Unit 14 Section B Teaching Design

Unit 14 Section B Teaching DesignGoalsTo learn to use Present perfect with already and yet structuresTo listen, talk and read about musicProceduresWarming up by listening to music by a musical bandIn music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising off of a musical arrangement.Now let’s listen to a piece of sad music by a Blind Men Band from Zuoquan，Shanxi Province. The chief blind man musician is Liu Hongquan. He is playing on his ehu.1 Answering questionsWhat are the things that the band has already done? Now listen to the recording and check thelook for examples of “Present perfect with already and yet”structure. Circle and understand them.2c Doing pairworkWhat is your favorite band? Now in pairs ask and answerOn page 114 is an article about the New Ocean Waves! Read it!While reading circle the things that the New Ocean Waves haveY ou3b Completing a reviewOn page 114 is an unfinished review about Apple Ice Cream. Read it and complete it usingWhat’s your favorite band?A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section.The rhythm section of a jazz band consists of the drums, bass, and usually at least one instrument capable of playing chords, such as a piano or guitar. The rhythm section is the foundation for the band; it sets the feel for the piece.The horn section consists of wind instruments, which play the melody and main accompaniment. Typical horns found in a big jazz band include 4 trumpets, saxophones (2 altos, 2 tenors, and a baritone), and 4 trombones and a bass trombone. The saxophones may also double on flute and clarinet and the trumpets on flugelhorn.SELF CHECK1 Filling blanksTo test our learning of grammar, let’s go to page 115. First we do the test number 1, filling in theOn page 115 in the middle on the left is a conversation between Sue and Jerry. Read it and make aRead the song words and listen to the song called:《Moon river》Moon river wider than a mileI'm crossing you in style some dayOld dream maker, your heart breakerWherever you're goingI'm going your wayTwo drifters off to see the worldThere's such a lot of world to seeWe're after the same rainbow's endWaiting round the bendMy huckleberry friendsMoon river and meReading: He’s already visited the place where his ancestors lived.Before you read, listen to the recording, for the forms and for the meanings.Part 2: T eaching Resources (第二部分：教学资源)I. What is music?Music is the art of making sound by human voice or special musical instruments like violin, oboe, trumpet, drum and so on.In music, sounds are arranged in time to give a pleasing result. There are many different kinds of music.Music is written using note symbols on a staff, which is a group of horizontal lines. The linewhich a note is written on shows what pitch it is. The notes are separated into measures using vertical lines on the staff.II. What is a song?A song is a piece of music which has words in. Old Macdonald had a Farm is a song.Songs can be made in many ways. Some people form bands which write and record songs to make money from it. Other songs are folk songs, which are songs created by people long ago and have been sung as tradition in many countries. Some people also make parodies of songs, which is changing the words of the song but keeping the tune. Parodies are usually made to make fun of a song or it's writer/singer.III. Origins and CharacteristicsChinese music can be traced back as far as the third millennium B.C. Manuscripts and instruments from the early periods of its history are not extant, however, because in 212 B.C., Shih Huang-ti of the Ch'in dynasty caused all the books and instruments to be destroyed and the practice of music to be stopped. Certain outlines of ancient Chinese music have nevertheless been ascertained. Of primary significance is the fact that the music and philosophy of China have always been inseparably bound; musical theory and form have been invariably symbolic in nature and remarkably stable through the ages. Ancient Chinese hymns were slow and solemn and were accompanied by very large orchestras. Chamber music was also highly developed. Chinese opera originated in the 14th cent. as a serious and refined art.。