What would you like to do if you
are free today?
If
How about dancing?
Sing karaoke with your friends!
Let’s guess what it is.
choral
pop music
country music
rock music
jazz
classical music
orchestra
Listen and see if you can guess
which music matches which
picture.
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4
8
5
7
2
3
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根据相应的英文描述给出音乐形式。
A. a type of music that people consider to
be serious and that has a value that
continues for a long time classical music
B. a style of music which has a strong loud
beat rock ’n’ roll
C. a large group of people playing many
different kinds of musical instruments
together, led by a conductor orchestra
D. a type of popular music in the style of the
traditional music of the southern and
western U.S. country music
E. a type of popular music in which the
words of a song are not sung, but spoken
in time to music with a steady beat rap
F. traditional music from a particular
country, region, or community folk music
1. Do you like music? How does
music make you feel?
2. What kind of music do you like:
Chinese or Western, classical or
modern? Why?
Do you know any famous bands in
the world? List some if you do.
Beyond; The Beatles; Pink
U2; Backstreet boys; Savage Garden
CN Blue; Paramore…
Westlife
Back Street Boys
The Beatles
Do you know the Monkees?
A big hit!
Read the text quickly, try to get the
main idea about the text.
Many people want to be
famous as singers or
musicians.
How do most bands start?
The Monkees started in a
different way.
How the Monkees became
popular and how they
developed as a real band.
Join the correct parts of the sentences
together.
A. but only one person was accepted.
B. but reunited in the mid-1980s.
C. form a band because they like to
write and play music.
D. to celebrate their time as a band.
E. was a big hit.
1. They produced a new record in 1996 (D)
(C)
2. Most musicians get together and
3. They put an advertisement in the
newspaper looking for four rock
musicians,
(A)
4. The first TV show
(E)
5. However, the band broke up about 1970,
(B)
Answer the following questions.
1. What are the advantages if people
form a band to play in the street?
They can earn some extra money
and this can also give them a chance
to realize their dream of being
famous.
2. When did “The Monkees” break
up and when did it reunite?
“The Monkees” broke up about 1970
and it reunited in the mid-1980s.
3. Why was “The Monkees”
successful in their work?
Because they were serious about their
work and they also worked very hard.
Read paragraphs 1 and 2 and tell
whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F).
1. A famous singer or musician usually
F
belongs to a band.
2. If you sing karaoke, it will be easier for
you to be rich and famous. F
3. Many musicians form a band because of
their common interest in music.
T
4. Playing music to passers-by in the street is
the first step to fame.
F
5. When performers make records and sell
millions of copies, they are successful.
T
Read paragraphs 3 and 4 and fill in the
blanks with proper words.
Not a real band
TV organizers put
an advertisement
____________
in a newspaper to
The
find four
Monkees musicians.
Three _______
actors
and one musician
_______
formed the band.
A real band
They played and
sang their own
songs.
They produced
records and
started _______
touring
and playing their
own music.
Not a real band
They played
jokes on each
_____
other as well as
played music.
They pretended
The
to sing during
Monkees the __________.
broadcasts
They played and
sang songs
written by
other musicians
______________.
A real band
broke up
They _________
about 1970.
They ________
reunited in
the mid-1980s.
In 1996, they
produced a new
record, with which
celebrated
they __________
their former time.
Complete the passage.
If we are ______
honest ____
with ourselves, most of
us have ________
dreamed ___
of being famous
sometimes in our lives. Most musicians
often meet and _____
form a band.
Sometimes they play in the street to
passers-by
_________ so that they can earn some
extra money and this also gives them
_____
a ______
chance to realize their dreams.
There was once a band started in a
different way.
The musicians of whom the band was
formed played
______ _______
jokes ____
on each
other as well as played music, whose
music and jokes were loosely based
_____
___
on the Beatles. Their exciting
performances were copied by other
groups.
The Monkees played their own
___________
instruments and wrote their own
broke ___
up
music. Though the band _____
in 1970, it reunited in the mid1980s and it is still popular today.
In groups of four, choose the
adjectives that you think best describe
the Monkees. Give your reasons for
the choice. Then write down two or
three sentences using the adjectives
you have chosen to sum up your ideas.
popular, lively, funny, foolish, attractive,
brave, intelligent, bright, crazy, noisy,
classical, humorous, honest, famous,
smart, determined
Example: The Monkees seem lively
and funny because they play jokes
on each other.
In groups, discuss the following
questions.
1. Do you think the TV organizers were
right to call the Monkees a band when
they did not write or sing their own
songs? Give reasons.
2. In your opinion, what is the most
important thing for a successful band?
Why?
1. Read the text fluently and retell the
text.
2. Think about If you could start a band,
what type of music you would play?
why?