1. 英语教学课件
高二（下）

2. The universal language
Unit 2
The universal language
Project

3. Making a web page

4. Discuss these questions.
What king of music do you like best? Why?
Do you know about pop music? Do you like pop music?
Look at the following pictures and
discuss them.

5. Louis Armstrong

6. Big bands

7. Big Joe Turner

8. Elvis Presley

9. The Beatles

10. Step 1 Read the text quickly and answer these questions
1. What is this text mainly about?
the development of pop music

11. 2. What was one of the most important instruments used in jazz?
the trumpet
3. Who is considered as one of the founding fathers of jazz?
Louis Armstrong.

12. Trumpet

13. 4. What is the difference between swing music and traditional jazz?
Swing music is faster than traditional jazz and have a sort of swinging feel to the music.

14. 5. Who is considered as one of the pioneers of rock and roll?
Big Joe Turner.
6. Which band was the most successful rock and roll band of the 1960s?
the Beatles.

15. Step 2 Fill in the blanks below.
Jazz began in ________.
It came from the blues, the folk songs of ____________________.
Jazz is _________________ than blues.
______________, who could adapt the music while playing and brought the liberty to
the USA
American black slaves
faster and livelier
Louis Armstrong

16. his music, is seen as one of the fathers of jazz.
One of the major characteristics of jazz is
_________________________________________ __________________________________________
changing the music while it is being played to reflect the singer’s feelings.

17. _____________, a black American singer, is thought to be one of the pioneers of rock and roll.
Sam Philips, a music promoter from Memphis, Tennessee, found that a white man named ___________ could sing like a black man.
Big Joe Turner
Elvis Presley

18. western
The Beatles helped make _______ _________ popular around the world.
Wherever the Beatles went, large numbers of fans would welcome them.
pop music

19. Step 3 Fill in the chart below.
time periods
events
from the early 1930s to the early 1950s
by 1949
traditional jazz went into a bit of a decline and was replace by swing
the start of a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues, or R&B, had arisen as a kind of mixture of jazz and swing

20. During the 1950s
In the 1930s
R&B changed modern music further and led to what we known as rock and roll.
Big Joe Turner started out performing with swing bands

21. In 1951
In 1954
Big Joe Turner released the very first rock and roll song called “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
Elvis Presley made his first music recording for Philips’ record company

22. Language Points

23. From the early 1930s to the early 1950s,
traditional jazz went into a gradual decline.
从20世纪30年代早期到20世纪50年代早期，传
统的爵士乐逐渐没落了。
decline verb [I] to gradually become less,
worse, or lower: 减少，衰退
decline verb [I or T] to refuse: 拒绝
I invited him to the meeting but he declined.
[+ to infinitive]
They declined to tell me how they had got my
address.

24. 2. However, even though they broke up in 1970,
no group since has ever come close to being as
popular or selling as many records.
break sth. up phrasal verb to divide into many
pieces, or to divide something into many pieces: 分裂
break 常用短语：
break out (START) phrasal verb : (灾难等)突
然爆发；解散；结束；放假
break out (ESCAPE) phrasal verb to escape
from prison:
break through sth. phrasal verb to force yourself

25. through something that is holding you back: 突破
break away phrasal verb to leave or to escape from someone who is holding you: 挣脱, 摆脱
break down phrasal verb If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working: (机器等)出故障
If a system, relationship or discussion breaks down, it fails because there is a problem or disagreement. (谈判等)失败
to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry: 崩溃

26. break in/break into sth. phrasal verb
to get into a building or car using force, usually to steal something: 强行闯入
My car’s been broken into twice this month.
break in phrasal verb
to interrupt when someone else is talking: 插嘴
break into sth. phrasal verb
to suddenly begin to do something: 突然爆发
break sth. off phrasal verb
to separate a part from a larger piece, or to become separate: 折断
to end a relationship: 中断

27. Homework
Use the information collected to make a webpage after class and present them to the class on the display wall.