1、Unit 5 MusicUnit 5 MusicObjection1 To know the classification of music2 To know the conception of music and its forming process3 By analysing the struture of the text,making the students realise the importance of music and the difference between mookees and other bands.Without music,life is a journe
2、y through a desert.-Pat Conroy I have never thought of writing for reputation and honour.What I have in my heart must come out;that is the reason why I compose.-Ludwig Van Beethoven Backstreet boysWestlife The Beatles It is praised as“American Beatles”The members of the band are:David Jones,Micky Do
3、lenz,Peter Tork,Michael Nesmith The Band That WasntThe text(paragraph 2)Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music.They may start as a group of high-school students,for whom practising their music in someones house is the first step to fame.Sometimes they
4、 may ptey to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments.Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs,for which they are paid in cash.Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to becom
5、e millionaires!How do people get to form a band?MembersReasonsPlaces Forms Results High school students They like to write and play music.They practice their music in someones house.They may play to passers-by in the street or subway,and give performances in pubs or clubs.They can earn some extra mo
6、ney.They hope to make records in a studio and become millionaires.The text(paragraph 3)However,there was one band that started in a different way.It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show.The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music,most of which was based loosely on t
7、he Beatles.The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing.They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians,but they could only find one who was good enough.They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.The text(paragraph 4)As so
8、me of these actors could not sing well enough,they had to rely on other musicians to help them.So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing.Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music.In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold
9、even more records.The band broke up about 1970,but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s.They produced a new record in 1996,with which they celebrated their formal time as a real band.How was the Monkees formed?Why did they become popular?In what ways is the Monkees similar to or different from oth
10、er bands?Questions:Step 1 Step 2Step 3Step 4to give performances in pubs or clubs to practice music at hometo make records in a studioto play in the street or subwayHow do people form a band?(Para.2)(based loosely on the“Beatles”)TV organizersan advertisementone musicianthree actorsa TV showplay jok
11、es on as well as play musicBeginningbeganmusic&jokesafter a year or soin about 1970in the mid-1980sin 1996as a TV showbased on the Beatlesbroke upreunitedbecame seriousA real bandThe road to successone _ and three _ musicianactorsHomework:WRITE AN COMPOSITION（1）Have you wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician?(2)Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert,at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music?(3)Do you sing kalaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan?感谢下感谢下载载
