外研英语8上课文Module5Westernmusic.doc

Module 5 Western music
Unit 1 you like western classical music, don’t you?
Tony: I like this music! Who’s it by?
Lingling: Well, I’m nor sure, but Sally’s school orchestra is playing it.
Betty: It’s by Strauss. You’ve heard of him, haven’t you?
Lingling: yes, I have. He was German, wasn’t he?
Betty: No, he wasn’t. He was Austrian. He was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria.
Daming: What’s it called?
Betty: the Blue Danube. The Danube is the river in Vienna.
Lingling: you like western poser?
Betty: Beethoven. But I also like pop music. You listen to pop music, don’t you?
Lingling Yes, I love it!
Bertty: But Sally is a classical musician, so she doesn’t like pop music, does she?
Lingling: No, she doesn’t. I think she’ll like traditional Beijing Opera.
Tony: Hey! Give us a break!
Lingling: What on earth is that?
Daming: Rap music.
Tony: I don’t believe it!
Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music
Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube. It’s the capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical music. From 1750a lot posers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna. The most famous family of musicians was the Strauss family.
There were posers called Johann Strauss: a father and a son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music or a classical dance--- a waltz. His waltzes made him famous all over Euro