1. Unit 8 Reading A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever
=all one’s life

2. Take Me Home ，Country Roads
by John Denver
Almost heaven West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountain Shenandoah River
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growing like a breeze
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia Mountain Mama
Take me home country road
All my memories Gather round her
Miner's Lady Stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty Painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine Tear drops in my eyes
Country roads， take me home
West Virginia Mountain Mama
Take me home ，country roads
I hear her voice in the morning hours
She calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road
I'll get a feeling
That I should have been home
Yesterday , yesterday
Country roads ,take me home
To the place I belong
Take me home ,country roads

3. Introduction(介绍) of the song
Take Me Home Country Road
Name : ______________________
A. Say You Say Me B.Take Me Home Country Road.
John Denver
Singer:________________________
A. John Denver B.Michael Jackson
the US
From:__________________________
A. China B. the US
country music
Kind:__________________________
A. rock music B. country music
About:_________________________
beauty of nature and the countryside
A. modern life B. the beauty of nature and the countryside
This song was his great success. He sold more than 100 million records.

4. Let’s read the title and learn.
A country Music song Changed Her life Forever
It’s about ___________ and __________.
country music
a girl/Sarah
Is country music very important to Sarah?
It changed her life forever.
=all one’s life

5. Read quickly to find the main idea.
It tells us what country music is and what it’s about.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
It tells us what has changed Sarah’s life.
It tells us what Sarah’s dream is.

6. ？ Summary Paragraph 1 Sarah’s change country music misses her family
Underline what Sarah used to be like and now.
Sarah’s change ？
country music
Used to
_____________________
_____________________.
Now
_______________
misses her family
fight over almost
everything with her family.
Summary
A. 与……打架 B 与……争吵
Fill in the blanks:
Sarah used to ,
but now she because of a country music song.

7. Paragraph 2
Read the following statements .(T for true, F for false)
1.Country music is a traditional kind of music from the western states of America.
2.Country music is about modern life.
3.Many songs these days are about belonging to a group.
4.Country music brings us back to the “good old days”
5.Country music reminds us that the best things in life. F
southern F
Many songs these days F
Country music T
“Good old days ”refers to the time _______________. T
The best things are ______________.

8. What is Sarah’s dream? And why?
Paragraph 3
Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go
there one day. She has already read a lot about the place and
some research on it. She knows that there is a Country Music
Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville. There are also always a lot
of great country music concerts with famous musicians and
singers, like Garth Brooks. Sarah has already listened to most of his songs. “Garth is one of the most successful musicians in American history. He’s sold more than 120 million records. I hope to see him sing live one day.
What is Sarah’s dream? And why?
Is Sarah Garth Brooks’s fan? How do you know?
Who is Garth?
She has already listened to most of his songs.
She hopes to see him sing live one day.

9. Let’s say something about Garth Brooks and Sarah.
successful
Garth Brooks is one of the most ______ (成功) musicians in American history. He’s sold more than 120 million ____（唱片）. He is also a country music singer. His beautiful songs make him be remembered by people _____(all his life). When Sarah was studying ______ (in foreign countries) in England, a country music song she heard changed her life. Now she has been a ____(迷) of Garth and country music. She enjoys the ____ (beautiful) of his music. She has already listened to most of his songs. She hopes to see him sing____ (现场) one day.
records
forever
abroad
fan
beauty
live

10. Groupwork
Whose fan do you like to be?
Rock singer
Musician
(the US)
Record: Thriller (104million)
Gave away
(＄300million)
Pop singer
(the US)
Record:
Yesterday Once More(100
million)
Karen Carpenter
Michael Jackson
(Notes: successful/success records fan forever beauty….)
After the warm discussion, we all want to be the fan of ….because he/She is …..The song …was his/her great ….He/She sold ….His/Her beautiful music makes us….Although they died many years ago, we still….

11. Let’s learn to write. Summarizing （概括） What is country music?
about?
Who is Sarah?
(used to… But now…）
Summarizing （概括）
What is Sarah’s dream?
Who is Garth Brooks?

12. Summary
Sarah is an American girl who used to fight over almost everything with her family. While she was studying in England, she heard a country music song which made her think of her family and friends. She became a fan of country music. Country music is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. It is about belonging to a group and reminds us of a time when people were kind to each other and trusted one another. Sarah’s dream is to visit Nashville, and she hopes to see Garth Brooks sing live one day.

13. Music plays a very important part in our daily life
Music plays a very important part in our daily life. It belongs to everybody. If you are unhappy, music will make you happy. If you are happy, music will make you happier.
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
---Leigh Hunt
（李亨特， 英国诗人）
Without music, life is no value.
---Nietzsche(尼采)
Love music, enjoy our life.

14. Homework
Level A:
1. Summarize the passage ‘’A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever’’.
Level B:
2.Finish Country Music Fact Sheet in Page 63.