Unit 5 MusicThe band that wasn’t

湛江师范学院附属中学 陈炜杰

What do you like doing in your spare time? For example, when you feel bored on a bus, what do you usually do?

gramophone recorder

CDMP3

What have you ever used to listen to music?

What role does music play in our life?

Do you know the well-known saying about music?

Music can put off death. —— 伊索 We have three keys to the treasure-house of men’s intelligence ： one is figure, one is letter, another one is music. —— 雨果

Without former music education, I failed in doing anything. —— 爱因斯坦

Which singer do you like the best? Which song do you like the best?

Guess singers and songs

Games:

1 、隐形的翅膀 张韶涵2 、第一次爱的人 王心凌3 、中国海 S.H.E4 、有没有一首歌会让你想起我 周华健5 、稻香 周杰伦6 、你是我心内的一首歌 王力宏7 、对面的女孩看过来 任贤齐8 、上海滩 叶丽仪

9 、自由飞翔 凤凰传奇10 、在他乡 水木年华11 、今天你要嫁给我 陶吉 蔡依林 12 、水手 郑智化 13 、童话 光良 14 、暖暖 梁静茹 15 、小酒窝 林俊杰 蔡卓妍 16 、只对你有感觉 飞轮海

How many kinds of music are there in all?

1274

3856

How many bands do you know?

Which band do you like the best?

suede

oasis

u2

green day

Beatles

back street boys

What instruments does a band need?

flute

piano

electronic organ

saxophone

Jazz drum

guitar

The band that wasn’t

Reading

Predicting

What does it mean by “The band that wasn’t”?

Can you guess what band it would be like?

First reading:

Read the passage quickly and do Ex 1

on page 35 in your books.

Comprehending

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

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,

D

A

C

B

E

Second reading :Read the passage again and answer following questions:

1. How does a common band start?

2. How did the Monkees band start?

3. Why was the Monkees band successful ?

What can we learn from the Monkees?

1. How does a common band start?

Each member of a band is interested in music, so they gather to write and play their own music.

2. How did the Monkees band start? A TV show wanted to play jokes on each other as well as play music ,which was based on the Beatles. The organizers advertised for four musicians who could act as well as sing, but at last they could just find one who was good enough, so they had to use actors for the other three members of the band. At first, they just pretended to sing, but gradually, they became serious about their work and began to write and play their own music. They became a real band at last.

Because they were serious about

their work and they also worked

very hard.

3. Why was the Monkees band successful ?

What can we learn from the Monkees?

Homework:

1. Read the new words and passage again and again.

2. Finish the exercise on page 36.

Most of us have _____ ______being famous sometimes in our live

s. Most musicians often meet and _____ a band. Sometimes they p

lay in the street to __________ so that they can earn some _____

_ money and this also gives them a _______ to realize their dream

s. There was once a band started in a different way. The musician

s of the band ______ _______ ______ each other as well as playe

d music, whose music and jokes were loosely _____ ___ “The Bea

tles”. Their exciting performances were copied by other groups. A

fterwards, “The Monkees” played their own _________ and wrote

their own music. Though it _____ __ in 1970, it ________in the mi

d-1980s and it is still popular today.

Consolidation( Fill in the blanks )

dreamed of form

passers-by

extra chance

played jokes on

based on

instruments

broke up

reunited

Imitate the Monkees!