PassiveVoiceofthePresentContinuousTheplansisbeingwatered.3.PassiveVoiceofthePresentPerfectThedoorwaslocked(bytheboy).5.PassiveVoiceofthePastContinuousThemealswerebeingserved.6.PassiveVoiceofthePastPerfectOver10songshadbeenlearned(byus)bytheendoflastweek.7.PassiveVoiceoftheFutureIndefiniteAlectureonbirdswillbegiven.Ⅲ.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsⅣ.BackgroundInformation1.MusicMusicformsanimportantpartofmanyculturalandsocialactivities.Peopleusemusictoexpressfeelingsandideas.Musicalsoservestoentertainandrelax.Musicisaperformingart.Itdiffersfromsuchartsaspaintingandpoetry,inwhichartistscreateworksandthendisplayorpublishthem.Musiccomposersneedmusicianstoexplainthemeaningoftheirworksandperformit.Thus,musicalperformancesarepartnershipsbetweencomposersandperformers.Musicisoneoftheoldestarts.Peopleevenstartedtosingbeforelanguagedeveloped.Huntingtoolsstrucktogethermayhavebeenthefirstmusicalinstruments.Byabout10000B.C.,peoplehaddiscoveredhowtomakeflutesoutofhollowbones.Manyancientpeoples,includingtheEgyptians,Chinese,andBabylonians,andthepeoplesofIndia,usedmusicincourtandreligiousceremonies.Thefirstwrittenmusicdatesfromabout2500B.C.Classicalmusic,alsocalledartmusic,iscomposedaccordingtocertainrulesandperformedbymusiciansfromwrittenmusic.Itincludessymphoniesandmusicforoperaandballetclassicalcomposershavewrit...
