实用英语综合教程第一册2.doc

实用英语综合教程第一册2 UNIT 2 Text APRE-READING TASKExercise： 1Before reading the passage, decide whether the statements are True or False. 1. Rock and Roll comes mainly from black African music. 2. An electric guitar is a necessary instrument in Rock and Roll music. 3. The King of Rock and Roll is John Winston Lenon（约翰.列农）. Now read the passage to check your answers. Rock and Roll： 1. It is difficult to say exactly how the music we call rock or rock and roll began. Its roots go back to many different countries and many different kinds of music and musicians. 2. Rock music developed mainly from the interaction of black African and white European music. The Europeans and the African slaves who came to America during the seventeenth century each had their own different kinds of music. Black Africans used heavy drumbeats, a rough singing voice, and the calling of a melody and answer of a chorus. The white Europeans, mostly English and Scots, used a stronger melody, a less heavy beat, and instruments such as guitars, horns, and fiddles. The history of rock and roll is the history of how rock evolved from these two traditions. 3. From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, musicians in the southern United States developed two new forms of music: the blues, usually played by blacks, and country music, played by whites. Black musicians sang the blues accompanied by a guitar. This music was similar to work songs: stories of troubles and pain, with lines that were repeated several times. The words rock and roll probably came from the black churches in the South, where people sang spiritual music and danced to the strong rhythms, which they called rocking and reeling. At the same time, whites were playing country music, which was mostly traditional dancing music and slow songs that told sad stories. The singers were accompanied by string instruments such as fiddles and guitars. 4. During this time blues and country musicians had some influence on each other, but the influence grew