Unit 5 Music
The Band That Wasn't
Step I Lead-in
Do you know any famous band?
List some if you do.
Brainstorm
Persistence 坚持 Practice 练习 Cooperation 合作
Step II While-reading
Now listen and scan this reading The
band that wasn't quickly and then try to
finish the following two questions.
(Only four minutes)
Fast-Reading
1. Honestly, many people want to form band to
______.
A. play at a concert B. have fun
C. earn fame or money D. show they love music
2. How was the Monkees differrent from other bands?
A. They played jokes on each other as well as played
music.
B. They were all rock musicians.
C. Their music was based on the Beatles.
D. Because they were good at TV shows.
Step II While-reading
Questions
Step II While-reading
• Paragraph 1
• Paragraph 2
• Paragraph 3
• Paragraph 4
• A. The Monkees started in a
different way.
• B. Many peope want to be a
famous singer or musician.
• C. How the Monkees became
p o p u l a r a n d h o w t h e y
developed as a real band.
• D. How most bands start.
Detailed-Reading
The main idea of each paragraph
Step II While-reading
The main idea of each paragraph
Para. 1
Many peope
want to be a
famous
singer or
musician.
The band
that wasn'tbefore
how
Para. 2
How most bands start.
Para. 3
The Monkees started in a different way.
Para. 4
How the Monkees became popular and
how they developed as a real band.
Detailed-Reading
How most bands start?
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
to practise music _________
to play _____________________ in the street or subway
to give performances
_______________in pubs or clubs
Step II While-reading
Detailed-Reading
to make records _________in a studio
at home
Step II While-reading
The main idea of each paragraph
Para. 1
Many peope
want to be a
famous
singer or
musician.
The band
that wasn'tbefore
how
Para. 2
How most bands start.
Para. 3
The Monkees started in a different way.
Para. 4
How the Monkees became popular and
how they developed as a real band.
Detailed-Reading
Which group can
put the steps in
the right order in
the shortest time?
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How were the Monkees formed and
how did they develop? (Para.3&4)
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Step II While-reading
Group Work
This is
how the
Monkees
formed
and
became
famous.
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
Broke up, then reunited
Produced a new record Put the
steps in
the right
order
• dream of/about
• pretend to do
• to be honest = honestly
• attach great importance to
• passers-by
• give performances
• play jokes on
• pay in cash
• rely on
• be/get familiar with
• or so
• break up
• break-broke-broken
• even+比较级
Step II While-reading
Language Points
A Quiz
表演
假装做某事
开玩笑
梦想做某事
认为...重要
用现金付款
老实说
依靠,依赖
对...感到熟悉
分手,解体
break 的过去式
Step III Post-reading
Most young people want to be a famous singer or
musician. They have dreamed of _______(play) in
front of audience. Honestly speaking, many people
attach great importance _____ becoming rich and
famous.
Exercises
playing
to
介词
Many musicians met form ___ band. They may
start as a group of high-school students. At first,
they may play to _________(passer-by) in the
street. ______, they may give performances in
pubs or clubs. Of course they want to earn a lot
of money.
Step III Post-reading
Exercises
a
passers-by
Later
However, there was one band _____ (call) the
Monkees that started ___ a different way. They
begin as a TV show. The TV organizers had
planned to find four rock musicians, but they could
only find one. They had to use actors, _____ had to
rely on other musicians to help them. They just
pretended ______ (sing). Their performances were
humorous and soon they became popular. After a
year or so, the Monkees began to play and sing
their own songs like a real band. In the US, they
became even _____ popular than the Beatles.
Step III Post-reading
Exercises
called
who
in
to sing
more
Homework
Write a short passage to intruduce
the Monkees in no less than 100
words and try to use the phrases that
you have learned in this class.
Step III Post-reading