Unit 11 The sounds of the world

jazz developed in the southern states of north america at the beginning of last century. the black people of these states, who were originally slaves from africa, had their own rhythms. jazz brought classical music and african rhythms together.
blues was originally black country music, which also came from the southern states of last century. it is slow, usually sad music, which is often sung by one person with a guitar.
rhythm and blues developed from the blues in america in the 1940s. it became faster and more complex and used more instruments, e.g. saxophone, guitar, piano, drums. the music was often about city life and white musicians started playing it as well.
musicians in the 1950s developed rock from rhythm and blues and it became popular with young people. it spread to europe in the 1960s and is now known in most countries. a lot of pop music comes from rock and roll.
pop music developed from rock and roll in america, britain and europe in the 1960s and is now in every country. the name is used for most commercial music, i.e. music we can buy on records and hear on “pop radio”. it is usually played by groups who often use electric instruments and make videos to go with their records.
 
ⅲ  reading:
 (to train students know how to glance through the passage quickly and to get a general idea about the reading material)
task 1 tell the students to read through the reading material quickly and find out what is the reading material going to talk about?
 and ask the students to find the topic sentence.
in the first paragraph, we can find such a sentence “here is a brief look at some of the exciting musical styles from around the world.
sample answer: it is a passage about different styles of music.
task 2 ask the students to scan to the passage and work in groups. one student in each group asks the other members the following questions:
1) how many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage and what are they?
 2) please list two latin music stars in the text.
3)what music styles does the american music consist of ?
sample answers
1) african music, american music and latin music.
2) santana and ricky martin.
3) blues, jazz, rock, hip-hop and rap.
task 3 ask the students to read the passage with the tape and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
group-work (5 groups):there is a key sentence in each paragraph. they may be the first sentence or the last one of the paragraph. and there may be no key sentence in it. you should find the useful information and use your own words to summer it.