(共15张PPT)
old beautiful city
Para.1 A. the Strauss family
Para.2 B. Mozart
Para.3 C. Vienna
Read quickly and match.
Vienna is the centre of European ________.
A. modern music B. rock music
C. classical music D. country music
2. How many composers are talked about in this passage
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2. Johann Strauss the younger
wrote the Blue Danube _______ .
A. in 1756 B. in 1791
C. in 1825 D. in 1867
Read and check the true sentences.
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. ( )
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The city of music: Vienna
Location
Position
on the River Danube in the center of Europe
old beautiful capital city
the centre of European classical music
Composers
Johann Strauss
Mozart
father
son
dance music
Waltzs
over 150 Waltzs
The Blue Danube
his career
important
wonderful
great
poor
perfect
famous
successful
popular
place
Work in pairs
A: Where is Vienna
B: …
A: …
B: … A: …
B: …
A: …
B: …
A: …
B: …
Both Strauss the (1) ______ and Strauss the younger wrote some very (2) _______ music. (3) _______ successful composer from Vienna was Mozart, but he became very (4) ______ and died at the age of thirty-five. Many people think Mozart’s music is (5) _______. All three were great (6) _________ musicians.
elder
popular
Another
poor
perfect
European
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
another elder European perfect poor popular
What other musicians do you know
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
¤ one of the great composers of classical and traditional music
¤ 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
When you write, choose your tenses carefully. Think about whether you are writing about something that is still true now or happened in the past.
1. Review and recite the important
points of Unit 2.
2. Try to write a passage about a
Chinese musician.
