课件16张PPT。Welcome
to my class!
Chrysanthemum Qidifficult or impossible to understandvery impressiveextremely good,
attractive,
enjoyable Suppose you have watched a concert “live” on TV or on video . Tell the class about it using the following to help you.lighting
special effectsstage design Example Yesterday, I attend a Wang Fei concert in the Capital Stadium. During the 3-hour concert, the atmosphere was extremely exciting although the stage design was disappointing.
Who is she? Uninvited ------ won Grammy Award for the best rock songAlanis MorissetteAlanis –a true performerWhy
Fast Reading:Read the concert review quickly and then match
the four paragraphs with the titles:Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4The end of the concert
How the audience reacted
The songs played
The start of the concertThe outline of the concert reviewthe introductionthe start of the concert the songs played how the audience reacted the end of the concert (the concert review)
Alanis
---A True PerformerCareful Reading:Read the concert review again and then answer the following questions:Did the reviewer like the concert? Why or Why not?
How did the audience react to the singer?
What things about the concert were not very good?
From which album were most of the songs?
What feelings did she show in her songs? Yes, because it was the performance of a real superstar.They enjoyed it very much---they loved the concert.The concert hall was cold and the sound system caused a few problems.Jagged Little PillAnger, love and joy.Listen and then make some notes:
A. Something about the performer:Name: ________________ Year to be born:_________
Nationality:_____________
Most famous album: _________________
Time to come out: ___________
Copies to be sold: ___________
Award: ___________________________
B. Something about her songs sung at the concert:
Uninvited: _________________________________________
Everything but…:____________________________________
____________________________________
Utopia: full of feeling, such as ________________________
Heartache: ________________________________________Alanis MorissetteIn 1974CanadaJagged Little PillIn 199515 millionGrammy Award telling the story of someone looking for love in the wrong placesthe best rock songanger, love and joyabout the life of a superstarC. Something about the performance in England
Time: ____________________________________________
Where: __________________________________________
Hours: ___________
Disadvantage:______________________________________
______________________________________
The reaction of the audience:
1.___________________________________________
2.___________________________________________ 3.___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
On a Thursday night in 2004At the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England3 hoursThe concert hall was cold.The sound system caused a few problems.There was not an empty seat anywhere in the hall.They enjoyed the concert. They knew the words and sang along to nearly every song.Discussion 1. Why does the author think Alanis is a true performer?world famous; great performancescreative and powerful performance;her brilliant music and singing a true performer; a real superstar ; a strong fan base;won this year’s Grammy Awardfull of feelingextremely cold night, no empty seat anywhere in the concertextremely exciting atmosphere;2. What’s your impression of Alanis and her performance?Writing Guide: Pa 1 The start of concert
Say sth about the time/the weather/the number of people.
Then talk about the tickets/what the singer said before starting to play.
Pa 2 The performance
What did the singer sing during the concert? From what album? What story did the one of your favorite songs tell? How about the performance, the sound quality and other things? Part Three Audience Reaction
From the start, what were the fans doing? (jumping up and down to the rhythm didn’t stop until the very end). What song did the audience love most?
Were there any problems about the concert hall/sound system/other things? (although… knew the words and sang along to nearly every song)
How about the atmosphere? (extremely exciting).
Part Four The end of the concert
What’s your impression of the concert? What song did the singer sing at the end of the concert? (finished the evening with a new song about … ) Finally/ In the end, everyone left the hall feeling excited.
Homework
1.Read Lesson 1 as fluently as possible.
2. Write a concert review.
Thank you
