Unit 4. Listening to Music » Стр.99 (3)

Listen and complete the text. Use the words in the box given below. Say where you think music tunes come from. Music is a universal (1) language. It offers up refreshment from our daily (2) life. It washes away the dust of everyday (3) routine from our souls. Music has accompanied people through the ages with wonderful (4) tune, harmony and (5) lyric. Ancient people listened to the sounds of nature and believed in their strong power over them. Music, in many ways, has become one of the central ways in which people of different nations pass on their traditions. Native music in any (6) culture is creative and very much alive. Contemporary music is not static either. Today’s (7) artists and (8) composers use their, national tradition in music as their starting point and the main source of inspiration. Music is the art that speaks most openly to us: a child’s (9) songs brings a smile, (10) melodies sounds towards the soul and mind, and a waltz makes us dance. Music talks to our heart and soul. It carries our culture to the next generation. Music opens the way into the future.