Music is a universal language.

Can you name any music style? Task 1 Brain-storming

R&B Pop rock Rap Classical music music Folk Music Music Hip-hop Blues Punk Country music Jazz

1. musical instrument 2. musician 3. karaoke 4. classical music 5. rock’n’roll 6. rap 7. folk music 8. jazz 9. country music 10. chorus 11. orchestra 12. symphony something…make music… someone…play or write music… sing…with a video… music…serious…popular for a long time… music…a loud beat… music… words…not sung…spoken… music…in a particular area… music…saxophone, horn, piano, drum… music…south…west…the USA… music…sung by a large group of people a large group of musicians…instruments… long music…written for an orchestra…

Listen to different kinds of music and number the pictures on page 33. Task 2 Practice

Classical music Rock’n’ Roll OrchestraRap Folk music Jazz Country music Choral ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧

questions: 1.Are you fond of music? 2.Why do/don’t you like music? 3.How does music make you feel? 4.What kind of music do you like best? 5.Which is one of your favourite songs? 6.Who is your favourite musician/singer? 8.Which do you prefer, …or … 9.Can you play a musical instrument? 10.If so, what do you play? answers: I am fond of … I like …best because.. I enjoy listening to… I don’t like …very much. My favourite musician is … My favourite song is… I prefer… I hate… Task 3 Speaking

Task 4 Brain-storming Have you heard about any of famous bands in the world?

The Beatl es

Backstreet Boys

Twins

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The Monkees THE BAND THAT WASN’T Task 5 Reading

T h e M o n k e e s — t h e m o s t p o p u l a r b a n d i n t h e U S A i n — ! How much do you know about this band? A big hit!

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”.

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, 4. The first TV show 5. However,the band broke up about but only one person was accepted 2.was a big hit 3.but reunited in the mid- 1980s. 4.to celebrate their time as a band 5.form a band because they like to write and play music

The main idea Paragraph 1 : dreaming of being a famous musician or singer Paragraph 2 : how musicians form bands Paragraph 3 : how The Monkees got their start Paragraph 4 : how The Monkees became serious about the music business

However, there was one band that started in a _________ way. It began as a __ show. The musicians of whom the band was formed played _____ on each other as well as played _____. Their music and jokes were based loosely on the band called “The Beatles”. The TV organizers had looked for ____ musicians who were lively and who could make good music. They put an advertisement in a __________ looking for ____ musicians, but they could only find ___ that was good enough. They had to use ______ for the other members of the band. Actors may not be able to sing so at first _____ musicians sang the songs for the programme while the band _________ to sing them.………… differentTV jokes music four newspaper rock one actors other pretended

Sing a song

1. Why do most musicians like to be in a band with others? 2. Which two musical bands are mentioned in the passage? 3. How do some bands formed by high school students earn extra money? 4. When did The Monkees break up and when did reunite?