1、成才之路 英语路漫漫其修远兮 吾将上下而求索外研版 选修6 MusicModule 4背 景 e 站 链 接Music is often divided into several categories.Some of the categories are folk music,classical music,rock music and jazz music.Folk music:It has been passed_down from one generation to another.At first,it was never written down.People learned the
2、 songs from their families,relatives,neighbors and friends in the same village.These songs were about the country life,the seasons,animals and plants,and about love and sadness in peoples lives.Classical music：Jazz and blues are American inventions.But most Americans were happy to get their classica
3、l music from Europe.After all,classical music is the name for European music from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Classical music,like classical dances or classical poetry,is much more elegant and graceful than pop music.Generally speaking,classical works always has more content a
4、nd meaning.Rock n Roll：It is also called rock and roll,a kind of modern music with strong beat，played loudly on electrical instruments,in which the singer repeats the same few simple words.Jazz：Jazz was born in the USA around 1890.It came from work people and had its roots in Africa.Jazz started developing in the 1920s in the southern states.Soon it was played by white musicians,too,and reached other parts of the USA.知识点击：categories 种类，门类pass down 把往下传elegant 优雅的graceful 优美的，优雅的此处是rock and roll的同位语。此处是in which引导的定语从句。
