欢迎来到英语课堂Module4CulturalcornerMusicModuleFourMusicTeachingaimsanddemands:1.ToknowaboutthegeneralknowledgeoftheGrammyAwards.2.Toreadandunderstandalittletoodifficultpassagerelatedtomusic.CulturalCornerPre-readingactivities1.Brainstormawardsinmusic.2.Tellwhatyouknowabouthowanawardisdecidedtoandgiventoapersonwhodeservesit.Today,we’lllearnamostfamousawardinthemusicindustry.Lead-inWhile-readingactivitiesReadthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.WhataretheGrammyAwardsgivenfor?Theyaregivenforimportantachievementsinrecordedmusic.Thereare105categoriesintheawards2.Howmanycategoriesarethereintheawards?TheawardsdependonhowmanyvoteseachartistreceivesfrommembersoftheRecordingAcademy.Besides,theyaregivenformanydifferentreasons,notonlyforsellingalotofalbums.3.Howdotheydecidetowhomsuchanawardshouldbegiven?Becausewinnersreceiveastatuetteintheshapeofagramophone,anoldfashionedhi-fisystem.4.WhyisthewardcalledaGrammy?TheythinktheGrammyisnotasimportantastheyusedtobe.5.Whatdosomepeoplethinkoftheaward?6.IsiteasyordifficultforthemusiciansfromtherestoftheworldtowinaGrammyprize?Why?It’sverydifficultformusiciansfromtherestoftheworldtowinaGrammyprize.BecausethereareonlytwoawardsforWorldMusicinaseparatesetofawardsforLatinmusic.Post-readingHaveadiscussiononthefollowingquestions:InwhatwayaretheGrammyssimilartotheFilmAcademy(theOscars)?2.IftherewereGrammyAwardsforChinesemusic,whatcategorieswouldyouliketosee?3.AretheGrammyAwardsimportant?Why?
