WillisConover教案.doc

Unit 2 Text Willis ConoverTeaching Aims:1. To understand the text and know the story of Willis Conover.2. To master some important words and expressions.3. To improve reading ability.Teaching Importance:To understand the text and know the story of Willis Conover.Teaching Difficulties:To train the reading skills effectively.Teaching Process:Step 1: RevisionRead the words and write down the Chinese meaning.1. musician11. audience2. international 12. announcer3. competition13. owe4. racial14. struggle5. separation15. celebration6. straightNames:7. present (v.)Willis Conover 8. createDuke Ellington9. interviewLouis Armstrong10. currentCount BasieStep 2: Lead-inFree talk1. Do you like to listen to music?2. How many kinds of music do you know?3. Which kind of music do you like best?4. How much do you know about jazz music?5. There was a person who was not a jazz musician, but he was very famous in jazz music history. Do you know him?Step 3: Presentation1. Listen to the tape and find the answer.The writer of the passage intends to tell us Willis Conover was a great _.A. jazz musician B. guitaristC. musicianD. announcer2. Skim the text and choose the best answer.1) According to the passage, Willis Conover helped make jazz music an international language because_. A. he made jazz music an international language B. he broadcast jazz around the world C. he helped organize many concerts D. people can express their lives with jazz2) Willis Conover obtained his knowledge of jazz _. A. in high school B. from Washington, D.C. C. from New York City D. from radio stations3) Willis Conovers great wish was _. A. to see the world in peace B. to spread jazz in America C. to be remembered and respected D. to make jazz popular around the world4) Though his programs are no longer broadcast, his influence is _. A. full of life B. successful C. great D. deep3. Scan the text and answer the questions.1) Why did Willis choose to work in radio stations? (Para. 2)2) Do you agree to Willis saying that jazz is the music of freedom? (Para. 3)3) How did people react when they heard of Willis arrival? (Para. 5)4) How did Willis comment on Louis Armstrong? (Para. 6)4. Read the text again and fill in the form. TimeEventIn high schoolLaterHe becamed a real radio announcer.In the 1940sIn 1959In 1969In 1973In 1996Step 4: ConsolidationTask 1: True(T) or false(F).1. Willis Conover was a jazz muzician.2. For over 40 years Willis brought jazz to people on his BBC music program.3. During the 1940s New York was the center of a very important jazz movement.4. Willis created musical events where only white people were welcome.5. During his program, Willis presented his poor knowledge about jazz.6. Willis especially liked writing the music and the words to happy love songs.Task 2: Match the phrases with the right Chinese meaning.A. 互相B. 采访C. 归功于D. 挺直腰E. 不再F. 成百上千G. 不仅而且H. 种族隔离I. 的中心J. 演角色1. play a part of2. the center of3. racial separation4. not onlybut also5. hundreds of 6. no longer7. stand up a little straighter8. oweto9. have an interview with10. one anotherStep 5: SummaryJazz music owes a great deal to this special man. Please name Willis contributions(贡献) to jazz music as many as you can.eg. 1 . He helped spread jazz. 2. He made it an international language. 3. He _. 4. He _. 5. He _. 6. He _.7. He _.8. He _.9. He _.10. He _.Step 6: ExpandingListen to a recording of Conover talking about the way jazz music changes over time.CONOVER: Jazz is a living music and anything that is alive grows and changes, just as we grow and change. So it changes all the time. But its based on our memories and our cultural heritage and how we feel about it. And that changes. So it has its roots in the music of a half-century ago and music that came along since then. It depends on what the musician has heard and what the musician wants to do wit