Module 4 Music Born in America
daughter: ok. i’ll turn it down.
mother: thank you. but why are inside listening to music anyway? it’s a beautiful day. when i was young, we used to spend much more time ____(11)____ than you do. why don’t you turn the music off and go for a walk?
daughter: i don’t want to. anyway, i’m waiting for a phone call.
mother: who from?
daughter: angela. she said she’d call me but she hasn’t.
mother: why don’t you call her?
daughter: ____(12)____.
mother: well, why don’t you go and see her? she only lives round the corner.
daughter: yes! good idea! she’s got more cds than me.
mother: ____(13)____ …
suggested answers:
(1) what? (2) loud (3)i asked you to turn the music down!
(4) couldn’t hear you! (5) pardon? (6) didn’t mean to.
(7) don’t know (8) not true! (9) the other day
(10) i bet you did! (11) in the open air (12) it’s her turn to call me
(13) honestly
3. ask ss to fill in the blanks after listening.
(1) the mother asked the daughter to ____________ ____________ the music ____________ ____________ for it’s too ____________.
(2) the daughter felt sorry because she didn’t ____________ ____________.
(3) what the daughter listened to is a new american ____________ ____________ ____________.
(4) mother said that music was not her ____________ ____________ ____________ and bands now are ____________ ____________ than they ____________ ____________ ____________.
(5) then the mother suggested the daughter ____________ ____________ the music and go for a walk because ____________ ____________.
suggested answers:
(1) turn down, a bit, loud (2) mean to (3) hip hop band
(4) cup of tea, much noisier, used to be (5) turn off, it’s a beautiful day
step 3. everyday english
ask ss to choose the correct meanings in the everyday english activity on p51. then give them the right fanswers.
step 4. function
1. ask ss to read the following sentences from listening materials. what kind of sentence structure has been used in these sentences? let ss find out the words and expressions of comparison.
bands are so much noisier than they used to be.
when i was your age, we didn’t listen to such loud music.
we did not use to play music as loudly as you do these days.