Lingling:

We’ re going to have some Russian teachers at school tomorrow, and I welcoming the visitors. How do I do that?

Lingling, you know, in Russia, people usually kiss three times, left, right, left.

What! No, I didn

’

Betty:

Lingling:

’ t know that. We Chinese often shake hands and smile

when we meet visitors, and sometimes we nod our heads . But we never kiss. Only parents and children do that.

That ’ s because people do different things in different countries. So what do people in the US usually do when they meet?

In the US some people shake hands, and some kiss or hug each other. In India people put their hands together and nod their heads. And do your know what Maori people in New Zealand do when they meet? No, What do they do? They touch noses!

Betty: Lingling: Betty:

Lingling:

Betty:

by Wang Lingling

Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways

to welcome them.

How close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand too close to

people in the Middle East but don’stand too close to North American! Give them

more personal space.

How about touching people? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their

friends. South American sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you can

move away! But in Britain many people don

’ t like other people to touch them at all.

’ t polite to look at people

Do you look at people when you talk? In some places, it isn when they talk, but in other countries it isn

’ t polite to look somewhere else. In Britain

and the US, people usually look at each other when they talk.

And how do you say goodbye? That

’ s easy, wave to say goodbye. But be careful!

’ s very rude!

In Greece, it ’ s not at all polite! In fact, it

Module 12 Western music Unit 1 It ’ s so beautiful! (The Blue Danube) Daming:

Hmm, this is Western music, isn ’it? Can you hear the violin piano? It ’ s so beautiful! Is this by Strauss or Mozart? I ’ m not sure It ’bys Strauss. I love Tony?

Was he German

and the

Lingling: Betty:

his music! Do you know anything about him,

Tony: Betty:

No, he was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria. What a beautiful city! This is called The Blue Danube. The Danube is a river in Europe. It goes through Vienna.

Lingling: Betty: Lingling: Tony:

Do you like both. You listen to pop music, Betty? Well, I like both. You listen to pop music, Lingling ,don

’ t you?

Yes, I do. I also like Beijing opera. Listen to this fantastic voice. Hmm, the sound is very Listen to this! Hey! Give us a break!

different, isn I ’ m’ tait?fan of rock music.

Daming: Lingling: Daming: Tony:

Rock music? Listen to those drums. It ’ s so noisy! And much too fast! You don ’ t like rock music? I don

’ t believe it!

Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music.

The city of music

Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube in the centre of Europe. It capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical music. In the eighteenth century a lot of musicians came to study and work in Vienna.

In the Strauss family, there were two composers called Johann Strauss: the father and the son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for traditional dances, called the waltz. His dance music made him famous all over

Europe. The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was also very successful and popular.

He wrote over 150 waltzes. In 1867 he wrote The Blue Danube waltz.

Mozart was another very important composer. He was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six, he played not only the piano but also the violin. His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote hundreds of wonderful pieces of music. But he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only 35. Like Johann Strauss, father and son, he was a great European musician, and many people still think his music is perfect.