Unit 5 MusicThe band that wasn’tHave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan To be honest, a lot of people a ttach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a bandMany musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themse lves or to pay for theirinstruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are pa id in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monke es and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other a s well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV organi zers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other music ians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to their perfor mances were humourous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkeeswould play and sing songs written by other ,after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing the ir own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started tou ring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and soldeven more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mi d-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their form er time as a real band.Book 2 Unit 5△classical /'klæsikl/adj. 古典的；古典文艺的roll /rəul/ vt. & vi. 滚动；（使）摇摆n. 摇晃；卷；卷形物；面包圈△rock’n’roll(rock-and-roll) 摇滚乐△orchestra /'ɔ:kistrə/ n. 管弦乐队△rap /ræp/n. 说唱乐folk /fəuk/ adj. 民间的jazz /dʒæz/n. 爵士音乐△choral /'kɔ:rəl/ adj. 唱诗班的；合唱队的△the Monkees /mɔŋki:z/ 门基乐队musician /mju:'ziʃn/ n. 音乐家dream of 梦见；梦想；设想△karaoke /kæri'əuki/ n. 卡拉OK录音；自动伴奏录音pretend /pri'tend/ vt. 假装；假扮to be honest 说实在地；实话说attach /ə'tætʃ/ vt. & vi. 系上；缚上；附加；连接attach …to认为有（重要性、意义）；附上；连接form /fɔ:m/ vt. （使）组成；形成；构成△fame /feim/ n. 名声；名望passer-by /pa:sə'bai/ n. 过路人；行人earn /ə:n/ vt. 赚；挣得；获得extra /'ekstrə/ adj. 额外的；外加的instrument /'instrumənt/ n. 工具；器械；乐器perform /pə'fɔ:m/ vt. & vi. 表演；履行；执行performance /pə'fɔ:məns/ n. 表演；演奏pub /pʌb/ n. 酒馆；酒吧cash /kæʃ/ n. 现金in cash 用现金；有现钱studio /'stju:diəu/ n. 工作室；演播室millionaire /miljə'neə/ n. 百万富翁；富豪play jokes on 戏弄actor /'æktə/ n. 男演员；行动者rely /ri'lai/ vi. 依赖；依靠rely on 依赖；依靠broadcast /'brɔ:dkɑ:st/ n. 广播；播放vi．＆vt．(broadcast；broadcast)广播；播放humorous /'hju:mərəs/ adj. 幽默的；诙谐的familiar /fə'miliə/ adj. 熟悉的；常见的；亲近的be/get familiar with 熟悉；与……熟悉起来or so 大约break up 打碎；分裂；解体△reunite /ri:ju:'nait/ vt. 再统一；再联合；重聚attractive /ə'træktiv/adj. 吸引人的；有吸引力的addition /ə'diʃn/ n. 加；增加；加法in addition 另外；也sort out 分类△excitement /ik'saitmənt/ n. 兴奋；刺激△ballad /'bæləd/ n. 歌谣；情歌；民谣△overnight /əuvə'nait/ adv. 在晚上；在夜里；（口）很快；一夜之间dip /dip/ vt. 浸；蘸△tadpole /'tædpəul/ n. 蝌蚪△lily /'lili/ n. 百合花confident /'kɔnfidənt/ adj. 自信的；确信的△Freddy /'fredi/ n.弗雷迪(男名)brief /bri:f/ adj. 简短的；简要的n. 摘要；大纲briefly /'bri:fli/ adv. 简要地；短暂地devotion /di'vəuʃn/ n. 投入；热爱afterwards /'ɑ:ftəwədz/ adv. 然后；后来invitation /invi'teiʃn/ n. 邀请；招待beard /biəd/ n. 胡须sensitive /'sensətiv/ adj. 敏感的；易受伤害的；灵敏的painful /'peinfl/ adj. 痛苦的；疼痛的above all 最重要；首先。