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UNIT 2 English for secondary schools Lehrmittel der Interkantonalen Lehrmittelzentrale Inhaltliche Projektleitung Ruth Keller-Bolliger Autor Daniel Stotz Grafische Gestaltung Prisca Itel-Mändli, typobild konzept Illustrationen Karin Widmer © 2010 Lehrmittelverlag Zürich 1. Auflage 2010 Printed in Switzerland Klimaneutral gedruckt auf Recycling-Papier ISBN 978-3-03713-518-1 www.lehrmittelverlag.com Das Werk und seine Teile sind urheberrechtlich geschützt. Nachdruck, Vervielfältigung jeder Art oder Verbreitung – auch auszugsweise – nur mit vorheriger schriftlicher Genehmigung des Verlages. www.voicesweb.ch 2 Exposure Help A The sound of music The blue words are adjec- tives, the red words are Look at the two musicians in the photos. Duke nouns. Use an adjective and Ellington is a jazz pianist and Foxy Brown is a rapper. a noun in each sentence. Choose from these adjectives and nouns to complete the statements about their music. old aggressive fast electric famous creative instrument jazz recordings piano rap voice 1 Duke played the very well. His style sounds -fashioned now. 2 Foxy Brown sings . Her style can be rather . 3 She likes beats. Her is loud and clear. 4 Duke wrote music for his and for his bands. He was a very composer because he always had fresh ideas. 5 He didn’t use any instruments when he played classical . 6 Duke made lots of , but today, a singer like Foxy Brown can only become with music videos. Help B Regular or irregular past simple? Some past simple forms are regular (-ed ending) and The words below are past simple forms, with the letters mixed up. Write the forms in others are irregular. Check the correct column. An example has been given. the most important irregular past simple forms werg now epylad dliev flet tower wedtan mebace in your Grammar Resource (LG p. 39). infinitive regular irregular 1 leave left 2 become 3 grow 4 live 5 play 6 want 7 win 8 write C Mini-biographies Read these texts and put the verbs in the past simple, as in the example. 1 Charlie Parker (1920–1955) lives in New York City. Although he produces jazz music, he also wants to create a combination of jazz and classical. He starts in his first band in 1937, but he leaves it after one year. lived 3 2 Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997) is a French jazz musician. He plays the violin. Because his parents die when he is little, he grows up in a home. Later on, he studies at the Conservatoire de Paris. He goes on to work in the silent film indus- try. He plays with a lot of famous artists in his lifetime. He wins many awards. 3 Ella Fitzgerald is born in 1917 and dies in 1996. When she is 17, she wins a prize of $25 in a competition. At the end of her career, she earns millions! She sings for over 57 years. Help D His story, her story Give the language support to your interviewee if Interview a member of your family. Write their biography necessary. on a separate piece of paper, using the prompts below. Put the text in the third person. I was born in … I now live in … Before that, I lived in … The coolest thing that ever happened to me was … I’m really good at … I play the … When I was little, I played the … I really like … music. He started playing the I often go to … concerts and … violin when he was 5. CD Track 6 E Mix your music Listen to the pieces of music by Louis Armstrong and Missy Elliott. Make statements by connecting the suitable parts of sentences. Add your personal opinion, using and or but. can be a little aggressive, but I like it a lot. Louis’ style sounds fit together quite well, Missy’s voice and swings like the good old times, The mix of songs happier than hers, The two pieces makes for an exciting medley, Tip F Jumbled biographies Read the biographical texts about the two superstars on Read the extracts from Missy and Satchmo’s biographies that have been mixed up. page 23 in the Course Book Complete the gaps and highlight the parts with two different colours. again before you do F. “Satchmo” was born in 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. father left the family when was a baby, so was raised by grandmother and mother. “Missy” grew up with parents, but when was twelve, parents separated and stayed with mum. When was twelve, was arrested for firing a handgun in the air for fun. When was in high school, founded first band, Sista, with a handful of friends. became a professional trumpet player when was still a teenager. Soon after, emerged as the first superstar of jazz music. Just a few years later, wrote and produced several hit singles for other artists, together with partner. 4 Task A CD Track 7 A Types of instruments Listen to the recordings of instruments and write the numbers of the recordings on the correct lines. Then match the definitions by drawing lines. numbers categories definitions A wind instrument produces a sound when a string is plucked or played with a bow. A stringed instrument generate sounds when you strike them. Keyboard instruments creates sounds artificially, by giving out an electrical audio signal. An electronic instrument are played by pressing down keys which then pluck strings or produce an airflow. Percussion instruments generates a sound when air is made to vibrate in it. Tip B Sound questions Look at Step 4 on page 25 of your Course Book again. Form questions using who or which. Then answer them with a short answer. Example: keep / band / together D Who keeps the band together? Pete does. Remember 1 instrument / make / very low sound Pete plays the drums, Candy plays the saxophone, Jaco Which plucks the bass and Diana plays the piano and sings. 2 instrument / generate / rhythmic sounds 3 play / several / types / drums Who 4 play / piano / without / band 5 instrument / can be / like / band / alone C A student band Complete sentences 1– 4 about four young musicians with the correct forms of these words. Then answer the questions in 5. down finger hand instrument play press use sound 1 Alan his mouth to produce a column of air in his instrument. He also uses his to press down keys that close holes in the instrument. 2 Beth her instrument with both her hands. She sometimes presses a pedal too, to make the sounds last longer. 3 Carlo plugs his in and then strums the strings with his right hand, using his left to them down on a wooden bar. 5 4 Deniz holds his instrument in one and slaps it with the other. This creates a rhythmic and makes some little bells jingle. 5 Who plays … the piano? the saxophone? the tambourine? the electric guitar? Help D Language for pairwork Find extra sentences in the Resource bank (page 14) When do you use these phrases? Link the speech bubbles with the categories. Then and / or in Speaking Support write an extra sentence under each speech bubble from the same category. One has D Managing pair and group been done for you. work. (LG p. 174) I think that’s it. Are you ready? We’ve finished. Where were we? Categories Starting work Can I make a suggestion? Continuing work Asking for more time Excuse me, Asking for help please, could you give Discussing what to do us a hand? Finishing work Give me a moment. E Asking questions in group work These questions have become mixed up. Rewrite the questions, adding a suitable red ending to the green beginnings. Write replies. 1 What do we to report back? 4 Could you explain taking a break? 2 How about we have to read? 5 How much do have to do? 3 How is this this to me, please? 6 Who is going word spelt? 1 2 3 4 5 6 CD Track 8 F Troubles in the band Help Sandra, Rosie and Mina can’t agree about who should be the band leader. Think of some Listen to Pete, Candy, Jaco and Diana from Step 4 on more reasons each can give. Say them. page 25 of the Course Book 1 I’m Sandra on drums. I’m the one who keeps the beat and I … that’s why again or read the script in the Resource bank I’m the natural leader. (page 14). 2 Hey, I’m Rosie on the guitar. I’m the only one who can play a nice melody. Also, … and … So you see, I’m the boss. 3 My voice is loud and clear and I play all the low sounds on my bass. Come on, I … and on top of that … It’s clear, Mina, I’m the one. 6 Focus on language Look at Step 1 on page 27 in A The form of the passive voice your Course Book again. Look at the example to review how the present passive is formed. verb be + past participle Example: How is sound produced by an electric guitar? Find the forms of be and the past participle in the jumbled sentences on the guitar and highlight them as in the example. Then write sentences. 1 or / are / One / plucked / strings / more 2 strings / the / in / are / vibration / result, / As / set / a 3 an / into / signal / Vibration / is / transformed / electric 4 and / a / The / speaker / amplified / is / sent / signal / to CD Track 9 B Using the past simple Listen to the past simple rap with your eyes closed. Then listen again and clap or sing along.