(共25张PPT)
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Do you know some famous singing groups or bands in China or the world
S.H.E
The May Day
The Beatles
The Monkees —
the most popular
band in the USA
from 1966 to 1968!
Reading
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
The Monkees started in a different way.
Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.
How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.
How most bands start.
Find the topic sentence and get the main ideas
Ts: A lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.
Ts: Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music.
Ts: However, there was one band that started in a different way.
Tips: topic sentences are often at the beginning or end of each paragraph
Key word：however
Paragraph 1
1. How does the writer start the article
2. Why Song Zuying and Liu Huan are mentioned in
P1
A. Because they are very famous.
B. Because they can sing very well.
C. Because the text only want us to know them.
D. Because the text is giving us some examples of the
famous singers that we might want to be like.
Reading for more information
By asking some questions
Paragraph 2
How do people get to form a band
Who are intended to form a
band
Why do they form a band
Where do they play
What do they play for
Many musicians and music lovers.
They play to earn extra money, to pay for their instruments and even to become millionaires.
They may play in the street or subway, and in pubs or clubs.
Because they like to write and play their own music.
What does an usual band mean
A band should make their own music, sing their own songs and play the instruments by themselves.
A band=musicians+ songs+ instruments
Paragraphs 3 and 4
Read the two paragraphs and
reorganize the following
events in the order of time.
To find four musicians
Advertised in a newspaper
Had to use actors
Relied on other musicians
Pretended to sing
Sang songs by others
Sang their own songs
Produced their own records
To find four musicians
Advertised in a newspaper
Had to use actors
Relied on other musicians
Pretended to sing
Sang songs by others
Sang their own songs
Produced their own records
The
band
that
wasn’t_____
The band that
is
formation
development
Discussion:
What does the title “ The band that wasn’t” mean
A band should make their own music, sing their own songs and play the instruments by themselves. However, at first the most music that the Monkees played was based loosely on the Beatles.
Summary
Most young people want to be a famous singer or musician. They have ____________ of playing in front of audience and _______________ great importance to becoming rich and famous.
Many musicians meet and ________________ a band. They may start as a group of high-school students. At first, they may play to ______________ in the street. Later, they may give _____________________ in pubs or clubs and make a lot of money.
However, the Monkees started in a different way. They began as
dreamed
attach
form
passers-by
performances
a TV show. The TV organizers had planned to find four rock musicians, but they could only find one. They had to use _______ , who had to rely on other musicians to help them. They just ______ to sing. Their performances were________ and soon they became popular. After a year or so, thy became more_______ about their work and began to play and sing their own songs like a real band. The band ______ about 1970,but happily _______ in the mid-1980s. They _______ a new record in 1996,with which they celebrate their former time as a real band.
actors
pretended
humorous
serious
broke up
reunited
produced
Paraphrase and translate:
1. As a matter of fact, a large number of people
consider it very important to become wealthy as
well as well-known.
2. Anyway the performances were so humorous
that many other groups followed them.
To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.
Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by other groups.
说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。
不管怎样，他们的表演非常幽默以至于其他的乐队也开始模仿。
Search more information from
http://www./default.htm .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees
and write a news report about the
Monkees.
Step 5 Homework
It’s your turn now.
Show time:
Introduce your own band:
Have fun!
pick a name
kind of the music
practice in… play to passers-by
work well together
your own music /songs
determination
