Unit 5 Reading.ppt

1、Unit 5 Reading,music,Do you known any famous bands? List some if you can.,Look at these pictures:,groups,Bands,The Flowers,F.I.R,Mayday,The Backstreet Boys(后街男孩）,West life（西城男孩）,The Beatles（甲壳虫）,Whats the differences between Groups and Bands?,1, A group is some singers who get together to sing songs

2、 created by other musicians. 2, A band is a group of musicians who create and play popular music together. They are true music lovers, in which has a Drummer鼓手,a Bassist 贝司手,a Vocal 主唱and a Guitarist 吉他手.,Im a believer,I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me

3、. Love was out to get me Thats the way it seemed. Disappointment haunted all my dreams. Then I saw her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer I couldnt leave her if I tried. I thought love was more or less a given thing, Seems the more I gave the less I go

4、t. Whats the use in tryin? All you get is pain. When I needed sunshine I got rain. Then I saw her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I couldnt leave her if I tried.,The Monkees(门基乐队）,The Monkees the most popular band in the USA from 1966 to 1968!,A bi

5、g hit!,Skimming,Read the text quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph: Para 1 a. How the monkees developed Para 2 b. Why to form a band? Para 3 c. How to form a band usually Para 4 d. How the monkees form a band,You can sum up the main idea of each paragraph by going through the topic sent

6、ences as well as the key words and phrase in each paragraph.,The band that wasnt The monkees was not a real band at the beginning, but later it develop into a real band.,Read the text quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph:,Para 1,Para 2,Para 3,c. How to form a band usually,a. How the mon

7、kees developed,d. How the monkees form a band,Skimming,Para 4,b. Why to form a band?,The usual way to form a band,a group of students,Practise in someones house,Play to passers-by,give performances in pubs or clubs,Make records in a studio,Sell records and become millionaires,Read para. 3 and answer

8、 the following question: What are the differences between the Monkees and the other bands?,Read para. 3 and answer the following question: What are the differences between the Monkees and the other bands?,Read paragraph 4 carefully then do the matching. after a year or so a. a real band 2. in about

9、1970 b. became serious 3. in the mid 1980s c. reunited 4. in 1996 d. broke up,1.- b,2.- d,3.- c,4.- a,Discuss with your partner:,Why the Monkees was so successful at that time?,1.Their performance were humorous; 2. They have their own style; 3. They really love music. So we may learn from Monkees th

10、at music makes a real band.,Words & Expression,play a joke/jokes on sb 和某人开玩笑 rely on （v.）依靠 humorous (adj.)幽默的 get familiar with sb/sth 熟悉，对.变得熟悉 or so (adv. )大约 break up (v.)解散，结束，打碎,Homework,To write a passage describing one of your favorite bands from its formation, development, and why its so s

11、uccessful. (use as more attributive clauses which weve learnt today as you can；about 80 words. ) The model:,My Favorite Band,My favorite band is called Beyond which means “chaoyue” in Chinese. Beyond is a famous rock band which comes from Hongkong, China. Beyond was formed in 1983. At the beginning, Beyond was looked down upon by others, by whom said Beyond would never be successful. But Beyond never gave up, and a few year years later, it became very famous . I like Beyond because it worked h