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Module 12 Western music
Unit 2 Vienna is the center of European classical music.
Learning objectives
1. To understand the description of Vienna and the composers
2. To master the key words and useful phrases in this passage
3. To be able to write a passage about Xian Xinghai
Step 1 Warming up
Introduce some musicians to the students. Let them know something about Western music.
Step 2 New words
Present the new words.
Step 3 Pre-reading
1. Let Ss look at the pictures of Activity 1 and describe it. Use the words from the box.
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2. Introduce Vienna to the students.
Step 4 While-reading
1. Listen to the passage and answer the questions.
1) How many musicians are there in the passage?
2) Who was a very young musician?
3) When did Mozart start playing piano?
2. Watch the flash and check (√) the true sentences.
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.
3. Read Paragraph 1 and complete the passage.
Vienna is a city on the River _______. It’s the capital of _______ and the centre of European _______ music. In the 18th century, a lot of ________ came to study and work.
4. Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.
5. Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.
6. Answer the questions.
1) Where is Vienna?
2) What music did Johann Strauss the elder write?
3) How many waltzes did Johann Strauss the younger write?
4) When was Mozart born?
5) How old was Mozart when he died?
Step 5 Post-reading
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
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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 p