北师大版高中英语必修二 unit5 lesson1 Performance.doc

Rhythm Performance Part A Warm-up 1. Look at the pictures and the Key Words. What kinds of music and dance do you know? Add to the lists in the Key Words box. Key Words: Music: classical, pop, folk, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll Dances: disco, folk dance, ballet Jazz piano in a concert hall. Strings in a classical concert. Ballet on the stage. 2. Which words can be use to discuss rhythm? Key Words: beautiful, famous, loud, noisy, fast, exciting, electric, popular, historical, excited, bright, traditional, sudden, important, different Part B Reading: Performance Before you start 1. Have you ever watched a concert “live”, on TV or on video? Key Words: The Concert Adjectives the music, the singing, the guitar, the drums boring, brilliant, exciting, fantastic, poor, quite good, really loud the lighting, the special effects disappointing the stage design extraordinary the sound clear, poor the songs, the words clear, unclear Read to learn 2. Read the concert review and match the four paragraphs with the titles a) the end of concert b) how the audience reacted c) the songs played d) the start of the concert 3. Read the review again and answer these questions. (1) Did the reviewer like the concert? Why or why not? (2) How did the audience react to the singer? (3) What things about the concert were not very good? (4) From which album were most of the songs? (5) What feelings did she show in her songs? Alanis—A True Performer Canadian singer and song writer, Alanis Morissette, is used to being in the public eye. Her most famous album Jagged Little Pill, came out in 1995 when she was only twenty-one years old. It sold 15 million copies and made her world famous. Since then she has made several more albums and she has continued giving great performances on stage. Last Thursday night, hundreds of fans went to the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England to see Alanis Morissette performing in