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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. 2. Pair-work Have Ss discuss these questions in pairs. 1) What kind of music do you like? 2) When you listen to a song, do you listen to words or the music? 2) Do you like to listen to music form other countries? 3. A game Play some music played by different musical instruments, ask the Ss to guess what makes the song. (piano/guitar/trumpet/drum) Teach the English names of different musical instruments on the slide: violin, trumpet, guitar, jazz drum, mouth-organ, huqin(Chinese violin) etc. Step 2 Reading 1. Fasting reading Have Ss read the passage as quickly as possible to find the answer to the question: How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage and what are they? 2. Careful reading Have Ss read the passage carefully and fill in the form below according to the passage. musical style (责任编辑：admin) |