人教版高一英语年级上23

[-1:-8.00]3 Why is Latin music so popular in the US?Is it popular in China?
[-1:-9.00]Latin music is popular in America partly because of the fact that the US has large Spanish-speaking population,
[-1:10.00]but also because of the success of such artists as Santana and Ricky Martin.
[-1:11.00]4 Is music a universal language?
[-1:12.00]Can you enjoy music from otherparts of the world even if you don't understand the words?
[-1:13.00]What about dancing,paintings and photographs.
[-1:14.00]Various answers are possible.
[-1:15.00]1(F) There are only a few styles of music in the world.
[-1:16.00]2(F) Blues is a new style of music.
[-1:17.00]3(F) Hip-hop and rap are completely different from blues and rock.
[-1:18.00]4(T) Santana is a well-known Latin music artist.
[-1:19.00]5(F) Rappers sing the words to their music.
[-1:20.00]6(T) There are many Spanish-speaking people in both Noth and South America.
[-1:21.00]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[-1:22.00]POP VERSUS ROCK
[-1:23.00]Rock and pop music are becoming more and more similar,
[-1:24.00]but there are still some important differences.
[-1:25.00]Most pop singers make music their career.
[-1:26.00]They use music to become rich and famous,
[-1:27.00]and they sing songs that will be liked by everybody.
[-1:28.00]Rock singers,on the other hand,
[-1:29.00]make music their life.
[-1:30.00]They play music to satisfy their inner desire.
[-1:31.00]They do not think how much money they can make from a song;
[-1:32.00]instead,they sing for their emotions and live for music.
[-1:33.00]Pop songs and rock songs are written in different ways.
[-1:34.00]A pop song is written in a"factory"where one person writes the words,
[-1:35.00]someone else the music,and other musicians record it.
[-1:36.00]The singer often knows little about the ideas or feelings behind the song.
[-1:37.00]The process of making rock music,however,is totally different.
[-1:38.00]The singers and musicians are all able to write music and work together in a band
[-1:39.00]When one of them has a strong feeling,
[-1:40.00]he or she expresses it with  music and the others help build the song.
[-1:41.00]Because of the different ways of thinking and writing songs,
[-1:42.00]rock and pop songs also tell different stories.
[-1:43.00]Most pop songs tell simple stories about love and are written to entertain people
[-1:44.00]They are popular for a short time,but will soon be forgotten.
[-1:45.00]Rock music,on the other hand,expresses true feelings about society,
[-1:46.00]friendship and even war.
[-1:47.00]Some rock songs are also about love,but the feelings they express are deeper.
[-1:48.00]For example,love in a pop song is either good or bad,
[-1:49.00]but in a rock song it can be both good and bad at the same time.
[-1:50.00]Pop music makes people feel easy and forget about the real world;
[-1:51.00]rock music makes people think about the world and how to make their life better.
[-1:52.00]Rock and pop music are becoming...but there are still some important differences
[-1:53.00]Pop music makes people feel easy and forget about the real world.