Let's dance

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Let's dance
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Listen to the music extracts and identify the
dances.
1. Chinese folk dance
2. Classical ballet
3. Waltz
4. Breakdance
5. Disco
6. Samba
7. Tango
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Ballet
graceful
beautiful
classical
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Reading. Part 1 is about A.when and where
ballet began. B.the feature(??) of ballet. C.some
famous ballet dancers. D.some famous ballets.
A
B
D
Ballet
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Swan lake
The White-haired girl
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Part 2 is about A.the
origin (??) of folk dance. B. how to perform folk
dances. C. when people perform folk
dances. D.some well-known folk dances.
Folk dance
A
C
D
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The peacock dance
The Yangge
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Part 3 is about A.pop dances are usually
popular for a long time. B.the
development of social dances. C.dances in the
USA. D.in the twentieth century
African-American rhythm and movements became
part of pop social dance.
Popular dance


B
C
D
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Answer the questions.

1 Who started folk dance?
Ordinary people.
2 What is the main difference between folk and
popular dances?
Popular dances are usually popular for only a
short time.
3 What is a ballroom dance that came from folk
dance?
Waltz.
4 Why did a lot of new dances come from the
United States?
The mixing of immigrant cultures produced new
forms of dance.
5 What type of dancing became popular in the
mid-1980s?
Breakdancing.
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Game Time
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• Rules
• Play the game in groups.
• Choose one of the letter h at first.
• One student comes to the blackboard, the other
  students describe the word presented on the
  screen, using the adjectives learned in this
  unit the first student tries to guess.(If you
  cant, say pass.)
• Then come the next group.
• The number of the words guessed out will be the
  mark of your group.

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R
h
t
h
y
m
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Samba
Breakdance
Rocknroll
Hip-hop
RB
Ballet
Folk dance
Tango
Beijing Opera
Electric guitar
Rap
Disco
back
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Speaking and writing
Form a group of four. Discuss one of the dances
with your partners. Write a short passage about
it.
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Ballet
Chinese folk dance
traditional
graceful beautiful classical Russian
dancers Sawn lake The white haired girl no
words tell a story
the dragon dances
ordinary
generation
festival occasions
the lion dances
Yangge
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Homework
Read the text.
P.72 Exercise 3.