2. 外研版 必修 2 Module 3 Reading and vocabulary

3. Listen to the music and give the name of the music instrument. piano violinerhusaxophone

4. Reading and vocabulary Read and translate these words.Decide which of these words you expect to see in a passage about music. 1.court 2.genius 3.impressed 4.lose 5.musical 6.peasant 7. piece (of music ) 8. singer 9. successful 10. symphony 11. talent 12. teenager 宫廷 天才 给留下印象的 丢失，失去 音乐的，悦耳的 农民 一首 ( 音乐 ) 歌手 成功的 交响乐 天分，天赋 十几岁的青少年

5. Read the passage quickly and choose the best title. Three Great Austrian Composers Three Great Composers of the Eighteenth Century Three Great Child Composers

6. Look at the pictures and guess who they were. Haydn Mozart Beethoven

7. Listen to the tape, fill in the blanks with the information about Haydn. Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer and is ________ as “the Father of the _________”. Other composers had written symphonies before Haydn, but he ________ the symphony ____ a long piece of a large __________. He was born in a village in Austrian, the son of a ______. He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the _____ of a prince in eastern Austria, where he became _______ of music. _______ worked there for 30 years, Haydn _______ to London, where he was very __________. knownsymphony changed into orchestra peasant court director Having movedsuccessful

8. Read the passages about Mozart and Beethoven again and answer the questions: 1.Where was Mozart born? 2.Was Beethoven born in Germany? 3.Who died before his fortieth birthday? 4.How many pieces of music did Mozart compose? 5.Who became deaf? Did he stop composing when he became deaf? He was born in Austria. Yes, he was. Mozart. He composed over 600 pieces of music. Beethoven. No, he didn’t. He continued composing When he became deaf.

9. Translate some sentences 1.Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer and is known as the father of the symphony. 2.Having worked there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London,where he was very successful. 3. By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. 4. Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was impressed with him. 5. However, it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vietnam. 6.As he grew older, he began to go deaf.

10. The answers: 1 ．约瑟夫 · 海顿，奥地利作曲家，以 “ 交响 乐之父 ” 著称。 2 ．在那里工作了 30 年后，海顿搬到了伦敦， 在那儿他成功了。 3 ．莫扎特 14 岁时，不仅谱写了很多管弦乐 曲，还谱写了许多拨弦键琴曲、钢琴曲和小 提琴曲。 4 ．海顿于 1781 年遇见了莫扎特，他给海 顿留下了深刻的印象。 5 ．然而，是海顿鼓励贝多芬移居维也纳的。 6 ．他随着年龄的增长，耳朵变聋了。

11. Reading comprehension: Read the passage Add Music to Life,and finish the exercises. 1. What’s the main idea of this passage. 2.which sentence in this passage can be replaced by the Following one? “Music is good because it is nice to hear and it can make You more relaxed and your life more enjoyable.” 3. Fill in the blanks in the seventh paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. 4. Why is it said that music plays an important part In our daily life? 5. Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into Chinese.

12. The answers: 1. Music plays an important part in our daily life. 2. Besides being pleasant to the ear, music can help us relax. 3. help people remember 4.Music can help people relax, communicate, express and change feelings, and even remember things. 5. 现代研究表明，用音乐来放松对我们的身 体是有好处的，在某些方面起到跟剧烈运动 相同的结果。

13. Homework: Write a short passage about your familiar musician or composer that you like best. Write down the reason that you like him or her. You are able to introduce his/her works or his/ her welcomed songs.