2. Senior English for China Book One
Unit 11
The sounds of the world

3. Classical Rock Jazz Folk Pop hip-hop Country rap Pop Jazz
Light
hip-hop
Hip-hop
Country
rap
Rap
Pop
Music family
Jazz

8. Chinese or western?

9. Unit 11
Unit 11
The sounds of the world
The sounds of the world

10. Listen to the tape then answer the following questions.
1.How many kinds of music are talked about in the passage?
2.What are they ?
Six kinds of music.
blues rock jazz hip-hop rap
Latin music

11. 4 ( ) Santana is a well-known Latin music artist.
Read the passage again . Choose “ " if the sentence is true. Choose “ " if it is false.
1 ( ) There are only a few styles of music in the world.
is a wide variety
2 ( ) Blues is a new style of music.
music has a long history.
3 ( ) Hip-hop and rap are completely different from blues and rock.
They have much in common with blues & rock, but they also have their own characteristics.
4 ( ) Santana is a well-known Latin music artist.
5 ( ) Rappers sing the words to their music.
speak
6 ( ) There are many Spanish-speaking people in both North and South America.

12. I. Read the passage, then answer the following questions.
1 Where does blues music come from?
2 Why is Latin music so popular in the US? Is it popular in China?
The blues comes from African songs that people used to sing when they worked and during festivals.
Because there are many Spanish-speaking people in the US. It is not very popular in China.

13. Scanning Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph: Para1:
There is a world of music out there.
Para2:
Blues music has a long history.
Para3:
Today’s American music culture contains many
different styles.
Para4:
Latin Music has spread all over the world.
Para5:
There is a wide variety of new music to be discovered in every corner of the world.

14. Skimming Multiple Choice C C
1.Which of the following can be used as another title for the passage?
A. Blues, Jazz and Rock music.
B. Hip-hop music and Latin Music.
C. Different Styles of Music.
D. American Music
___ C
2.When American Music was combined with the songs sung by
African slaves,_______ was born?
A.Jazz music B. Rock music
C. Blues music D. Latin music
___ C

15. 3.Which of the following is the writer most likely to agree with?
A.American music is the best in the world.
B. Africans are better musicians than any other people
in the world.
C. it’s a good thing that there are so many different
styles of music.
D. We should choose one type of music and stick to it.
___ C

16. 4.Which of the following has the shortest history?
A.Jazz music B. Rock music
C. Blues music D. Hip-hop music
___ D
5.Why is Latin Music so called?
                           
A. Because it uses traditional styles from Latin America.
B. Because it is popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
C. Because it was born and developed in Spain.
D. Because the songs are sung in Latin.
___ A

17. Summary: rap jazz blues African music rock American music hip-hop
Latin music

18. Santana
Ricky Martin

19. Appreciation and Discussion
Which one do you like better and why ? (words,rhythm,emotion,style,theme, instrument,...?)
Do you think we should play more traditional music than modern music at school or more modern music than traditional music?

20. Thank You
                                                                
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