Module 4 Music Born in America

I. 单元教学目标

技能目标 Skill Goals

▲Talk about the different kinds of American music and modern music

▲Practise comparing the present and the past

▲Master the usage of adverbial clauses of time and ellipses

▲Talk about music in Hong Kong

▲Write a description of study habits II. 目标语言

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式 Comparing the present and the past

Bands are so much noisier than they used to be.

When I was your age, we didn't listen to such loud music.

We didn't use to play music as loudly as you do these days.

We used to spend much more time in the open air than you do.

词

汇 1． 四会词汇

allowance, arise, bonus, boom, budget, cheque, consensus, consultant, devote, deadline, fancy, friction, harmony, neat, offshore, otherwise, pace, pat-time, pension, quit, refreshing, schedule, soul, spokeswoman, super, swap, technique, tight, vain, virtue, breakthrough, approach, influence, emerge, electronic, exploit, absolutely, despite, energetic, typical, giant

2. 认读词汇

DJ, DVD, VCD, blues, gospel, jazz, harmonica, rhythm, sophisticated, rhythmic,

improvisation, breakdancing, disco, graffiti, hip hop, microphone, percussion, rap, reggae, rock, turntable, vocals, psychology, spin

3. 词组

be blessed with, be bored with, be devoted to, beg for, come out, far from, in order, make an impression on sb, rather than, side by side, take advantage of, try out, consisted of, dance to, experiment with, in decline, be short for, head for, send ...to prison

4. 重点词汇

allowance, arise, boom, devote, quit, schedule, emerge, otherwise, vain, approach