新人教必修二 Unit 5 Music-Listening.pptVIP

Listening Listening P69 Discuss these questions in groups of four before you listen to the tape. Do you often listen to music while studying at home? 2. If you do, what kind of music do you usually listen to? What kind of effect does the music have on you? Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Who is the composer mentioned in the listening? Which school subject does his music help? Mozart. Maths. Listen to the tape again and write down what the “Mozart effect” means to you. __________________________________ Classical music, especially Mozart, helps improve your memory. Read the statements and then listen to the whole passage. Decide whether they are True or False. You can listen to any kind of classical music if it has regular rhythms. 1. Listening to classical music improves your memory. 2. The “Mozart effect” means listening to Mozart’s music. T F 4. Scientists think the “Mozart effect” works with all kinds of music. F 3. To improve your long term memory you need to study maths. F Scientists do not think that studying maths can improve your long term memory. Scientists think it only works with classical music. 5. Listening to music makes you more intelligent. F Scientists think that learning a musical instrument can help your maths skills./ Listening to classical music improves your short term memory. Listening task on P72 Work in pairs and make a list of any classical composers that you’re familiar with. Beethoven Mozart Haydn Tchalkovsky This listening is about one of the most famous classical composer: Bach. Bach’s background Dates: March 21st 1658- July 28th 1750 Life: Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a musical family and so it was inevitable that he became a musician and composer. His first love was the organ and he composed many fugues (or complicated tunes with many parts that were used to make musical patterns). He is most famous for these compositions and for his cantatas, St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion. His most famo