8B U3L2 Reading by Rose

music What kind of music? rock music

Word bank influence copy ( 抄写） combine …with popular old –fashioned fans type （种类） start as teenage attract

Match these words and phrases crazy being of the age 13 through 19 popular mad or foolish teenage liked by many people fans effect influence lover

Learn the new words 2. “You mustn’t copy others’ homework.” the teacher said to his students. A.make something that is exactly like another thing B.make something by oneself 1. Rock music is the most popular type of music around the world. A. kind B. piece

Choose the best answer 3. Which kind of mobile phone is old-fashioned? A. B. 4. Teenage girls are crazy about that singer. A.aged above 20 B.aged between 13 and 19

Fill in the blanks copy teenage old-fashioned be popular with type have a good influence on start as combine…with 1.Some of the students don’t like folk songs. They think they are _____________. 2.All big trees ____________ tiny seeds. 3.This thriller movie is not suitable for ____________audience. 4.Excellent teachers will __________________ their students. 5.We must __________theory( 理论 )_________ practice. 6.The Flowers, a famous band _________ the rhythms of other songs. 7.What ________ of house would you prefer to live in? 8.Rock music _______________ young people. old-fashioned start as teenage have a good influence on combine with copied is popular with type

Match each paragraph with its main idea: Rock music of today The development of rock music The birth of rock music Paragraph 4 Paragraph2&3 Paragraph 1

Questions for paragraph 1: 1.When and where did R&B music begin? 2.Who was R&B music popular with? 3.What kind of music did R&B start as? 4.What kind of music called rock’n’roll? Black music or White R&B music? 5.When did rock’n’roll become popular? In the USA in the early 1950s. Black Americans. A kind of Black music. White R&B music. In the mid-1950s.

Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks: in the early 1950s in the mid-1950s R&B began in the ______, it was very __________ with black Americans. It ________ _____ a kind of Black music. White musicians ______ the style. A new kind of White R&B music, called _________, became very popular. Its singers ________ millions of _______ fans. The music was fast and ________. USA popular started as copied rock’n’roll attracted teenage loud

Retell paragraph 1 with the layout:...the most popular type of... In the early 1950s It began......was popular with......started as... In the mid-1950s...copied......called rock’n’roll, became......attracted... It was...and...

Read paragraph 2&3 and judge the sentences true or false: 1.In the late 1960s, rock’n’roll became old-fashioned. 2.The Beatles, a new group from America, became popular. 3.The Beatles started by singing England style songs. 4.They didn’t develop their own style. 5.The Beatles only used one kind of instruments. The Beatles had a very important influence on the style of popular music. In the early 1960s, rock’n’roll became old-fashioned. The Beatles, a new group from England, became popular. The Beatles started by singing American style songs. They developed their own style. The Beatles introduced different instruments.

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The Beatles George Harrison the_______ Beatle played the _______ wrote songs Paul McCartney played the______ played the guitar wrote______ Ringo Starr the _____Beatle played the______ John Lennon the ________Beatle played the piano played the mouth organ youngest guitar piano songs oldest drums best-known

Complete the following passage with the italicized words and expressions in the reading passage. The Beatles have been the most successful pop group in the world. _________of people, especially ______________, are crazy about them and their music. A lot of the Beatles’ songs became ___________. Those songs always had strong rhythms so that people could dance to them. Though their songs became popular during the 1960s,they still have great _____________on the music of today. The Beatles’ success story suggests that good music is never _______________. Millionsteenage fans popular influence old-fashioned

Listen to the paragraph 4,then fill in the blanks: Rock music has continued to ___________and develop. It has __________ ___________ music from different _________ of the world. Today, there are ________ _________ different types of rock music, and almost every country has its _______ ________ of rock music. change combined with parts hundreds of own form

Summary: Complete the chart below. A Brief History of Rock Music TimeEventFeature early 1950sbirth of _________Black music _______ developed into______White music ______and_____ early 1960sR&B became _______; ______became popular till the present Has continued to change and ___________ has combined with music from______ _______________ R&B mid-1950s rock’n’roll fast loud old-fashioned The Beatles develop different parts of the world

conclusion early 1950s mid-1950s R&B rock’n’roll rock music The Beatles till the present early 1960s

Retell the brief history of rock music in a group of four:

Assignment 1. Write a brief introduction to the history of rock music. 2. Surf the internet to get more information about rock music and the Beatles.