Lesson 4 Let’s Dance

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Warming up: Can you name them? ballet dragon dance waltz tangohip-hop dance square dance

Words Related to Dancing  Disco  Classical ballet  Chinese folk dance  Walts  Breakdancing beautiful loud noisy fast traditional popular exciting

Listen to the music extracts and identify the dances in the box. disco, classical ballet, waltz, Chinese folk dance, breakdance Task 1 listening

Chinese folk dance

classical ballet

waltz

disco

breakdance

1.Match the following words from the text with their definitions: 1) ordinary a. jump lightly or quickly 2) unique b. not unusual or special in any way 3) skip c. people in a group or country of a similar age, experiences or attitudes 4) generation d. forwards and backwards 5) back and forth e. having no like or equal; being the only one of its sort Vocabulary

2. Fill in the blanks with the missing words. 1) Grandfathers, fathers and sons belong to three different __________( 代 ). 2) The book describes the way of life of the _________ （普通的） people of Mexico. 3) That building is ________ （唯一的） because all the others like it were destroyed. 4) How do you feel when the late comers walk __________ （来回） in front of you in a cinema? 5) He ______ （跳过） the dull part of the book to read the exciting part. generations ordinary unique back and forth skipped

Please read this passage quietly and quickly, trying to guess where it is from. (1) a traditional encyclopedia (2) a magazine (3) a newspaper (4) CD ROM encyclopedia

Reading Strategies: --- making contextual connections( 利用语境，联系上下 文 ) 1. Read the text to get a general idea. 2. Look at the missing sentences and read the paragraphs with gaps in detail. 3. Choose the missing sentence, a) to e), from the list. Make sure the topic of the sentence matches the topic of the paragraph. 4. Make sure that the sentence fits in with the sentences before and after it. Look for time references, pronoun references or contrasting ideas. topic time referencespronounreferences

a) b) c) d) e) In the mid-1980s, breakdancing became popular. They are easy to learn and are usually danced in couples. Other kinds of folk dances are the sword dance and the colouful peacock dance. One of the most famous ballets is called “ Swan Lake”. In the 1960s, people danced without touching their partner. Task 2 Fast Reading topic, pronoun, time

Task 3 Careful Reading Can you find out the origin( 起源 ), features( 特色 ) and famous examples for each dance mentioned in the text? Ballet Folk Dance Popular Dance How many topics are there in the passage?

Ballet Origin ( 起源 ) began in _________________ during the _______ century Features ( 特色 ) tells a story with ___________________ but no ___________ Examples 1.__________ 2._________________ 3.____________________ Italy and France 15th music and actions words Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty The White-haired Girl

Folk Dance Origincome from ________________ Features ____________ styles of dancing, _____________ dances taught from one _____________ to another Examples 1._________________ 2.__________________ 3.__________________ 4._________________ 5.__________________ traditional group generation the dragon dance the lion dance the sword dance the peacock dance ordinary people the Yangge

Popular Dance Origincome from ____________ Features popular for a _______ time, ______ to learn, danced in ____________ Examples 1.___________________ 2. ________________________ 3.___________________ 4.___________________ 5.___________________ 6.___________________ folk dances short easy couples tap dancing rock ‘n’ roll dances disco break dance the Tango the Cha-Cha

1. Ballet is an important art form in Western culture. 2. China has not produced any ballets. 3. Folk dances are usually solo ( 独个 ) dances. 4. Dragon dances and the lion dances are folk dances in China. T F F T True or False ever some group

5. Popular or social dances are usually popular for a long time. 6. Ballroom dancing was a formal dance in a large room. 7.In the United States,there only old forms of dance. F T F short not only

Ballet Ballet began in Italy and France during __________________and is still an important ____ ______in Western culture and it tells a story with ______ and ________ but no_________. Folk dances Folk dances are traditional styles of dances coming from ___________ people. They are usually group dances that are taught from one _____________ to____________. Popular dances Popular dances often come from ________ dances. They were popular, including ballroom dances, Rock ’n’ roll, the Tango, the Cha-cha, disco and so on. the 15th century artform music actions words ordinary generationanother folk Task 4 Retelling

 Do you think it is necessary to open a dance lesson in our school?  If opened,what dance would you like to learn? Discussion (pair work)

In my opinion/ For my point of view, As far as I am concerned... I think /don't think it is necessary... Because it is.... interesting, relax, take exercise, make friends... waste time, waste energy, difficult...

Homework Write a brief introduction to the type and history of a dance, using the words and phrases learned in this unit.

Thank you!