Unit 3 Powerful Music 巴南区 重庆市第 34 中学 刘涛

Step 1 Watch a video “ Take Me Home, Country Road ” 播放 John Denver\Youku Files\download\Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver 英文字幕.flv 视频

Step 2 Read the lyrics of the song “ Take Me Home, Country Road ” sung by John Denver and try to understand what the song tries to express.

Take Me Home, Country Roads Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees, Younger than the mountains, Blowing like a breeze.

(CHORUS) Country roads, take me home, To the place, I belong, West Virginia, Mountain mamma, Take me home, country roads

All my memories gather ’ round her, Miner ’ s lady, stranger to blue water. Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, Misty taste of moonshine, Teardrops in my eye.

I hear her voice in the morning hours she calls me. The radio reminds me of my home far away. And driving down the road I get a feeling. That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Think of the following questions first and then write your understanding of the song by completing the following sentences. 1)What do you think of the song? 2) What is the main idea of the song? 3) What does the song try to express? 4) Why do you like/dislike it?

Step 3 Classify the discussion, which can be used for comment on a song. General comment on the song: wonderful, sad, happy … Main idea of the song: show love, happiness … for Identify the main idea: some lyrics, such as “…” are used to express … The style of the music: simple, relaxed, lively … Attitude to the song: remind … of …, make sb +adj …

Step 4 Practice: I think the song is really___________________. It mainly shows the singer's ______________ for_________. In the lyrics, words such as _________________________________________ _____________________________________ and _________________________________________ are used to express the singer's feeling. The style of the music is_____. I would like to listen to this song when ___________________because ________________________________________. wonderful and moving feeling and his love his home “ country roads, take me home ”, ” teardrops in my eye “ “ The radio reminds me of my home far away ” “ I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday ” simple I am away from home it reminds me of my lovely hometown.

【写作指导】 写歌曲评价首先要了解该歌曲的旋 律、歌词的含义、特点、歌曲的主题 思想、风格以及它要表达的情感。具 体写作可分为： 第一、 概括对这首歌的总体看法。 第二、 这首歌主要描述什么。 第三、 这首歌的主题是什么、风格是 什么。 第四、 最后写出你的感受

Step 5 Watch a video “ Edelweiss ” and fill in the following table according to their knowing about “ Edelweiss ”. Require the Ss to write a comment about it. Name General comment on the song Main idea of the song Identify the main idea The style of the music Attitude to the song 播放 John Denver\Youku Files\download\ 雪绒花－－英文版.flv 视频

Step 6 Let the Ss work in pairs and then ask two Ss to read aloud their compositions to the class. Step 7 Choose two typical compositions and project them on the big screen.

Homework write a comment about a song that the Ss can choose by themselves

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