Lesson 4 Let’s Dance
Enjoy a video
Warming up: Can you name them?
square dance ballet dragon dance
waltz
tango
hip-hop dance
Words Related to Dancing
 Disco
 Classical
ballet
 Chinese folk
dance
 Walts
 Breakdancing
•beautiful
•loud
•noisy
•fast
•traditional
•popular
•exciting
Task 1 listening
Listen to the music extracts and
identify the dances in the box.
disco, classical ballet, waltz,
Chinese folk dance, breakdance
Chinese folk dance
classical ballet
waltz
disco
breakdance
Vocabulary
1.Match the following words from the text
with their definitions:
1) ordinary
a. jump lightly or quickly
2) unique
b. not unusual or special in any way
3) skip
4) generation
5) back and forth
c. people in a group or country of a similar
age, experiences or attitudes
d. forwards and backwards
e. having no like or equal; being the only
one of its sort
2. Fill in the blanks with the missing words.
1) Grandfathers, fathers and sons belong to
generations
three different __________(代).
2) The book describes the way of life of the
ordinary
_________（普通的）people
of Mexico.
unique （唯一的）
3) That building is ________
because all the others like it were destroyed.
4) How do you feel when the late comers walk
back
and forth
__________（来回）in
front of you in a cinema?
skipped （跳过） the dull part of the
5) He ______
book to read the exciting part.
Please read this passage quietly
and quickly, trying to guess
where it is from.
(1) a traditional encyclopedia
(2) a magazine
(3) a newspaper
(4) CD ROM encyclopedia
Reading Strategies:
--- making contextual
connections(利用语境，联系上下文)
1. Read the text to get a general idea.
2. Look at the missing sentences and read the
paragraphs with gaps in detail.
3. Choose the missing sentence, a) to e), from the
list. Make sure the topic of the sentence
matches the topic of the paragraph.
4. Make sure that the sentence fits in with the
sentences before and after it. Look for time time
references
references, pronoun
pronoun references or contrasting
ideas.
Task 2 Fast Reading
topic, pronoun, time
a)
5 In the mid-1980s, breakdancing
became popular.
b)
3 They are easy to learn and are
usually danced in couples.
c)
2 Other kinds of folk dances are the
sword dance and the colouful
peacock dance.
d)
1 One of the most famous ballets is
called “ Swan Lake”.
e) In the 1960s, people danced
4
without touching their partner.
Task 3 Careful Reading
How many topics are there in the passage?
Ballet
Folk Dance
Popular Dance
Can you find out the origin(起源),
features(特色) and famous examples
for each dance mentioned in the
text?
Ballet
Origin
(起源)
Italy and France
began in _________________
during the _______
15th century
tells a story with
Features music and actions
___________________ but no
(特色)
words
___________
1.__________
Swan Lake
Sleeping Beauty
Examples 2._________________
The White-haired Girl
3.____________________
Folk Dance
Origin
people
come from ordinary
________________
traditional styles of
____________
group
Features dancing, _____________
dances taught from one
generation to another
_____________
the dragon dance
1._________________
the lion dance
2.__________________
the sword dance
Examples 3.__________________
the peacock dance
4._________________
the Yangge
5.__________________
Popular Dance
Origin
folk dances
come from ____________
short time,
popular for a _______
easy to learn, danced in
Features ______
couples
____________
the Tango
1.___________________
the Cha-Cha
2. ________________________
Examples
tap dancing
3.___________________
rock ‘n’ roll dances
4.___________________
disco
5.___________________
6.___________________
break dance
True or False
1. Ballet is an important some
art form in
ever
Western culture.
T
group
2. China has not produced any ballets.
F
3. Folk dances are usually solo (独个)
dances. F
4. Dragon dances and the lion dances are
folk dances in China. T
short
5. Popular or social dances are usually
popular for a long time. F
6. Ballroom dancing was a formal
not only
dance in a large room. T
7.In the United States ,there only old
forms of dance . F
Task 4 Retelling
Ballet began in Italy and France during
the 15th century
__________________and
is still an important
____ ______in
Western culture and it tells a
art
form
story with music
______ and actions
________ but
words
no_________.
Folk dances are traditional styles of
ordinary people.
dances coming from ___________
They are usually group dances that are
generation to____________.
another
taught from one _____________
folk
Popular dances often come from ________
dances. They were popular, including
ballroom dances, Rock ’n’ roll,
the Tango, the Cha-cha, disco and so on.
Discussion (pair work)
 Do you think it is necessary to open a dance
lesson in our school?
 If opened ,what dance would you like to
learn?
In my opinion/ For my point of view,
As far as I am concerned...
I think /don't think it is necessary...
Because it is ....
interesting , relax , take exercise ,
make friends...
waste time , waste energy,
difficult ...
Homework
Write a brief introduction to the
type and history of a dance, using
the words and phrases learned in
this unit.
Thank you!