1. Music
Unit 5

2. What music is it?
A. a type of music that people consider to be serious and that has a value that continues for a long time
B. a style of music which has a strong loud beat
C. a large group of people playing many different kinds of musical instruments together, led by a conductor
classical music
rock ’n’ roll
orchestra

3. D. a type of popular music in the style of the traditional music of the southern and western U.S.
E. a type of popular music in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in time to music with a steady beat
F. traditional music from a particular country, region, or community
country music
rap
folk music

4. 1. Can you tell what music
it is?
2. What kind of music do you like?
Which singer do you
like best and why?

5. Pre-reading What is a band?
Have you heard about any of the famous bands in the world?
the Beatles, Backstreet Boys, Beyond
the Zero o’clock of China, the 12- woman
Group of China, Westlife, Savage Garden

6. westlife
Back Street Boys

8. The Beatles

9. Do you know the Monkees?

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

11. Read the passage to match the main ideas with the right paragraph.

12. Match the main ideas with the right paragraphs.
This is how most bands start.
Para. 1
Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.
Para. 2
How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.
Para. 3
The Monkees started in a different way.
Para. 4

13. Fill in the blanks to complete the main idea.
The passage mainly tells us how a ___1____ band is usually formed and the unique formation of a band——____2________, which was very popular at that time.
1. common
2. the Monkees

14. Reading Comprehension III
Scanning
Reading Comprehension III
Join the correct parts of the sentences together.
They produced a new record in 1996
2. 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 1970,
but only one person was accepted.
B. but reunited in the mid-1980s.
C. form a band because they like to write and play music.
D. to celebrate their time as a band.
E. was a big hit.

15. Read Para 2 carefully, paying attention to
the places and money mentioned.
money
This is how most bands start
places
at home
no money
some extra money
(a small amount)
in the street/
subway
in pubs/clubs
paid in cash
millionaire
(a large amount)
in a studio

16. Read Paragraphs 3 and 4 very carefully,
paying attention to the development (time
and what happened) of theMonkees.
Fill in the blanks.

17. The Monkees started in a different way Para 3
Time
What happened
______________
after a year
or so
play and sing _____
_______________
_______ produce____________
start ______and playing
________________
________on each other
play music
pretend to ________
be ___________
sing songs by ______________
play jokes
a TV
show
at the beginning
sing
humorous
other musicians
a real
band
their own songs
their own records
touring
their own music

18. The Monkees started in a different way Para 4
Time
What happened
about 1970
______________
in mid-1980s
in 1996
make a new record to __________
____________________________
break up
reunite
celebrate
their former time as a real band

19. Discussion Can you complete the title?
Does the writer like the band? How do
you know?
3. What do you think it was that brought
the Monkees success?

21. Post reading
Consolidation (Fill in the blanks)
If we are ______ _____ ourselves, most of us have ________ __
being famous sometimes in our lives. Most musicians often meet and _____ a band.
honest with
dreamed of
form

22. Sometimes they play in the street to __________ so that they can earn some ______ money and this also gives them a _______ to realize their dreams. There was once a band started in a different way.
passers-by
extra
chance

23. The musicians of whom the band was formed ______ _______ ______ each other as well as played music, whose music and jokes were loosely _____ ___ “The Beatles”. Their exciting performances were copied by other groups.
played jokes on
based on

24. “The Monkees” played their own ___________ and wrote their own music
“The Monkees” played their own ___________ and wrote their own music. Though it _____ __ in 1970, it reunited in the mid-1980s and it is still popular today.
instruments
broke up

25. Creative work
Why do you think music is so important in our daily life?
make life more lively, interesting, colorful, make things better for people to understand and enjoy, express one’s feeling

26. help one forget their pain and tiredness.
develop one’s love for his country, friends, family and relatives.
help people to work together and remember things well.

27. Summary
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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. Sample dialogue A: What kind of music do you like, pop music or …?
B: I like…, because…
A: Who is your favorite singer?

31. B: Well, I prefer /like… Her/his music makes me feel… Who do you prefer?
A: I like ….
B: …

32. Task 9 : Assignment 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?