Listening

A story about a frog Hello, everyone. My name is Freddy.

When Freddy was young, he was a little tadpole. Prediction (3m) and learning some new words

As time went by quickly, he soon became a frog. Prediction (3m)

One day, Freddy sat on the water lily pad(leaf) and dip (slid )his long, thin legs into the water. Prediction (3m)

Suddenly, he heard some music across the lake. …… Then what would happen? Prediction (3m)

Listen to the tape for the first time and answer the following question. 1. What did Freddy find when he swam slowly towards the sound? He found three confident frogs sitting still and the instruments. Listening-I (5m) On the pad playing

Ex2. summarize the main idea: This story is about a singer who joined a and became( ) Listening-II (5m) Listen to the tape for the second time and do the true or false exercise. band A signer

1.He felt lonely in his lake till he met his friends on the lily leaf. 2.Freddy had changed from a man to a frog. 3.The singers of the band could sing very loudly. 4.Freddy thought he could sing as well as the other singing frogs. 5.Freddy was very confident about his singing. 6.He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends. F T T F F F

step1:Guess what the listening text is about. Step2:Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. mathematical, pattern, composers, choral, moving, beauty Listening task on P72

Information on Bach Who did he write for? Where did he play it? What are the features of his music? Listen again and fill in the chart below. God. In the church. Mathematical and with a special pattern.

What type of music did he write? Why is he remembered today? Choral music. For the beauty of his musical patterns.

Listen to the passage for the third time and retell the paragraph 2. The following key words may help you. Bach famous during his life, but,after his death. worked,in a small church write new songs, sing every week. So composed,choral music, also, wrote music,left the church. Some of,mathematical, repeat. All his music and, moving. rich special, is remembered for

THE MUSIC OF BACH Classical music does not have words. It tries to describe feelings with musical instruments. It is called classical music because it was written at a time when there was no pop or rock music. The music was written to a special pattern. Listening text

Only the cleverest composers could make beautiful music using this pattern. One of these clever composers was Bach. He was not famous during his life, but became very famous after his death. He worked in a small church and had to write new songs to sing every week. So he composed beautiful choral music.

He also wrote music for people to listen to as they left the church. Some of his music is very mathematical with different parts that repeat each other in a very peaceful way. All his music was written for God and some of it is very moving. He never became rich but his music has a special place in classical music. He is remembered today fou the beauty of his musical patterns.