What would you like to do if you are free today? No Homework! No Class! A lot of friends! Everything you like! If

sleeping and dreaming dream of being rich go shopping

Do all girls enjoy going shopping? Do all boys hate going shopping?

Who prefer playing PC games? Be honest! a fan of PC games

Who would like to play football?

How about dancing?

Maybe you could sing karaoke with your friends!

Song Zuying Folk music

Zhou Jielun Hip hop and rap

S.H.E Pop music Selina Hebe Ella

Zero Point Rock and roll

Task 1: C CC Can you name any music style?

classical music 古典音乐 orchestra 管弦乐 jazz 爵士乐 country music 乡村音乐 choral 合唱 rock ’n’ roll 摇滚音乐 rap 说唱 folk music 民族音乐 pop music 流行音乐

Task 2:Listen and see if you can guess which music matches which picture.

Have you heard about any of the famous bands in the world? List some if you have. Back Street Boy

甲壳虫乐队 又称：批头士 The Beatles

Do you know the Monkees?

The Monkees — the most popular band in the USA from 1966 to 1968! A big hit!

DO you know anything more about The Monkees ? The Monkees is a band that was popular in the 1960s in America now it is still popular in the world today. The band first sang one of famous songs--Bubblegum

Read the passage and try to find out: 1.H ow many bands are mentioned in the passage? What are their names? 2.W hich band is “The Band That Wasn’t”? Two. “The Beatles” and ” The Monkees”. “The Monkees”. Task 3 Comprehending(Fast reading)

Read the passage and try to find the main idea of each Para. 1. Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Dreaming of being a famous musician or singer How musicians form bands How the Monkees got their start How Monkees become serious about the music business.

Task4 Listening :decide if they are true or false. 1.They produced a new record in 1970 to celebrate their time as a band. 2.Most musicians get together and form a band because they like to become famous. 3.They put an advertisement in the newspaper looking for five rock musicians but only one person was accepted. 4.The first TV show was a big hit. 5.However, the band broke up in about 1970, but reunited in the1990s.

Join the correct parts of the sentences together. 1.They produced a new record in Most musicians get together and 3. They put an advertisement in the newspaper looking for four rock musicians, (D)(D) (E)(E) (A)(A)

4. The first TV show 5. However, the band broke up about 1970, (B)(B) (C)(C)

Task 5 : Consolidation ( Fill in the form )

Band’s name Information A band based on The Beatles 1. It began as ______. 2. The musicians of the band ________each other as well played music. 3. The TV organizers had looked for four ____ who were lively and who could ____,but they only found one ___musician who was good enough, but their performances were ____. played jokes on a TV show musicians make good music rock attractive

The Monkee s 1. At first“The Monkees”would play a song or two written by ______. 2. After about one year,they started to play their own_____and write their own ____.Then they produced their own ___. 3. In 1970, “The Monkees ”______ 4. In the mid-1980s, “The Monkees ”______ 5. In 1996, “The Monkees ”______. other musicians instruments songs records Produced a new record reunited broke up

Today we’ve learnt the passage about the band “The Monkees” and learnt something about music. Besides, we know their success lies in their hard work and their unique style of performance. Task 6: Summary

Task 7:Discussion Now in pairs discuss the following questions with your partner 1.What kind of music do you like? 2.Which singer do you like best and why? These phrases will help you. I prefer… Why do you prefer… I like …best because… I hate…. My favorite singer is… I enjoy listening to… I am fond of… I don’t like… very much.

Sample dialogue: A:What kind of music do you like, pop music or …? B:I like…, because… A:Who is your favorite singer? B:Well, I prefer /like… Her/his music makes me feel… Who do you prefer? A: I like …. B: …

1. Read the text fluently and prepare to retell the text. 2. If you could start a band, what type of music would you play? why? Task8 :HomeworkAssignment

Language Points of Reading

1. dream of / about (doing) sth 梦见, 梦想 … 我梦想成为百万富翁。 2..… with everyone clapping and enjoying your singing? a. “with + n. /pron. + doing” 的结 构。用作状语，说明与谓语的动作同时 发生的情况。 eg. 李老师走出教室，许多学生跟在他 的后面。 I dream of/about becoming a millionaire.

Mr Li walked out of the classroom, _____ a lot of________ __________ him. withfollowingstudents b. with + sb + to do sth e.g. 有了你领路, 我就能找到那家医院了。 ____ _____ __ _____ the road, I can find that hospital. With you to lead

c. with + sth. + done eg. 做完了这个计划，我们感到很 轻松。 _____ ___ ______ ________, we felt relaxed. With the project finished

3. be honest with sb be honest about sth be honest in ( doing ) sth 对 … 老实, 诚恳 I shall be honest ____ you. He is honest __ doing business. The eyewitness is honest _____ his evidence. with in about

4. play jokes/a joke on … 开玩笑, 戏 弄某人 没人喜欢被别人戏弄。 No one like to be played jokes on by others. make fun of… laugh at… play tricks/ a trick on…

5. base on /upon 以 …. 为基础, 基于 …. 你应该在证据的基础上做出判决。 You should base your judgment on the evidence. 这故事是有事实依据的。 The story is based on the facts.

6. break up ① 破裂, 拆散, 打碎 他们的友谊已经破裂了。 Their friendship has been broken up. ② 驱散 The police breaks up the crowd by violence.

③ 停止, 结束 放学了。 The class has broken up. The thief broke in/into the palace last night. 闯进 The electricity was broken off by the flood. 中断, 停止, 断开

The car breaks down suddenly. 坏掉, 发生故障 The war broke up in 爆发

What kind of music is it?  popular music in the style of music from the southern and western US blues A type of slow sad jazz music developed among blacks in the Southern US A large group of people playing all kinds of musicial instruments together orchestra country music A style of music that was popular in the 1950s, and has a strong loud beat Rock’n’roll Music that people consider to be serious and has been popular for a long time classical music

What kind of music is it?  A large group of people who sing together chorus a type of popular music with a steady beat in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in time to music raprap