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Unit 3 Music to my Ears

In this unit you will learn how:

✵ to share your opinions on different music styles;

✵ to talk about your favourite musicians and composers;

✵ to give information about musical instruments;

✵ to describe your visit to the concert;

✵ to discuss your tastes in music

✵ to check your knowledge and skills on the topic getting ready for independent testing.

3.1. Music Styles

I. Now for it!

Look at the pictures and say what style of music performed by the musicians is to your liking. Why?

rock music

classical music

folk music

Example: Classical music is on my list of likes. It calms me down and makes me think.

II. Reading

Read the dialogue of two American friends discussing their music preferences and say if they like the same style of music.

Talking about Music Styles Part One

Bill: Hey, Ted, where are you going?

Ted: To the record store. The new Metallica CD comes out today and I want to be the first to have one.

Bill: Well, before you spend all your money, you should come with me to get a ticket to the show at the Cattle Club tomorrow.

Ted: Why? Who’s playing?

Bill: This band is called Nirvana. My cousin saw them in Seattle and he said they were excellent.

Ted: Really? I have heard the Seattle music scene is really cool and there are a lot of good new bands and clubs up there.

Bill: Well, my cousin went to a lot of concerts and he said Nirvana was one of the best. He thinks a major record company is probably going to offer them a contract soon.

Ted: Wow, then this would be our last chance to see them in a small club, before they get really well known. When is it going to be?

Bill: Tomorrow. Do you want to come with me? Bob said tickets for the concert were only $12.

Ted: Okay, that sounds good, but I still want to go to the record store and get that CD.

Bill: I’ll go with you. I just got some money, so I can afford some new music too.

Ted: Why not?

Metallica

Part Two

Ted: Here’s that Metallica CD. I hope it’s good.

Bill: My brother said it was fantastic. I’m sure it is. I’m thinking about getting this Red Hot Chili Peppers CD.

Ted: Yeah, I’ve heard a lot of their songs on your favourite radio station FM 103.5.

Bill: I love FM 103.5. They play all the best songs. I only listen to FM 103.5 because I don’t like the rap, pop and country they play on all the other stations.

Ted: You are sure particular about your radio stations, Bill. I just listen to any radio station that happens to be playing a good song at the moment. But I definitely don’t listen to the classical music station - to symphony orchestra or any other; it’s so boring.

Bill: Speaking of classic music, here are some classic Rolling Stones albums. I think I’ll buy one of these. Some of our guys said it was good.

Ted: Oh, I hate classic rock! I can’t believe you listen to that stuff. Why not any other music?

Bill: Well, to each his own. Classic rock is to my liking. I don’t judge your music so you shouldn’t judge mine. Let’s pay for these and then go get our tickets.

Ted: Okay, I can’t wait to see Nirvana in concert!

Rolling Stones

Across Cultures: the USA

Metallica - a US heavy metal group.

Nirvana - a US group that developed a style of rock music called «Grunge.»

FM - frequency modulation; a system used for broadcasting radio programmes which produces a very clear sound.

Rolling Stones - a British rock group; one of the most successful groups ever.

III. Language Track

1. In the text, find and read out ’wh-questions’ with correct intonation following the pattern. Practise them asking your friend.

1. Study the difference in meaning. In the text ’Talking about Music Styles’, find the sentences with these words and interpret their meanings. Make up your own sentences by analogy.

2. In the text find and reproduce the sentences which are about styles of music. Match the music styles to their definition and say which of them might be popular in the USA and in your country.

a) a type of pop music in which the words of a song are spoken in time with music with a steady beat. This music is performed especially by black people in the US.

2.____________

b) any of several styles of popular modern music which are based in rock-n-roll, usually played on electrical instruments.

3.____________

c) music written with serious artistic intentions and having an attraction that lasts over a long period of time.

4.____________

d) popular music in the style of the Southern and Western US.

5._____________

e) modern popular music of a simple kind with a strong beat and not usually of lasting interest, liked especially by younger people.

Example: I think rap is popular in Ukraine. There are many well-known rappers, Potap, for instance.

3. In the text, find and complete the following sentences with new words and phrases. Add one logically connected sentence.

Example: I have heard the Seattle music scene is really cool and there are a lot of good new bands and clubs up there. Many well-known American musicians started in clubs of Seattle.

✵ I still want to go …

✵ I only listen to…

✵ You are sure particular about…

✵ But I definitely don’t listen to…

✵ Speaking of classic music…

✵ ...is to my liking.

1. From the text, read out the sentences in bold and interpret their meaning in context.

2. Read the following examples of reported speech, make a table of changes and comment on them.

Example: He says, ’This is good concert’. He said that it was a good concert.

this that is good was good

✵ Ann said, ’I’m listening to the concert here’. Ann said she was listening to the concert there.

✵ Ted says, ’Bill, I have bought two tickets for the concert’. Ted told Bill that he had bought two tickets for the concert.

Complete the instruction

To report what a speaker said use…

Example: Nick said, «I bought the CD here.»

Nick said he had bought that CD there.

✵ to use say as a reporting verb when the listener is not mentioned and tell when it is mentioned

Example: Mark said, «Ann, the music is perfect.»

Mark told Ann that the music was perfect.

3. Read what different teenagers say about their favourite music styles and report what they said.

Br E - hypnoti se

Am E - hypnoti ze

«I like jazz. It is so romantic! I have bought a new CD with Louis Armstrong’s music.»

Ann

«I’m fond of country music because it has its incomparable colouring and melody. It reminds me of the American wild west.

Phil

I’m learning to play the violin. Classical music is my favourite. It hypnotizes me and fills me with a new life.

Helen

Rock is to my liking. It puts me in a good mood.

Steve

As I’m a rapper, I am keen on rap. It’s uplifting and energetic, that’s why this music excites me!

Ray

I adore folk music. I’ve learned so many Ukrainian songs. They are so poetic and melodious.

Martha

IV. Communication Track

1. Speaking

a) Characterize your favourite music style using the star map.

What is your favourite music style?

Example: Of all the music styles I prefer romantic music for its simple musical language. I like to listen to it alone sitting in a comfortable armchair. Thus it can evoke different emotions in me…

b) Pair up with your friend and make up a dialogue discussing your favourite music styles round its beginning.

- Hey, Alex, listening to music again? What music piece are you hooked on now?

- It’s a new CD of 

c) In the whole class, dispute over the famous quotes.

«I think I should have no other moral wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas with my brain. Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.»

(George Elliot)

«Music can be all things to all persons. It is like a great dynamic sun in the centre of a solar system which sends out its rays and inspiration in every direction. Music makes us feel that the heavens upon and a divine voice calls. Something in our souls responds and understands.»

(Leopold Stokowski)

2. Listening

a) Before you listen

You are going to listen to a mini-lecture about a country of wide musical tastes. Write five questions you want to get answers to from the lecture.

b) While you listen

Listen and fill in the chart.

c) After you listen

Say what interesting unknown facts you’ve learned from the lecture. Can you add more information?

3. Writing

a) Before you write

If you want to describe one particular thing in a group of sentences, write a descriptive paragraph.

✵ Brainstorm with your friends and say what you’ll draw your readers’ attention to while describing your favourite music style.

✵ Make a list of words and phrases you’ll use writing a descriptive paragraph.

b) While you write

Follow the format of writing a descriptive paragraph.

At Home: In your WB, write a descriptive paragraph about your favourite music style.