1、Listen to the tape and decide which of the statements are true.1.Freddy had changed from a man to a frog.F 2.He felt lonely in his lake till he met his friends on the lily leaf.T 3.The singers of the band could sing very loudly.T 4.Freddy thought he could sing as well as the other singing frogs.T 5.
2、Freddy was very confident about his singing.F 6.He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends.T FREDDY THE FROG(1)Freddy the frog dipped his long,thin legs into the water.Within a few short weeks he had changed from a samll tadpole into the beautiful animal he was now.Listening textHe sm
3、iled to himself.Then suddenly he heard a fine,deep sound that carried far into the darkness of the quiet night.Freddy looked up.“Other frogs!I must try and find them,”he thought.“Its so hard being a grown-up frog on my own.”He began to swim slowly towards the sound.Suddenly he knocked into a large l
4、ily pad.On it sat three confident frogs and them were playing instruments.Freddy climbed onto the leaf.“can I sing with you?”he asked quietly.“of course,”thay said.He opened his mouth wide and began:Help!I need somebody.Help!Not just anybody.Help!You know I need someone.Help!When I was young so much
5、 younger then today,I never needed anybodys help in any way.But now those days are gone.Im not so self-assured（confident）!Now I find Ive changed my mind.Ive opened up the door.(chorus)Help me if you can,Im feeling down(沮丧的沮丧的)and I do appreciate you being round.Help me get my feet back on the ground
6、.Wont you please,please help me!1.not long after 后不久后不久Not long after his arrival,they began to work.Before long he went abroad.不久不久It will be long before he goes abroad again.很久很久It was not long before he went abroad.不久不久Language points2.on a tour(of a place)：visit a place When they visited Beijing
7、 on a tour,they went on a tour of the Great Wall,the Summer Palace and so on.afterwards adv.后来后来;以后以后Afterwards he had a rest in the garden.Soon afterwards he came back home.Four days afterwards he went abroad.3.Freddy was now quite confident when he went into the hall.be confident+从句从句 对对有信心有信心 be
8、confident of/about/in 对对有信心有信心He is quite confident that hell pass the driving test.Dont be too confident in your own opinion.Tom is confident of his ability to overcome the difficulty.4.afterwards adv.后来后来;以后以后Afterwards he had a rest in the garden.Soon afterwards he came back home.Four days afterw
9、ards he went abroad.5.He had to go to London,wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.performance n.表演表演 performer n.表演者表演者 perform v.表演表演,履行履行,执行执行,表现表现give a performance put on a performanceput on performancesperform(1)做做，执行，履行，执行，履行Perform your promise.One should perform ones
10、duties.perform a task(2)表演，演奏表演，演奏perform tricks 表演魔术戏法表演魔术戏法What play will be performed tomorrow?(3)正式进行，施行（某事）正式进行，施行（某事）perform a ceremony 举行典礼举行典礼6.Then things went wrong,Freddy and his band could not go out without being followed.go wrong 出了毛病出了毛病 =Something is wrong with =There is something wr
11、ong with My watch went wrong yesterday.Whats wrong with you?7.not/nowithout Nobody is admitted into theparty Without being invited.-What cant we go without?-We cant go without water,food,clothes,shelter.I cant live without you.Whats the main idea of the story?This is a story about a band that became
12、 famous and did not like it.Read these sentences and cross out the one that is wrong.a.Freddy and his band always loved being pop stars.b.Freddy and his band began by wanting to be pop stars.a.His favourite programme was“Top of the Pops”.b.A popular programme was“Top of the Pops”.a.Things went wrong
13、 because Freddy and his band became too popular.b.Things went wrong because Freddy and his band hid themselves.a.They realized they had to go because they were painful.b.They realized they had to go because it was painful.1.Do you think you would enjoy being famous now you know some of the problems?
14、Give a reason.2.What do you think are the advantages of being famous?Give examples.3.What are the advantages of not being famous?Give examples.Discussion Discuss these questions in groups of four before you listen to the tape.1.Do you often listen to music while studying at home?2.If you do,what kin
15、d of music do you usually listen to?What kind of effect does the music have on you?Listen to the tape again and write downwhat the“Mozart effect”means to you._Classical music,especially Mozart,helps improve your memory.True or False.You can listen to any kind of classical music if it has regular rhy
16、thms.1.Listening to classical music improves your memory.2.The“Mozart effect”means listening to Mozarts music.TF4.Scientists think the“Mozart effect”works with all kinds of music.F3.To improve your long term memory you need to study maths.FScientists do not think that studying maths can improve your
17、 long term memory.Scientists think it only works with classical music.5.Listening to music makes you more intelligent.FScientists think that learning a musical instrument can help your maths skills./Listening to classical music improves your short term memory.The“Mozart effect”Do you worry about exa
18、ms?Of course,everyone does.Do you find it difficult to remember what you study?Well,everybody has trouble remembering things from time to time.Do you know music can help you remember things better?Listening textScientists have shown that if you listen to classical music and especially Mozart while y
19、ou are studying,it helps your memory.It is called the“Mozart effect”.It would be useful to know if the“Mozart effect”works with all kinds of music.Certainly scientists have done some experiments to find out.They have tried playing other kinds of music(such as pop music)while students are studying,bu
20、t it doesnt work.It seems that the regular rhythms of classical music help develop ones memory.However,this improvement only lasts for a short time.If you want to improve your intelligence,what should you do?Scientists think that learning a musical instrument is helpful,Especially for improving math
21、s skills.This is because maths and music both use the same part of the brain.So if you want to be good at maths,perhaps you should go to a music class!Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear.mathematical,pattern,jazz,folk,composers,choral,moving,beautyListening task on P72Information on BachW
22、ho did he write for?Where did he play it?What are the features of his music?Listen again and fill in the chart below.God.In the church.Mathematical and with a special pattern.What type of music did he write?Why is he remembered today?Choral music.For the beauty of his musical patterns.THE MUSIC OF B
23、ACHClassical music does not have words.It tries to describe feelings with musical instruments.It is called classical music because it was written at a time when there was no pop or rock music.The music was written to a special pattern.Listening textOnly the cleverest composers was Bach.He was not fa
24、mous during his life,but became very famous after his death.He worked in a small church and had to write new songs to sing every week.So he composed beautiful choral music.He also wrote music for people to listen to as they left the church.Some of his music is very mathematical with different parts
25、that repeat each other in a very peaceful way.All his music was written for God and some of it is very moving.He never became rich but his music has a specialplace in classical music.He is remembered today for the beauty of his musical patterns.You can listen to one of his pieces of music now.HOMEWO
26、RK Read the materials about Mozart after class.Listen.Listen to the tape and decide which of the statements are true.1.Freddy had changed from a man to a frog.F 2.He felt lonely in his lake till he met his friends on the lily leaf.T 3.The singers of the band could sing very loudly.T 4.Freddy thought
27、 he could sing as well as the other singing frogs.T 5.Freddy was very confident about his singing.F 6.He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends.T FREDDY THE FROG(1)Freddy the frog dipped his long,thin legs into the water.Within a few short weeks he had changed from a samll tadpole in
28、to the beautiful animal he was now.Listening textHe smiled to himself.Then suddenly he heard a fine,deep sound that carried far into the darkness of the quiet night.Freddy looked up.“Other frogs!I must try and find them,”he thought.“Its so hard being a grown-up frog on my own.”He began to swim slowl
29、y towards the sound.Suddenly he knocked into a large lily pad.On it sat three confident frogs and them were playing instruments.Freddy climbed onto the leaf.“can I sing with you?”he asked quietly.“of course,”thay said.He opened his mouth wide and began:Help!I need somebody.Help!Not just anybody.Help
30、!You know I need someone.Help!When I was young so much younger then today,I never needed anybodys help in any way.But now those days are gone.Im not so self-assured（confident）!Now I find Ive changed my mind.Ive opened up the door.(chorus)Help me if you can,Im feeling down(沮丧的沮丧的)and I do appreciate
31、you being round.Help me get my feet back on the ground.Wont you please,please help me!1.not long after 后不久后不久Not long after his arrival,they began to work.Before long he went abroad.不久不久It will be long before he goes abroad again.很久很久It was not long before he went abroad.不久不久Language points2.on a to
32、ur(of a place)：visit a place When they visited Beijing on a tour,they went on a tour of the Great Wall,the Summer Palace and so on.afterwards adv.后来后来;以后以后Afterwards he had a rest in the garden.Soon afterwards he came back home.Four days afterwards he went abroad.3.Freddy was now quite confident whe
33、n he went into the hall.be confident+从句从句 对对有信心有信心 be confident of/about/in 对对有信心有信心He is quite confident that hell pass the driving test.Dont be too confident in your own opinion.Tom is confident of his ability to overcome the difficulty.4.afterwards adv.后来后来;以后以后Afterwards he had a rest in the gar
34、den.Soon afterwards he came back home.Four days afterwards he went abroad.5.He had to go to London,wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.performance n.表演表演 performer n.表演者表演者 perform v.表演表演,履行履行,执行执行,表现表现give a performance put on a performanceput on performancesperform(1)做做，执行
35、，履行，执行，履行Perform your promise.One should perform ones duties.perform a task(2)表演，演奏表演，演奏perform tricks 表演魔术戏法表演魔术戏法What play will be performed tomorrow?(3)正式进行，施行（某事）正式进行，施行（某事）perform a ceremony 举行典礼举行典礼6.Then things went wrong,Freddy and his band could not go out without being followed.go wrong 出了
36、毛病出了毛病 =Something is wrong with =There is something wrong with My watch went wrong yesterday.Whats wrong with you?7.not/nowithout Nobody is admitted into theparty Without being invited.-What cant we go without?-We cant go without water,food,clothes,shelter.I cant live without you.Whats the main idea
37、 of the story?This is a story about a band that became famous and did not like it.Read these sentences and cross out the one that is wrong.a.Freddy and his band always loved being pop stars.b.Freddy and his band began by wanting to be pop stars.a.His favourite programme was“Top of the Pops”.b.A popu
38、lar programme was“Top of the Pops”.a.Things went wrong because Freddy and his band became too popular.b.Things went wrong because Freddy and his band hid themselves.a.They realized they had to go because they were painful.b.They realized they had to go because it was painful.1.Do you think you would
39、 enjoy being famous now you know some of the problems?Give a reason.2.What do you think are the advantages of being famous?Give examples.3.What are the advantages of not being famous?Give examples.Discussion Discuss these questions in groups of four before you listen to the tape.1.Do you often liste
40、n to music while studying at home?2.If you do,what kind of music do you usually listen to?What kind of effect does the music have on you?Listen to the tape again and write downwhat the“Mozart effect”means to you._Classical music,especially Mozart,helps improve your memory.True or False.You can liste
41、n to any kind of classical music if it has regular rhythms.1.Listening to classical music improves your memory.2.The“Mozart effect”means listening to Mozarts music.TF4.Scientists think the“Mozart effect”works with all kinds of music.F3.To improve your long term memory you need to study maths.FScient
42、ists do not think that studying maths can improve your long term memory.Scientists think it only works with classical music.5.Listening to music makes you more intelligent.FScientists think that learning a musical instrument can help your maths skills./Listening to classical music improves your shor
43、t term memory.The“Mozart effect”Do you worry about exams?Of course,everyone does.Do you find it difficult to remember what you study?Well,everybody has trouble remembering things from time to time.Do you know music can help you remember things better?Listening textScientists have shown that if you l
44、isten to classical music and especially Mozart while you are studying,it helps your memory.It is called the“Mozart effect”.It would be useful to know if the“Mozart effect”works with all kinds of music.Certainly scientists have done some experiments to find out.They have tried playing other kinds of
45、music(such as pop music)while students are studying,but it doesnt work.It seems that the regular rhythms of classical music help develop ones memory.However,this improvement only lasts for a short time.If you want to improve your intelligence,what should you do?Scientists think that learning a music
46、al instrument is helpful,Especially for improving maths skills.This is because maths and music both use the same part of the brain.So if you want to be good at maths,perhaps you should go to a music class!Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear.mathematical,pattern,jazz,folk,composers,choral,
47、moving,beautyListening task on P72Information on BachWho did he write for?Where did he play it?What are the features of his music?Listen again and fill in the chart below.God.In the church.Mathematical and with a special pattern.What type of music did he write?Why is he remembered today?Choral music
48、.For the beauty of his musical patterns.THE MUSIC OF BACHClassical music does not have words.It tries to describe feelings with musical instruments.It is called classical music because it was written at a time when there was no pop or rock music.The music was written to a special pattern.Listening t
49、extOnly the cleverest composers was Bach.He was not famous during his life,but became very famous after his death.He worked in a small church and had to write new songs to sing every week.So he composed beautiful choral music.He also wrote music for people to listen to as they left the church.Some o
50、f his music is very mathematical with different parts that repeat each other in a very peaceful way.All his music was written for God and some of it is very moving.He never became rich but his music has a specialplace in classical music.He is remembered today for the beauty of his musical patterns.Y
