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1、Unit Two Pop Music,Warm up exercises: Task 1 Matching Task 2 Watch a Vedio Task 3 Watch a Movie,Adele Laurie Blue Adkins(born 5 May 1988), better known simply as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices. Adele
2、 has cited the Spice Girls as a major influence in regard to her love and passion for music, stating that “they made me what I am today.“Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Bes
3、t Female Pop Vocal Performance.,Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American singer, actress, record producer, film producer, and former fashion model. Houston rose to fame in the late 1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find succes
4、s in pop music and movies. She is frequently referred to as “The Voice“, and is known for her “powerful, penetrating pop-gospel voice“. Houston has been credited as having a five-octave vocal range.,Houston got her first Grammy Awards by the song of Saving all my life for you on Jan.1st 1986. After
5、that the selling of her fellow up albums was soaring up. Houston won 6 Grammy Awards all her life. Houston was also one of the worlds best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide.,As a famous and successful singer, Houston gained a lot from society in terms o
6、f reputation and awards. In order to pay back to society, Houston loves to do some charity. On March 10th 1988, Huston attended charitable party of Winthrop University with Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor.,Houstons first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The mov
7、ies original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, “I Will Always Love You“, became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. With this album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of
8、an album within a single week period. The album also makes her the only female act in the top 10 list of the best-selling albums of all time, at number four.,The legendary life of Houston came to an end on February 11, 2012. The cause of her death is yet to be determined. The death of Houston is a g
9、reat loss of American pop music even the loss of the whole circle of pop music around the world. Lots of her friends attended her funeral and lamented for her death.,The funeral of HoustonAdele Laurie Blue AdkinsThe First Grammy Awards of HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston Charitable Party of Winthrop
10、 University with Michael Jackson, Elizabeth TaylorThe Bodyguard,Adele Someone Like You,Itunes 音乐节 Adele,Learning Objectives:,You Are Able to: Identify Some Basic Sounds of Letters Use the Proper Expressions to Comment on Pop Music Know the Sentence Structures Write Greeting Cards You Are Suggested t
11、o: Be Familiar with Some Pop Music Culture,Pop music is a genre of popular music which originated in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. Pop music, as a genre, often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin and country. It often uses such instruments as electric guita
12、rs, drums and a bass. In the case of such music, the main goal is usually that of being pleasurable to listen to rather than having much artistic depth. Pop music generally desires to appeal to a mass audience. This unit aims to introduce pop music and some popular singers, hoping to achieve a goal
13、of broadening readers mind.,Part I Phonetics,Task 1 Identifying Their PronunciationsTask 2 Appreciating a PoemTask3 Time for Fun: Tongue Twister,Task 1 Identifying Their Pronunciations,/ /u:/ / /:/ / / /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/,(1) put look woman book foot (2) ruler do shoe broom too (3) box of sorry not on (
14、4) forty four ball daughter your (5) about brother today parent color (6) learn her survey shirt term (7) fare soft phase photo find (8) have very over seven video (9) class stay nice license pencil (10) zero these hers zoo zone,birdwatchnurse dogschool,/:/,/s/,/u:/,/,/z/,Task 2 Appreciating a Poem,
15、Directions: Listen to a poem “Life”. Choose the words you hear to fill in the blanks.cheerful /tfl, -f()l/ adj. 欢乐的，高兴的 painful /penfl, -f()l/adj. 痛苦的，费力的，伤脑筋的 beautiful /bjutfl, -f()l/ adj. 美丽的，悦目的，极好的,Life 译文 Life can be good, Life can be _ (bad, bed), Life is _ (most, mostly) cheerful, But sometimes _ (said, sad). Life can be dirty, Life can even be painful, But life is what you _ (make, mark) it, So _ (trial, try) to make it beautiful.,
