Before You Read

Work in pairs. Discuss and match each of the descriptions to a type of music.

(Làm việc từng đôi. Thảo luận và ghép mỗi mô tả với một loạt âm nhạc.)

While You Read

Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.

(Đọc đoạn văn và sau đó làm bài tập theo sau.)

There are two things that make humans different from all other animals. They are language and music. Music is clearly different from language. However, people can use it to communicate - especially their emotions. Like reading, writing and speaking, music can express ideas, thoughts and feelings. It can express one’s anger, love, hate or friendship; it can also convey one's hopes and dreams.

Music is very much an integral part of our life. It is played during almost all important events and on special occasions and sets the tone for them. It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful. Music lulls babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning.

Above all, music entertains. It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses. In fact, music as entertainment has always been a big business. It is a billion-dollar industry. It is difficult 10 imagine what our lives would be like without music.

Task 1: The words /phrases in the box below all appear in the reading passage. Use them to complete the sentences.

(Tất cả những từ /cụm từ trong khung dưới đây xuất hiện trong bài đọc. Dùng chúng để điền các câu.)

1. If you know English, you can_______ with people from the English-speaking world easily.

2. Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to______ her to sleep.

3. Nam's success at school________ his parents.

4. He is an________ of the team, we can't do without him.

5. The teacher criticised him with a________ expression on his face.

6. Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his________ .

7. With a________ look on his face, he told us about his uncle's death.

Task 2: Answer the questions.

(Trả lời các câu hỏi.)

1. What are the two things that make humans different from other animals?

(Hai điều làm cho con người khác với các động vật khác là gì?)

2. Why is music a powerful means of communication?

(Tại sao âm nhạc là phương tiện giao tiếp mạnh mẽ?)

3. How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?

(Làm thế nào để âm nhạc có thể đặt âm cho một sự kiện và những dịp đặc biệt?)

4. How can music entertain?

(Âm nhạc có thể giải trí như thế nào?)

5. Why has music always been a big business?

(Tại sao âm nhạc luôn là một kinh doanh lớn?)

After You Read

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

(Làm việc từng đôi. Hỏi và trả lời câu hỏi.)

1. How many roles of music are mentioned in the text? 

(Có bao nhiêu vai trò của âm nhạc được đề cập trong văn bản?)

2. In your opinion,which of the roles of music is the most important?

(Theo ý kiến của bạn, vai trò của âm nhạc nào là quan trọng nhất?)