Task 1. Work in pairs. Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician. (Làm việc từng đôi. Dùng các từ gợi ý dưới đây để thành lập câu đầy đủ về Scott Joplin, một nhạc sĩ nổi tiếng người Mỹ.)

1. He / learn / play / music / when / very young.

2. Scott / learn / play / works / composers / Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart / as well as / compose / music.

3. He / quickly / become / famous.

4. His tunes / be / wonderful mixture / classical European and African beats / which / be / known as Ragtime.

5. All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags /, / and be / called / King of Ragtime.

6. Scott Joplin / die / 1917.

Trả lời:

1. He learned to play music when he was very young.

2. Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach. Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.

3. He quickly became famous.

4. His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats, which were known as Ragtime.

5. All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the “King of Ragtime .

6. Scott Joplin died in 1917.