1、阅读unitreading2 徐 州 工 程 学 院 教 案 年至 年 第 学期 第 周 星期 Unit 2 Music 课题名称（含教材章节）： to understand the cultural background of folk music, Rock “n” Roll 教学目的和要求：and Soul, disco and rap; to master the reading skill: Finding the main idea; to learn about the history of music; finding the main idea; history of mus
2、ic 教学重点： three levels of listening to music: sensuous level, expressive level and 教学难点： music level 教 学 内 容 （ 要 点 ） Text I: A History of Music in America Text II: Listening to Music 1 徐 州 工 程 学 院 教 案 纸 Part I: Background information: the types of music 】 拉丁音乐【Latin Music 】 雷鬼音乐【Reggae Music 】 /说唱音乐【
3、Hip-Hop&Rap Music嘻哈 】 古典音乐【Classical Music 】 器乐演奏【Instrumental Music 】 成人声乐【Adult Vocals 】 童生声乐【Children Vocals 歌剧【Opera】 流行音乐【Pop Music】 澳洲流行音乐【Australian Pop Music】 南美流行音乐【South American Pop Music】 欧洲流行音乐【European Pop Music】 日韩流行音乐【Janpanese&Korean Pop Music】 非洲流行音乐【African Pop Music】 North Americ
4、an Pop Music】北美流行音乐【 South Asian Pop Music】南亚流行音乐【 Chinese Pop Music】华语流行音乐【 Other Genre】其他类别【 KaraOK】ok【Music Video、MV、卡拉 】 卡拉OK【KaraOK 】 MV【Music Video 】 影视音乐【Movie&TV Soundtrack 】 电视原声【TV Soundtrack 】 电影原声【Movie Soundtrack 】 动漫音乐【Comic Cartoon Music 儿歌、胎教【Childrens】 民族音乐【National Music】 中国民族乐曲【Ch
5、inese National Instrumental】 Chinese National】中国民族歌曲【 Electronic Music】电子乐【 Easy Listening Music】轻音乐【 】 世界音乐【World Music 】 新世纪音乐【New Age Music 】 摇滚乐【RocknRoll Brit RocknRoll英式摇滚【】 金属乐【Metal Music】 Pioneer/Folk Music】先锋/民族民谣【 】 独立音乐【Indie Music 】 另类摇滚【Alternative Pioneer/Experiment Instrumental Music
6、】实验器乐【先锋/ 】 视觉摇滚【Vision RocknRoll 】歌特【另类/Alternative / Gothic 2 朋克/新浪潮【Punk&New Wave Music】 民谣【Folk】 乡村音乐【Country Music】 节奏布鲁斯【R&B】 爵士蓝调【Jazz&Blues】 爵士乐【Jazz Music】 游戏音乐【Game Music】 宗教音乐【Religious Music】 Part II: Text learning A History of Music in America Text A: Pre-reading questions for discussio
7、n: Music is quite popular with students. What do you usually look for when you listen to music? While-reading: Text Structure: 1) Country and folk music What is the Hillbillies? The people living in the Appalachian Mountains are sometimes called “Hillbillies” The first settlers there came from the B
8、ritish Isles and they brought their folk music with them. This music, mixed with the blues, became hillbilly music. 2) Rock n roll The 1950s were an exciting time for music in America. In the early 50s slow romantic songs were still popular. 3) Soul, disco and rap Popular black music had a strong be
9、at for dancing. At first this music was called rhythm and blues. By the 1960s it was called soul. In the 1970s a new dance music became popular-disco. Disco is a kind of soul music, often with Latin rhythms. In the 1980s a number of black musicians became superstars. 4) New and old By the 1970s rock
10、 music had become complex, with long guitar passages. In the 1970s and 1980s new discoveries changed the way we listened to music. With a walkman people could take music with them. In 1981 a new TV station MTV, was started. In 1980s, was a time of new trends, but more traditional rock music also con
11、tinued to be important. Many musicians and music fans became concerned about many problems in the world. the history of music: 1) 1920s country music (How did it become popular?) The first settlers in the Appalachian Mountains coming from British 3 Isles brought their folk music with them. This musi
12、c, mixed with the blues, became hillbilly music. Later, as hillbilly music became more popular, it was called country music. The features of country music Country songs are often sad stories of love and broken hearts. Farmers and workers loved country music and it became the music of the working peo
13、ple. 2) 1930s. Folk songs During the 1930s American had many economic problems. Workers expressed their troubles in the folk music of the time. Folk songs are like country songs but they are more traditional and more serious. Along with the topic of love, they also tell about the lives of ordinary p
14、eople. 3)1950s Folk music “We shall overcome” Rock n roll In America, the economic problems of the 30s and the war of the 40s were over. A new group of people became importantteenagers. Although slow romantic songs were still popular, teenagers wanted dance music with a good beat. So R&B became popu
15、lar. Rock and roll music: strong dance beat, loud and fast, electric guitar. 4) 1960s Folk music Many people were against the war in Vietnam. Anti-war songs were popular at that time. Folk music continued to be the most political of all music in America. Soul: it was once called rhythm and blues. Ha
16、s a strong beat for dancing. 5) 1970s: Disco A new dance music, on records (discs), not live. Punk and new wave: loud, simple but with a strong beat. 6) 1980s Rap and rap music Pap is a skillful fast street talk, with a strong rhythm. When rap talking is combined with music it is called rap music. M
17、TV Topics for discussion/Questions for thought 1. Give us an example to show that some music lovers abuse the first level in listening. 2. How close should the music lover wish to determine a meaning of any particular work? 3. Who is considered greater composer according to the author, Tchaikovsky or Beethoven? And why? Text B: Reading Tastes and Habits To ask student to read through the passage as quick as possible and get the main idea of it 4 Part III: Fasting Reading To ask student to read through the passages in this section in limited time and do exercises Homework: fast reading 5 6
