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Unit 5 Music
What kind of music do you know?
Try to guess which kind does the following
belong to.
Pop music
Groups of people play different musical instruments together.
Orchestra
Serious and traditional style
Classical Music
Music of American Negro origin, very romantic.
Jazz
Many people get together to sing.
Choral
Music or song in the traditional style of a country
Folk Music
Talking and singing, also means “Hip-Hop”
Rap
Rock ’ n’ Roll
Very loud sound with strong beat(节奏感)
Type of music that comes from the folk music of the southern and western US.
Country Music
Country music
Jazz
Rock ‘n’ roll
Classical
Folk music
Orchestra
Listen and Guess
Rap
Choral
Back Street Boy
Westlife
The Beatles
The Monkees?
The Monkees —
the most popular
band in the USA
from 1966 to 1968!
Go over the passage and look for the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 3
Para 2
Para 4
A. How “The Monkees” was formed.
B. The development of “The Monkees”.
C. Dreaming of being a famous
musician or singer.
D.How musicians form bands.
1.What did the band Monkees begin as ?
2.What did they do while they were playing music ?
3.Which band were their music and jokes based on ?
5.Did they find the four musicians they needed? What did they do then?
4.Why did the TV organizers put an advertisement in a newspaper?
They played jokes on each other as well as
played music.
1.What did the band Monkees begin as ?
2.What did they do while they were playing music ?
3.Which band were their music and jokes based on ?
It began as a TV show
The Beatles
5.Did they find the four musicians they needed? What did they do then?
No, they only find one. They had to use actors for the other members of the band
4.Why did the TV organizers put an advertisement in a newspaper?
They want to look for four musicians who were lively and who could make good music
1.When did they become serious about their music?
2.In 1996 they produced a new record. What was it for?
After a year or so.
To celebrate their former time as a real band.
3.When did the Monkees break up and when did it reunite?
They broke up in about 1970, and in the mid-1980s, they reunited.
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Discussion:
Suppose The Monkees are invited to China and you’ve got the chance to attend their concert, which questions will you ask after learned this passage?
… …
How did your band start?
What are the differences between… and… ?
Why did you change to sing your own songs?
What’s your future plan?
What do you want to say to …?
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Refer to the passage and the following expressions may be helpful for your interview.
____ _______ _____, most of us have ________ __
being famous sometimes in our lives. Most musicians often meet and _____ a band.
Summary ( Fill in the
blanks )
To be honest
dreamed of
form
Sometimes they play in the street to __________ so that they can earn some ______ money and this also gives them a _______ to realize their dreams. There was once a band which started in a different way.
passers-by
extra
chance
The musicians of whom the band was formed ______ _______ ______ each other as well as played music, whose music and jokes were loosely _____ ___ “The Beatles”. Their exciting performances were copied by other groups.
played jokes on
based on
“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.
instruments
broke up
Why do you think music is so important in our daily life?
make life more lively, interesting, colorful;
make things better for people to understand;
enjoy, express one’s feeling
help one forget their pain and tiredness;
develop one’s love for his country, friends, family and relatives;
help people to work together and remember things well.