外研社高二英语选修6-Module4--Cultural-Corner--Grammy-Awards.pptVIP

Match the awards with these categories * music film sports science * Module4 cultural corner The Grammy Awards The Grammy ceremony * A quiz: Choose your own answer for Grammy Awards. If possible ,give your personal reason(s). 1. The awards are presented in . A. the U.S.A. B. China C. France 2. The award ceremony is usually held in . A. February B. July C. October 3. The awards are decided by . A.music fans B.professional musicians C.singers 4. The name “Grammy” comes from . A. a place B. a person C. an old music player * Scanning: read as fast as possible to check your guess. Scanning: reading for details 1.What are the Grammy Awards for? 2.What are the numbers 105 and 30 about? 3.What does “votes” probably mean? 4.Are there only awards at the award ceremony? 5.What’s the critic’s opinion about the Grammys? 6.Is it easy or difficult for Chinese artists to win the Grammy Awards? Why? Any example in the passage? Discuss the questions in groups. * Scanning: reading for details 1.What are the Grammy Awards for? 2.What are the numbers 105 and 30 about? 3.What does “votes” probably mean? 4.Are there only awards at the award ceremony? 5.What’s the critic’s opinion about the Grammys? * For important achievements in recorded music. 105 categories; 30 types of music-pop, rock, jazz... Supports. No, in addition to...there are also performances... He thinks the Grammys aren’t as important as they used to be, because... 6.Is it easy or hard for Chinese artists to win the Grammys? Why? Any example? * It’s very difficult. Because there is a separate set of awards for Latin music, but only two awards for world music. Therefore, it’s very difficult for musicians from the rest of the world to win prizes. Group discussion: Do you think the Grammy Awards are important in music industry? 1. Our group think they are im