Unit2theuniversallanguageTask教案（牛津译林版选修8）.doc

第  PAGE 6 页 共  NUMPAGES 6 页 Unit 2 The universal language Task教案 ● dates (born/died) ● places (born/died) ● specific things done in their life ● detailed information (why they did so; who or what influenced them) Step 1: taking notes on famous composers 1. Now, let’s listen to a teacher talking about some famous composers. Complete the note sheet with the information you have got. Tapescript Teacher: The task you have today is to make an exhibition board for the music festival. Your exhibition board should be about a composer. A composer is someone who writes music. To make your exhibition board, you will need to do several things. First, you will need to collect information about some composers. When you have collected that, you can choose which composer you would like to write about. You’re probably wondering what information you need to find out. You need to find out about when and where he or she was born and died. Those things are very important. Another thing you need to know is where they came from, for example, from Europe or the USA. The next thing to find out is what style of music they composed. You will also need to find out those special things that happened in their lives such as getting married or writing their first piece of music. Another important thing is anything that influenced them. You will remember that Puccini was very interested in East Asia and that is why he wrote Madam Butterfly and Turandot. Finally, you should write the names of their most famous works. Answers A (1) the USA (2) style (3) married (4) their first (5) influenced (6) works2. Now, please go over the instructions in Part B and go on to complete the note sheet. Please check the answers. Tapescript Radio host: Welcome to Great Musicians. Today, the subjects of our programme are three composers who lived in three different centuries—the eighteenth, the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. Two of them are Eu