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The Monkees

Now let’s enjoy a song sang by Monkees.

You just maybe the oneAll men must have someone, have

someoneWho would never take advantage

Of a love bright as the sun.Someone to understand them,And you just may be the one.

All men must have someone, have someone

Who would never take for grantedAll the pleasures and the fun.

Someone to stand beside themAnd you just may be the one.

I saw when you walked byThe love light in your eye

And I knew I must tryTo win you more than just a friend,

I'm starting near the end,And I go again.

Find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Paragraph 1:

Paragraph 2:

Paragraph 3:

Paragraph 4:

Have you ever wanted to be a famous singer or musician?

Most musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play music .

However, there was one band that started in a different way

Their attractive performances were copied by other groups and their fans supported them fiercely.

Main idea of each paragraph

Paragraph Main idea

one dreaming of being a famous musician or singer

two how musicians form bands

three how the Monkees got their start

four how the Monkees became serious about the music business

2.Join the correct parts of the sentences together

1) They produced a new record in 1996,_______2) Most musicians get together and_______3)They put an advertisement in the newspaper looking for four rock musicians,_______4)The first TV show_______5) However, the band broke up about 1970,_____

A but only one person was acceptedB was a big hit C but reunited in the mid-1980s. D to celebrate their time as a bandE form a band because they like to write and play music.

D

E

A

BC

Read fast and then do some exercises

1.Which band does the passage mainly talk about?The Monkees band

True or false1.Most musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play music.

2.The TV organizers had looked for five musicians who were lovely and who could make good music.

3.Each week the group that was called “The Beatles” would play a song or two written by other musician.

4. “The Monkees” broke up in about 1960,but reunited in 1980.

Reading-II----detailed reading (5m)

T

F

F

T

1.Why do most musicians like to be in a band with others?

2.Which two musical bands are mentioned in the passage?

3.How do bands that are formed by high school students earn some extra money?

4.When did the Monkees break up?

5.Do you think the TV organizers were right to call “The Monkees” a band when they did not sing or write their own songs? Why?

Answer the following questions:

Reading-III----detailed reading (5m)

Answer the following questions:1.Why do most musicians like to be in a band with others?Because they want to write and play music together.

2.Which two musical bands are mentioned in the passage?

Beatles & Monkees

Reading-III----detailed reading (5m)

3.How do bands that are formed by high school students earn some extra money?

They may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money.

Answer the following questions:

4.When did the Monkees break up?

They broke up in about 1970.

5. Do you agree that the jokes were more important than the music for this band? Why?

Yes. Because the music was copied; they had to have jokes of their own to attract people.

The Monkees is made of a band of four _________, who _____________each other as well as played music.

They gave so good __________ that their fans supported then fiercely.

A year _____ they became more serious about their work, The Monkees ____________________ and played their own music.

The band ________ in about 1970, but _________in the mid-1980s.

musiciansplayed jokes on

performances

or so

produced their own records

broke upreunited

2. 他开始是以电视节目表演的形式出的

However ,there was one band that started in a different way.

It began as a TV show.

1 然而，也有一个不同方式组建起来的乐队

Difficult sentences

3. 他们的音乐和玩笑多少有点模仿“甲壳虫”乐队。

Their music and jokes were based loosely on the band called “the Beatles”

Actors may not be able to sing so at first other musicians sang the songs for the programmer while the band pretended to sing them.

4. 演员不会唱，因此在出演节目是由别的歌手唱歌而乐队成员只是假唱 .

Difficult sentences

If we are ____ ____ourselves, most of us have ____ ____being famous sometimes in our live. Most musicians often meet and ____a band. Sometimes they play in the street to _______ so that they can earn some _____money and this also give them a _____ to realize their dreams. There was once a band started in a different way. 　

honest withdreamed

of

formpassers-by

extra

chance

Retell the text.

The musicians of whom the band was formed __________ each other as well as played music, whose music and jokes were loosely __ ____ “The Beatle”. Their exciting performances were copied by other groups. “The Monkees” played their own _________ and wrote their own music. Though it _______ in 1970, it reunited in the mid-1980s and it is still popular today.

played jokes on

based on

instrumentsbroke up

Retell the text.

＊ Choose the words that you think best describe “ The Monkees”. Give your reasons for your choices.

livelypopular funny foolish attractive brave

crazy

noisy

classical

rich

honest famous

Discussion

What can we learn from the Monkees?