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Unit 4
I like music that I can dance to.
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A
The young violin player Vanessa-Mae was the first musician to use dance and rock
music in classical music.Vanessa-Mae loves pop music,and she is also a very good
classical violinist,and she brings these kinds of music together.
Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore on October 27,1978.She moved to London
with her family when she was four.A year later,she started to leam the violin.When she
was eight,she went to Beijing to study the violin.When she was ten,she played with a
very famous group of classical musicians.But Vanessa-Mae doesn't only play the
violin.She learnt the piano before she started to play the violin.
She likes lots of different kinds of music,from Beethoven to the Beatles,and she
wants to play the music she likes.Not only has she played at classical concerts all over
the world,but she has also played at pop concerts with pop stars.A lot of people don't
like the way she uses modern rhythms,noisy drums and guitars in traditional music.But
Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing:she has brought many new fans to classical
music.For the first time,many young people began to listen to classical music.
1.Where was Vanessa-Mae born?
She was bom in
2.Which word means“节奏”in the passage?
Itis“
3.What did Vanessa-Mae leam before she learned the violin?
Vanessa-Mae learned
before she learned the violin.
4.What important thing has Vanessa-Mae done?
She has
to classical music.
5.What does Vanessa-Mae use in traditional music?
Vanessa-Mae uses
in traditional music
B
Li Qi is a 19-year-old young violinist.He began to learn the violin at 4 and it has
been his favorite hobby since then.Before that,he often heard his elder sister play the
piano and he loved the classical music she played."I wanted to beat her in something and
I chose the violin,"Li said.
Several minutes of practice a day was enough when he was 4.As Li grew up,at ages
7 and 8,he had to practice for four hours a day.The time kept going up after Li was 12.
No