Learn some useful words and expressions.

Teaching Important Points.

Help the students to understand the passage better.

Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to help the students improve their reading and understand the passage better.

Teaching Methods:

Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

Careful reading to understand the passage better.

Discussion to help the students understand what they've learned better.

Teaching procedure.

Step 1 Lead --in

The teacher may play a kind of music written by Beethoven.

------- What kind of music do you think it?

----- Who do you know wrote it ?

The teacher may discuss the questions and answer them freely.

T: As we know, there are various kinds of music around the world. They all have their own obvious characteristic. And also there were famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Today we may learn of their life from the text.

Step 2 Reading comprehension.

Fast reading: Read the passage quickly and choose the best title.

A. Three Great Austrian Composers.

B. Three Great Composer of the eighteenth Century.

C. Three Great Child Composers.

Key: Ｂ.

Now let's read the passage again, underline new words in the text and decide whether the following statements are right or not.

1. The three composers were all born in Austria.

2. Mozart had a beautiful singing voice.

Mozart died before his fortieth birthday.