英语泛读unit 2

genre:['ʒɒ̃rə] particular style or kind,
especially of works of art or literature grouped according to their form or subject matter
我最喜欢的音乐种类是蓝调。 My favorite music genre is blues. 这部电影是什么风格?喜剧还是悲剧? What genre does the movie fall into--comedy or tragedy?
Cultural Notes
country music
folk music
Country music
Popular music based on the folk style of the southern rural United States or on the music of cowboys in the American West. Also called country and western 乡村音乐：基于美国南部乡村风格上的流行 音乐或基于美国西部牛仔的音乐的流行音乐, 也作 country and western
民间音乐：起源于一个国家或地区普 通人中的音乐，通常以相当多的变化 形式用口头传播或传述出去
Woody Guthrie
(July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children’s songs, ballads民谣 and improvised即兴创作 works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His bestknown song is “This Land Is Your Land”. Many of his recorded songs are archived存档 in the Library of Congress. Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence.
Word pretest
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regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements
Stress and rhythm are important in speaking English. 说英语时，重音和节奏是很重要的。 The rhythm of her heart beating is normal. 她的心跳节律是正常的。 It is said that the rhythm of tides is affected by the moon. 据说潮汐的涨落受月亮的影响。
e.g. Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?
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[v.] [intransitive and transitive] to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side, or to make something do this
1. The development of country and folk music
Hillbilly music (Appalachian people) Country music 1920s (music of working people) Folk songs in 1930s Folk music became popular again in 1950s Folk music continued to be the most political in 1960s
Classification of country music
Early Country 早期乡村乐 Cowboy 牛仔音乐 Western Swing 西部摇摆 Blue Grass 兰草音乐 Rockabilly 乡土摇滚 The Nashville Sound 纳什维尔之声 Country-rock 乡村摇滚 Outlaw 叛道运动 New Traditional Country 新传统主义 New Country 新乡村音乐
1. Who brought the folk music? 2. Are country music sad or happy? 3. What do folk songs mainly talk about? 4. Who is the king of rock and roll? Why did he become popular at that time? 5. What are the names of popular black music? 6. What’s the character of Punk?
Part4. (Para. 15-18): the cultural background of New and old
Part5. (Para. 19-22):music of today
Structure
Chronological order 时间次序 (music history) 1. country and folk music 2. rock’n’roll 3. soul, disco and rap 4. new and old 5. music of today
a slow sad style of music that came from the Southern US. rhythm and blues [uncountable] R & B (=a type of popular music) the blues: feelings or sadness e.g. A lot of women get the blues after the baby is born.
Structure
Part 1. (Para. 1-6): the cultural background of country and folk music Part 2. (Para. 7-9): the cultural background of Rock “n” Roll Part3. (Para. 10-14): the cultural background of Soul, disco and rap
Folk music
Music originating among the common people of a nation or region and spread about or passed down orally, often with considerable variation.
out of the blue: informal if something happens out of the blue, it is very unexpected出乎意料地
a bolt from/out of the blue: news that is sudden and unexpected
Unit 2 Music
Pre-reading questions
1. Do you like listen to music? 2.What kind of music do you like?
Lead-in questions
3. When will you listen to music? What can music bring to you? 4. Young people today know a great deal about pop music and pop singer, but relatively they know less about classical music, Chinese or Western. How do you account for this?
Main idea: The different types of music are closely related with the development of society.
Skim the text in 3 minutes and answer the following questions.
Do the reading comprehension exercise on page 23.
Survey the whole unit quickly to find out the topic and the main idea in each text.
The topic:
Music
e.g. The waves rocked the boat from side to side.
[u.n.] also rock music, a type of popular modern music with a strong loud beat, played using guitars and drums. rock band/group
Themes in country music
Love Cowboy Happiness-seeking The living style of countryside Regional pride Family God Nation
到底什么是乡村音乐？
著名乡村歌手肯尼· 罗杰斯（Kenny Rogers）对于这个问题的回答是："乡村音 乐就是乡下人买的一切音乐。“ 一句简单地回答完美的解释了全体乡村音乐 家的心声，即：什么是乡村音乐并不重要， 重要的是如何让乡村听众感受到不同的、既 新鲜又熟悉的乡村生活体验。
Classification of country music
Country blues Country rock
Country pop Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter, and actress. In 2006, she released her debut首张 single “Tim McGraw”, then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified Platinum 白金 several times by the Recording Industry Association of America. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks; no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Fearless earned the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2010.