Welcome to our English class
Unit Five
Music
Warming up
What kind of music do you know?
Brainstorming
music
Folk music
(民族音乐)
Rock ’n’ roll
(摇滚音乐)
Classical music
(古典音乐)
Jazz (爵士乐)
Choral(合唱)
Country music(乡村音乐)
Rap (说唱音乐)
Orchestra
(管弦乐)
What kind of music do you like better?
Classical music
Modern music
Chinese music
Western music
OR……
Discussion
I like Chinese because I think Chinese music is easy to
understand. It is our culture.
I like classical music because it is
serious and make people inspired.
It can last long.
Are you familiar with some Chinese or foreign bands?
Beyond
Westlife
The Beatles
甲壳虫乐队
又称：批头士
the Monkees
The Monkees —
the most popular
band in the USA
from 1966 to 1968!
The band that wasn't
Reading
Do you know anything about
“The Monkees”?
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.
猴子乐队是一只美国本土乐队，由四人组成，于二十世纪60年代兴起，最初，乐队成员是应一则电视广告走到一起的。电视制作人想寻找四位很活跃又很会演奏的乐手。他们在报上登了广告，想招摇滚乐手，但是只招到一位符合条件的——也就是后来的乐队主唱弗雷迪。乐队的其他人只能用演员，演员不会唱，因此起初演节目时由别的歌手唱歌，而乐队其他成员假唱。门基乐队开始每个星期都要演唱由别的音乐家作的一两首歌曲。然而，经过大约一年，门基乐队逐渐对他们的工作严肃起来，他们像一支真正的乐队开始用自己的乐器演奏，并且自己作词作曲了。后来他们还出了自己的唱片，并开始旅行演出自己的乐曲。门基乐队虽然有模仿“甲壳虫乐队”的意思，但他们甚至比“甲壳虫”乐队还要受欢迎，出售的录音专辑还要多。他们在英国的旅行演出同样获得了巨大成功，英国的年轻人也开始对The monkees变得疯狂然而，门基乐队在1970年左右解散了，到80年代中期才又重组起来。1996年他们出了一张新的专辑，庆祝他们一起合作的愉快时光。
Skimming
to get
general ideas
The two musical bands mentioned in
the passage are _______.
A. the Westlife B. the Monkees
C. the Beatles D. both B. & C.
2. "The Monkees" celebrated their former
time as a real band in ______.
A. 1970 B. 1971
C. 1980 D. 1996
Reading Comprehension I
Careful reading
to solve
difficult points
Read the passage to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 3
Para. 2
Para. 4
Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.
This is how most bands start.
The Monkees started in a different way.
How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.
Match the main ideas and the paragraphs.
A famous singer or musician usually
belongs to a band.
2. Many musicians form a band because
of their common interest in music.
3. Playing music to passers-by in the
street is the first step to fame.
4. When performers make records and
sell millions of copies, they are successful.
True or False
Reading Comprehension II
5. If we are honest with ourselves, most
of us are afraid of being famous.
6. Many musicians meet and form a band
because they like to write and play
their own music.
7. The TV organizers had looked for five
musicians who were lively and who
could make good music.
8. “The Monkees” broke up in about
1960, but reunited in 1980.
Main idea of the text
How do people form a______?
and how did the __________
form and become a real band?
band
Monkees
1. What does the title of the passage mean?
A.The band wasn’t a famous one.
B.The band was formed in a different way.
C.The band didn’t play their own music.
D.The band wasn’t supported buy his fans.
Choose the best answer.
B
2. How many musicians were there
when the band was formed at
the beginning?
A. Four B. Three C. Two D. One
3. When did the Monkees break up
and when did it reunite?
A. 1970; 1996 B. 1970; 1990
C. 1970; the mid-1980s
D. 1968; 1986
D
C
4. Which of the following is not correct
about “The Monkees”?
A. At first, The Monkees copied the style
of The Beatles.
B.They were not so popular as The Beatles.
C.Their performances were really popular
and attractive because of their jokes.
D.They were copied by other groups and
supported by their fans.
B
Language Points of Reading
break up
1) 破裂, 拆散, 打碎
他们的友谊已经破裂了。
Their friendship has broken up.
2) 驱散
The police breaks up the crowd by violence.
3)停止, 结束，放学了。
The class has broken up.
4）使结束， 终止
They broke up their agreement.
Break down (机器)出故障，（身体等）被搞垮，精神崩溃
Break in 非法进入，打断，插嘴
Break out （战争，火灾等）突然发生，爆发
Break off 突然停止，中断，折断
1.梦想
2.说实话
3.组成乐队
4.过路者
5.挣钱
6.打趣逗笑，捉弄，嘲笑
7.基于
8.登广告
9.左右
10.解散
11.一张新专辑
12.给..做某事的机会
13. 以…开始
1. dream of/about
2. to be honest
3. form a band
4. passers-by
5. earn money
6. play jokes on sb.
7. be based on
8. put an advertisement
9. or so
10. break up
11. a new record
12. give sb a chance to do sth
13. begin with/begin…with
Thanks for your listening!