1、Unit 5 MusicUnit 5 MusicUnit 5 MusicUnit 5 Music Watch a video about world music. To learn about world music festival WOMAD and broaden our outlook. World Music WOMAD is an international festival that celebrates world music, arts, and dance. It is held in different places around the world, including
2、 the UK. performance folk rock n. 民谣摇滚 n. 乐队 co-found stunning adj. 极有魅力的 v. 共同建立 band n. 表演 Before Before Before Before you watchyou watchyou watchyou watch Complete the sentences with the words in the box. bands, performances, folk rock, co-founded, stunning 1. A singer-songwriter _ WOMAD in the 1
3、980s. 2. _ from all over the world come to perform at WOMAD. Bands co-founded 3. All the different _ celebrate world music and cultures. 4. The bands music is inspired by _ and the music of two kinds of traditional Italian dances. 5. The bands music was _ and people at the festival enjoyed it a lot.
4、 stunning performances folk rock bands, performances, folk rock, co-founded, stunning Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What does “WOMAD” stand for? 2. What are performances on WOMAD? 3. When was WOMAD founded? 4. What was inspiring for Peter Gabriel? While While While While you watchyou
5、watchyou watchyou watch 1. What does “WOMAD” stand for? 2. What are performances on WOMAD? It means “world of music, arts, and dance.” Artists from around the world perform their traditional music and dance from their cultures. 3. When was WOMAD founded? 4. Why does world music attract Peter Gabriel
6、? It was founded in 1982. He could hear voices from the world that were more beautiful than himself. Watch the video again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. WOMAD stands for “world of music, arts, and dance”. 2. Marcello Collasurdo is the co-founder of WOMAD. 3. Marcell
7、o is from Spaccanapoli. 4. There are eight different instruments used in Marcellos band. T F T T 5. Marcellos father taught him to dance the tamuriata when he was young. 6. The streets of Naples are like a stage to Marcello. T F World Music Narrator: Hundreds of people from around the world are arri
8、ving in the English countryside. They are coming for a music festival called WOMAD. WOMAD means, “world of music, arts, and dance.” The artists come to WOMAD to perform traditional music and dance from their cultures in a celebration of world music. One fan of world music is singer and songwriter Pe
9、ter Gabriel. He co-founded WOMAD in 1982. Peter Gabriel: I had a very personal, practical attraction to what is now world music. And I would hear all these fantastic things from all over the world and there were these really stunning voices doing much better than I ever could have. So that was reall
10、y inspiring for me. What I love to see when I go to WOMAD now is so many people being open-minded and listening to music from all over the world. Narrator: Spaccanapoli, an eight-piece band, is coming from Naples, Italy, to perform at WOMAD. The head of the group, Marcello Collasurdo, sings and play
11、s the tambourine. Marcello Collasurdo: Spaccanapoli! Ciao! Narrator: He is getting the group ready for its first performance at WOMAD. Marcello Collasurdo: words translated My name is Marcello Collasurdo, and I am from NaplesMy father taught me to love the tambourine when I was just a young boy. Nar
12、rator: The bands music is a combination of folk rock and the music from two traditional Italian dances. the tarantella and tamurriata. Marcello Collasurdo: words translated Tamurriata music is like rap. Its a mountain rap, a country rap-its part of our culture. Narrator: Marcello gets the inspiratio
13、n for his music from the streets of Naples, where he lives. People here often sing in the street. It can happen at any time and in any place. For Marcello, everyone on the street is a neighbour, and every street is a stage in his neighbourhood in Naples. Singing of Marcello Collasurdo and fellow mus
14、icians Marcello Collasurdo: OK, grazie. Discuss the questions in groups. 1. Would you like to go to the WOMAD festival? Why and why not? After you watchAfter you watchAfter you watchAfter you watch 2. Why is it important to celebrate music, arts, and world cultures? 1. Would you like to go to the WO
15、MAD festival? Why and why not? I would like to go to the WOMAD festival because I would like to hear music from many different cultures. 2. Why is it important to celebrate music, arts, and world cultures? It is important to celebrate music, arts and world cultures because sharing our cultural heritage is important to keep it alive for future generations.
