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1、Reading and Vocabulary(1)Work in pairs. Look at some words about music from the passage. Do you know what they mean?breakdancing; disco; DJ; graffiti; hip hop; improvisation; microphone; percussion; pop; rap; record; reggae; rock; soul; turntable; vocals All You Need to Know About Hip HopPart 1graff
2、iti art What is hip hop and how did it start?Hip hop is an American cultural movement which started in the 1970s at block parties in New York, especially in a district called the Bronx. There are four main aspects of hip hop: breakdance and graffiti art plus two types of hip hop musicDJ-ing and rapp
3、ing. Rapping is also known as MC-ing (coming from the term master of ceremonies). The DJs at block parties in the 1970s played a lot of soul music and they noticed that people preferred the percussion breaks in the songs because they were the best parts to dance to. So they started repeating the per
4、cussion breaks. This is a technique used by DJs in Jamaica. There were a lot of Jamaicans in New York who brought the idea with them. At first, they played a lot of reggae.Part 2breakdancing What was the big breakthrough?DJ Herc, one of the most popular Jamaican DJs at the time, noticed that New Yor
5、k audiences didnt really like reggae music, so he started playing other kinds of music, including rock and disco music. The percussion breaks were usually short, but Herc and other DJs made them longer by using two records on two turntables, side by side. Some of the DJs began speaking and shouting
6、while the music played. Shouting DJs became known as MCs. And so the style of music known as rap was born. At the beginning, MCs often performed for hours, repeating words and phrases and then improvising. Later, they experimented with different vocal and rhythmic approaches, using rhyming words, of
7、ten words from African-American culture. At the same time, people started breakdancing at block parties.MC Dark Star remembers the first time he heard a rap singer. The moment I heard it, he said, I knew it was a completely new kind of music.Part 3DJs Why was hip hop so successful?There are two main
8、 reasons. Firstly, its cheap and easyyou just need two turntables and a microphone. Anyone can be an MC, using songs which have already been recorded.Secondly, people were bored with the pop music of the daydisco music and rock music were both in decline in the mid-1970s. However, disco music had a
9、strong beat, and it was easy to dance to. Hip hop took advantage of that and provided a kind of disco music for people who hated disco!Part 4How did rap singers record their songs?rap artists The first time that rap artists recorded their music, musicians recorded the backing tracks (the music witho
10、ut the singing) in the studio and the rappers added their vocals later. The next generation of rappers recorded their vocals at the same time as the musicians.New York was the capital of hip hop during the 1980s, and the style was known as East Coast rap. The style soon spread to other parts of the
11、United States. There were a lot of West Coast rappers based in California. In Miami, Florida, a new style developed, strongly influenced by Cuban and Puerto Rican music.In the late 1980s, hip hop spread across the world, to Japan, India and many parts of Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy.
12、 In England, a new music form emerged, called trip hop, a mixture of jazz, hip hop and electronic music (for example, music played on computers).Reading Practice Look at the title of the passage. What do you think the passage will be about?Music Born in Hong KongFrom a region of seven million people
13、 has arisen some of the greatest pop music in the world. As well as attracting huge audiences in its Hong Kong home, Cantopop has spread offshore, and its stars are known in Beijing, London and New York. Music born in Hong Kong is booming.In most of the world, pop music is a sign of friction between
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