Vienna, the City of Music

Purpose:

1. Read the text and understand the reasons why Vienna is called the "City of Music". Focus on language accumulation and reading aloud.

2. Connect with the content of the text, understand the sentences describing the love of music in Vienna, a musical city, feel the strong musical atmosphere in Vienna, and cultivate students' love for music.

Process

1. Introduction: Teacher’s talk: Yesterday we browsed (student reading questions) in a hurry. What did you know through yesterday’s study? Today we will enter Vienna again and experience the unique scenery of Vienna.

2. Study the text

(1) Study the first paragraph.

(1) What kind of city is Vienna? Let's enjoy some pictures. (The teacher shows the picture with background music)

(2) After looking at the picture, read the first section again.

Please tell us about your initial impression of the city of Vienna. ("Beautiful mountains and clear waters", "Picturesque", "Sparkling")

(3) Vienna is really a beautiful city. The "City of Music" is located in such a beautiful environment, which makes people have unlimited reveries. Guided reading. (Music)

(2) Learn the second paragraph.

Transition: So why is Vienna called the "City of Music"?

1. After studying the previous lesson, everyone knows from what aspects does the text specifically describe Vienna as the "City of Music"? Please tell me about the central sentence you found. Communication: (1) Vienna is the cradle of European classical music. (2) Vienna is a city decorated with music. (3) Vienna cannot live without music for almost a day. (4) Vienna is dotted with opera houses and concert halls, among which the Vienna State Opera House, founded in 1869, is the most famous and is known as the "World Opera Center".

2. After reading these four aspects, do you have any questions to ask?

The questions are roughly as follows: (1) Why is Vienna said to be the cradle of European classical music? (2) Why is Vienna said to be a city decorated with music? (3) Why is it said that Vienna cannot live without music for almost a day? (4) Why is the National Opera House called the "World Opera Center"?

3. Want to know the answer? Let's study the text. Please choose the question you are most interested in and want to study most, read the text carefully, conduct targeted research, find the answer, and communicate your feelings after reading with your study partners.

4. Students are free to choose to browse, read aloud, and exchange feelings.

5. Communicate with the whole class.

(1) The first aspect. Present the second natural paragraph. (1) Name someone and tell me why Vienna is the cradle of European classical music?

"Vienna is the cradle of European classical music."

A. This is a metaphor. Who is being compared to the cradle?

B. What does cradle mean? (The place where we first grew up.)

C. Why is Vienna compared to the cradle? . (Show pictures of musicians)

(2) Teacher summary: Vienna was once the place where famous musicians lived, studied, and created music. It had a great impact on their lifetime achievements and created Europe. of classical music. This is really—read this verse.

Read by name to music, then read together

(2) The second question (the third natural paragraph of the text):

(1) Students communicate and read by themselves What you understand

(2) Communicate "you can see it everywhere", "more often named after musicians", "even... also use..." (display pictures, text and other information based on students' answers. )

(2) Read the text again and grasp the words "everywhere, even...also..." to read out the strong musical atmosphere.

(3) What an interesting city, who is willing to read this section? Students read aloud.

(3) The third aspect. Show paragraph 4. What do you seem to see when reading this natural paragraph? What do you smell? What do you hear? What do you feel? Please grasp the key words and read out your feelings.

The melodious music mixed with the fragrance of flowers and plants floats and echoes in the evening breeze, which really makes people feel comfortable. Guided reading. (Music)

Through learning, we appreciated the unique scenery of Vienna, a city decorated with music.

The fourth question (paragraph 56 of the text): (1) After studying this part, how do you feel about the Vienna State Opera? (Magnificent and spectacular, it has a huge influence all over the world.)

(2) Exchange the magnificence of the Opera House. A. Communication: "1642 seats", "567 seats", "110-member orchestra", "glorious", "16 marble statues", "golden light"... (show the corresponding pictures for appreciation) The opera house is large - catch Read a few sentences related to the numbers. B. The opera house is so magnificent, let us read it. Read section 5.

The Opera House is splendid and magnificent - the author uses four "golds" in succession to reflect the splendid splendor - practice reading.

(3) The huge impact of communication around the world. (Show relevant pictures based on student exchanges)

The teacher quoted: "Every New Year's Eve,... During the annual cultural festival,..." Guide students to deeply experience the rich atmosphere of the opera house The music atmosphere:

Teacher’s advice: Read a few sentences describing the splendor of the opera house again, and you will make new discoveries. (The multimedia displays this text and flashes the words "music goddess statue, music master bust, music goddess colorful statue")

Students express their opinions.

Practice reading aloud.

(4) Summary: The State Opera House is the shining pearl of Vienna, the "City of Music", which makes the city of music more beautiful.

4. Summarize the reading text title and praise the music. The capital of Vienna.

“Without music, there would be no Vienna.” Yes, music represents the scenery and flowing water of Vienna, the capital of Austria, which gave birth to Haydn, Mozart, and Beddo. Musical giants such as Fin, Schubert, Strauss and Sons, and Brahms have left countless immortal pieces of music to the world. Opera houses and concert halls are almost all over the city, and streets, conference halls, and theaters are named after musicians. Parks abound; sculptures, former residences or cemeteries of music masters can be seen everywhere in parks, squares or streets. Vienna is immersed in melodious music every day and provides you with rich natural, historical and cultural attractions. Enjoy the feast and experience the excitement and tranquility in the gorgeous music! After studying the text, you must sincerely admire the beautiful music city Vienna! Please read the topic emotionally again.

5. Extracurricular extension: Collect information about famous cities in the world outside class and communicate with each other.

6. Extracurricular homework

Choose your favorite natural paragraphs and memorize them. In the next class, ask students to add musical narration to the picture materials.

The world-famous city of Vienna, the capital of Austria, is located in the Vienna Basin at the northern foot of the Alps in northeastern Austria, surrounded by mountains on three sides. The Danube River runs through the city and is surrounded by the famous Vienna Forest. It covers an area of ??414.5 square kilometers and has a population of 1.563 million (in 2000), accounting for more than one-fifth of the country's population. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Lower Austria. Capital. The Danube Port, the railway hub from Western Europe to the Balkans.

When people think of Vienna, they will naturally think of music masters such as Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, and Johann Strauss. It is named because it is the hometown of the famous waltz and the birthplace of many famous European classical music works. It has always enjoyed a high reputation as a world-famous music city.

In the 18th century, it was the center of the "Vienna School" of European classical music. In the 19th century, it was the main birthplace of dance music. Many famous musicians from all over the world lived here to engage in creation and performance activities. Walking around Vienna, you can see lifelike statues of musicians almost everywhere. Many streets, parks, theaters, conference halls, etc. in the city are named after world-famous musicians.

The Inner Ring Road of Vienna is where the sculptures of music masters are most concentrated.