老师：Hello everyone, welcome to my class. In the last class we read two emails by two exchange students who are discovering new music in their host countries. And in this class we would focus on some language points. Before we start our lesson, I'd like to draw your attention to the learning objectives and this class. By the end of this class, you are supposed to review the text and then grasp the usage at the keywords and try to use them to finish given tasks. No. 3, to enlarge music related vocabulary and finally describe a piece of music using personification.
老师：First, let's review the text. We can see the title of this passage is Understanding Culture Through Music. So can you still remember what cultures Alice and Harry have Learned about through music?
老师：Alice learns about a Chinese love story which stresses reunion through classical music. And for Harry, he learns about the simple life of rural America through country music. Let's review the text in detail. Please fill in the blanks, one word for each blank. Let's do it together. The performance of Butterfly Lovers Can Pose.
老师：goes by 何占豪 and 成刚real。
老师：Usually deserves to be heard. The music took me through the twist and the turns of a classic story. It expresses different moods, first light and pleasant, then fast and cheerful, followed by dramatic and heavier notes when the young couple are turn apart by Jue's father. During the most exciting part, Liang dies and Zhu, who is overcome with sorrow, jumps into his grave. The music takes a softer turn and ends on a bitter sweet note when the reunited couple transform into butterflies and stay together forever. Rooted in your opera and played on western instruments, Butterfly Lovers is a unique combination of Chinese and western music elements.
老师：What about Harry's email? Yes, he talks about country music, so let's do it together. My host family in Nashville are big fans of country music, so I always rely on them to introduce me some great songs. Country music, which grew out of a folk music, became popular in the south of America in the 1950s and then spread across the nation. The tunes are easy to sing and lyrics leave you in deep thought. Most of songs are about hardship and heartbreak, but some are also about hope with plenty of humor throw in for good measure. Country music makes you think of the surroundings and the simple life in rural America.
老师：Okay, let's focus on the key words. Let's look at this sentence. A beautiful violin concerto composed by hezanhao and chenggang. So can you tell me the meaning of compose in this sentence?
老师：Yes, it's very clear that compose means to write a piece of music. Besides composing a piece of music, we can also say compose a letter, a speech, or a poem. In this sense, it means to wr
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