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课件网) Module 12 Western music Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music. New words Vienna is the centre of European classical music. Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube. Activity 1 Describe the picture. Use the words from the box to help you. concert musician piano violin Activity 2 Task 1 Read the passage quickly and answer these questions. 1. What does the passage mainly talk about A. doctors B. composers C. Singers 2. _____ people are called Johann Strauss. A. Two B. Three C. Four 3. Who was the greatest European composer A. Beethoven B. Mozart C. Strauss Task 2 Read paragraph 1carefully and check the sentences with T or F. 1. Vienna is an old city on the river Danube. 2. Vienna is the centre of European classical music. 3. Many composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna from 1850. Activity 2 Task 3 Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions: Activity 2 Time What happened to Mozart In 1756 He was _____. Before he was six He _____ _____ _____the piano _____ _____ the violin . In_____ He died when he was only_____ . born played not only but also 1791 35 Read and check. 1. Many musicians came to study and work in Vienna. 2. Strauss the younger played the piano, the violin and the drums at the age of six. 3. Mozart's family took him around Europe. 4. The father, Johann Strauss, died in 1791. 5. Mozart wrote The Blue Danube. Activity 2 Activity 3 Answer the questions. 1. Where is Vienna Vienna is on the River Danube in the centre of Europe. 2. What music did Johann Strauss the elder write Johanna Strauss the elder wrote and played music for traditional dances, called the waltz. 3. How many waltzes did Johann Strauss the younger write He wrote over 150 waltzes. Activity 3 Answer the questions. 4. When was Mozart born He was born in Austria. 5. How old was Mozart when he died He died in 1791 when he was only 35. Activity 3 Answer the questions. Both Strauss the _____ and Strauss the younger wrote some very _____ music. _____ successful composer from Vienna was Mozart, but he became very _____ and died at the age of 35. many people think Mozart’s music is _____. All three were great _____ musicians. elder another elder European perfect poor popular popular Another poor perfect European Activity 5 Writing Use the notes to write a passage about the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai. ◆ Xian Xinghai ◆ famous for the song The Yellow River ◆ wrote it in 1939 in only six days ◆ one of the great composers of classical and traditional music Activity 5 Writing Use the notes to write a passage about the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai. ◆ born in Macao, China, 1905 ◆ died young, 1945 ◆ called the “People’s Musician” ◆ used traditional Chinese music ◆ studied in Paris ◆ songs are still popular today Language points 1. make 表“使役动词”的用法小结: (1) make+sb./sth.+adj.意为“使某人/某物……”。 (2) make+sb./sth.+n.意为“使某人/某物成为……”。 (3) make+sb. ... ...
