Para 2 Para 3 Para 4
The development of “The Monkees”.
Dreaming of being a famous musician or singer.
How musicians form bands.
Careful-reading:discuss the questions in groups 1.Which two musical bands were mentioned in the passage? The Beatles and the Monkees 2.When did “The Monkees” break up and when did it reunite? 1970, mid-1980s 3.When did" The Monkees" celebrate their time as a real band? 1996
Watch the video and answer the questions.
How do you feel after listening to this piece of music?
What other feelings does music bring us?
relaxed calm
sad excited happy …
reunited in the 1980s.
T
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Why do people want to be part of a band as a singer or musician? 音乐家
2. What stages do most bands go through before they become famous and rich?
vt. (使)组成；形成；构成 n. 名声；名望 n. 过路人；行人
Words Review
earn vt. 赚；挣得；获得 extra adj. 额外的；外加的 instrument n. 工具；器械；乐器 perform vt. & vi. 表演；履行；执行 performance n. 表演；演奏 pub n. 酒馆；酒吧 cash n. 现金 in cash 用现金；有现钱 studio n. 工作室；演播室 millionaire n. 百万富翁；富豪 play jokes on 戏弄
Words Review
actor n. 男演员；行动者 rely vi. 依赖；依靠 rely on 依赖；依靠 broadcast n. 广播；播放
vi.& vt. 广播；播放 humorous adj. 幽默的；诙谐的
familiar adj. 熟悉的；常见的；亲近的 be/get familiar with 熟悉；与……熟悉起来
Guessing Game
What do you know about music? Try to guess what kind of music the following belong to.
A large group of people playing all kinds of musical instruments together.
Read the third and fourth paragraphs 1. do the ”T” or “F” exercises
1.The TV organizers had looked for ffiovuer musicians who were lovely and who could make good music. F
乐)
• Blues • Rap • Country music • Pop music • Modern music • Chinese music • Western music
Music appreciation
Listen to the eight different kinds of music. Guess which music matches which picture. Then please tell your feeling.
About band
You can see a group of musicians in a band. • Generally speaking, there are 2-5 people in a band, including one or two guitarists, one bassist (贝斯手), one vocalist (歌手), one keyboardist and one drummer.
2.Each week the group that was called “The
MBoeantklese”s would play a song or two written by
other musician.
F
3. “The Monkees” broke up in about 1970,but
It is a band with 4-person that was very popular in the 1960S in America and as well as a TV show of the same name and it based on “The Beatles”. The band used instruments rarely seen on TV at that time. Now it is still popular in the world today.
or so 大约 break up 打碎；分裂；解体
reunite vt. 再统一；再联合；重聚
Words Review
attractive addition in addition sort out excitement
ballad overnight
dip tadpole
lily
adj. 吸引人的；有吸引力的 n. 加；增加；加法 另外；也
Jazz
It’s considered to be serious. It has a value that continues for a long time.
Classical music
Many people get together to sing.
Choral
It’s a kind of traditional music from a particular country, region or community.
What famous bands do you know?
Exo
Bigbang
凤凰传奇
羽·泉
Beyond
Mayday (五月天)
One direction
The Rolling Stones
Beatles
The Monkees
the Monkees — the most popular band in the USA from 1966 to 1968!
Folk music
It is a type of popular music with a strong rhythm in which the words are spoken, not sung.
Rap
It was popular in the 1950s. It has very loud sound with strong beat.
Rock ’n’ Roll
A type of music that comes from the folk music of the southern and western US.
Country music
The different kinds of music
• Classical music • Rock ’n’ Roll • Orchestra • Folk music • Jazz • Chorus(合唱) • Symphony(交响
The band used techniques rarely seen on TV at that time. Now it is still popular in the world today.
The Monkees
Do you know anything about “The Monkees”?
Orchestra(管弦乐队)
It is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States.
Words Review
musician dream of karaoke
pretend to be honest
attach attach…to
form fame passer-by
n. 音乐家 梦见；梦想；设想
n. 卡拉OK录音 vt. 假装；假扮 说实在地；实话说
vt. & vt. 系上；缚上；附加；连接 vt. & vi. 认为有(重要性、意义) 附上；连接
Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician?
Fast-Reading :Look for the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
How “The Monkees” was formed.