文化背景知识介绍

文化背景知识介绍（Unit 6 I like music that I can dance to.）

Where Did Hip Hop Come From?

Hip hop is a kind of popular music that started in New York City in the early 1970s. In disco clubs, DJs needed to keep music playing between each song so people could dance. They began to mix parts of the song that was playing with the next song, using a heavy drum beat to tie it together. This became very popular because of the treat rhythm. People looked forward to that part so they could dance even more. Very soon, the DJs began to use a drum machine so they could develop their mix of songs more and even make up some of their own music. To keep the audience excited, an MC would speak between the songs, to introduce the DJ, tell jokes, or tell stories. This practice was the beginning of rap, which is used in today's hip hop music a lot. Hip hop music today usually has one or more rappers talking and sometimes singing above a heavy rhythm.

语言要点：

1. --- What kind of music do you like?

--- I like music that I can sing along with. What about you?

--- I prefer music that has great lyrics.

2. lyric, gentle, exhibition, prefer, photographer, energy, interest, suit, expect, honest, known, gallery, Italian, Indian，remind of, to be honest,

stay away from, in agreement.

读写综合:

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father was a lawyer. And their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher.

Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer software programming at age 13.

In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman. There, Gates developed a version of the programming language called BASIC for the first microcomputer. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. They have been trying to improve software technology, and to make it easier, more enjoyable for people to use computers.

In 1995 Gates wrote The Road Ahead. It held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks, and remained on the list for a total of 18 weeks. Published in more than 20 countries, the book sold more than 400,000 copies in China alone.

In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated（捐