1、Period two Reading & Vocabulary(1)+ SpeakingI. Lead-in: Look at the picture. What kind of music are they performing?II. Reading & Vocabulary1. Work in pairs. Read the words and discuss their meaning. break dancing, disco, DJ, graffiti, hip hop, improvisation, microphone, percussion, pop, rap, record
2、, reggae, rock, soul, turntable, vocals2. Read the passage and check the true statements. 1) Hip hop is the result of a combination of North American and Caribbean influences.2) Jamaican DJs continued to play reggae music even though the audiences didnt like it.3) Hip hop was successful because it d
3、oesnt cost a lot of money to do it.4) After the early recordings, rap artists changed the way they recorded their songs.5) Hip hop music is only produced in the United States.3.Read Part 1 of the passage again and finish activity3 on Page46. Check your answers. Then read the words and meaning aloud
4、to memorize them.4. Read Part 2 carefully and answers questions 1) Why did DJ Herc stop playing reggae music? 2) How did the DJs make the percussion breaks in the songs longer? 3) What were DJs who shouted during the songs called? 4) How long were the performance s of the shouting DJs? 5) Apart from
5、 the DJs, what else happened at block parties? 5. Read Part 3 &4. Choose the correct meanings for the words or phases. 1) in decline a. becoming more popular b. becoming less popular 2) took advantage of a. used b. didnt use 3) the next generation a. the people who followed immediately b. people 20
6、years later 4) spread a. went to other places b. stayed in the same places 5) strongly influenced by a. affected a lot b. didnt affect at all 6) emerged a. disappeared b. appeared III. Listen to the tape and read the text. Do you like hip hop?Are you in favor of it or against it? 1. Group work: Whic
7、h of the following opinions above do you agree or disagree? Why?. 2. Speaking 1) Speak something about the origins of hip hop, according to what we have learnt.2) .Discuss the questions about modern music. a. What kind of music is there in Chinese radio and TV? More modern or traditional music? b. What type of modern music do you like? Describe the music and your favorite musician to us?IV. Homework Write a short passage to introduce hip hop , including its history, its characteristic, its development and your opinion to it.