Ss:
SHE,Jay,JackyZhang,CelineDion.
T:
Correct.Soyoualllikelisteningtomusic.Thenwhatkindofmusicdotheysing?
S1:
Popmusic.
T:
Whatotherkindsofmusicdoyoulikelisteningto?
S2:
Rap,Classicalmusic
,folkmusic,Rock‘n’Roll
T:
Well,goodjob.Itseemsyouknowquitealotaboutmusic.Nowletwecheckwhetheryouarereallygoodatmusic.Havealook
attheeightpictures.ThenI’llplayatapetoyouandyouwillhear8kindsofmusic.Afterlistening,youhavetotellmewhatkindofmusicyouhear,clear?
Let’senjoysomekindsofmusic.
Suggestedanswers:
Choral,Countrymusic,Rap,Folkmusic,Rock‘n’Roll,Orchestra,Jazz,Classicalmusic
T:
Excellent.Iamsureyouareinterestedinmusicandknowalotaboutsongsandmusic.NowI’dliketohaveadiscussion.Whatkindsofmusicdoyoulikebetter,ChineseorWestern,classicalormodern?
Howdoesmusicmakeyoufeel?
Andwhydoyouliketolistentomusic?
I’llgiveyou5minutestotalkwithyourpartners.
T:
OK.Whoisreadytosharewithusyouropinions?
S3:
IlikeChinesemusic.BecauseIthinkChinesemusiciseasiertounderstand.AndIlikelisteningtomodernmusic,becauseitreflectsthemodernlife.
S4:
IlikeWesternmusic.BecauseIthinkWesternmusicislivelyandthesingers’voicesarebeautiful.IlikeclassicalmusicsinceitcanmakemecalmdownifIhaveabadmood.Andtheclassicalmusicofteninspiresus.Itcanlastlongerthanthemodernmusic.
T:
Ienjoyyourtalk.Continue.Whowouldliketotalkmore?
Howdoesmusicmakeyoufeel?
S5:
Ifeelinspiredwhenlisteningtomusic.WhenI’mnothavingagoodmood,musiccancalmmedown.WhenIlistentothebeautifulmusic,Ifeelhappyandrecallsomegoodmemoriesandbeautifulthingsinlife.
S6:
WhenIamreading,Iwouldliketolistentomusic,becauseithelpsmeconcentrateonmyreading.
T:
Well,somusiccanbeusedasthebackgroundmusicwhichhelpsustobeconcentrated.What’smore?
S7:
Iliketolistentomusic,becauseIfeelrelaxedwhenlisteningtomusic.Musictellsusthereallife.
3.Introduce“TheMonkees”.
T:
Excellent!
IreallyenjoyyouropinionsandIalsohavelearntalotfromyourideas.Soyoua
rereallymusicfans.Now,IhaveaproblemandIwouldlikeyoutogivemesomeadvice.Iwanttolistentosomebands’music.Wouldyourecommendsomebandsandtheirfamoussongsforme?
S1:
Thereareseveralfamousbands,like“Beatles”.Iliketheirstyleofperformances.Theirfamoussongis“Letitbe”.Itisfantastic.EverytimeIlistentoit,Irecallthegoodolddayswithmyclassmates.
S2:
Ilike“Back-streetBoy”best.Themusiciansinthebandalwaysseemveryyoungandhandsome.Theirperformancesareperfect.Theirfamoussongis“TheCall”.Therhythmofthesongisverystronganditisoftenusedasthecatwalkbackgroundmusic.
S3:
Ilike“Westlife”best.Theirsongsarefullofdeepfeelings.Theytellusaboutthelovebetweenlovers,friendsandparentsandchildren.Whenlisteningtotheirsongs,myheartisfullofwarm.Theirfamoussongis“MyLove”.It’sreallyworthlistening.
T:
Good.Thankyouforyourrecommendation.Ihavemanychoicestoconsider.ButhereIhaveaphotoofaband.Canyoutellmewhotheyare?
S4:
“TheMonkees”.
T:
Great!
Canyoutellmoreaboutthem?
S5:
Itisabandformedof4persons.Theyfollowedthestyleof“TheBeatles”.
T:
Right.Well,itseemsyouknowlittleaboutthem.Itdoesn’tmatter.Nowlet’sgoontothereadingandfindmoreinformationaboutthem,“TheBandThatWasn’t”.
Step2Skimming
T:
First,Iwouldlikeyoutoskimthepassageabout“TheMonkees”andfindoutthemainideasofeachparagraph.Timeislimitedto3minutes.
Suggestedanswers:
Paragraph1:
Dreamingofbeingfamousmusicianorsinger.
Paragraph2:
Howmusiciansformbands.
Paragraph3:
Howthebandgottheirstart.
Paragraph4:
How“TheMonkees”becameseriousabouttheirbusiness.
Step3Scanning
T:
N
owyouhavegotthegeneralideaaboutthepassage.Forthistime,Iwouldlikeyoutoscanthetextandfindoutwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueoffalse.Timeislimitedto4minutes.
1.Mostmusiciansmeetandformabandbecausetheyliketowriteandplaymusic.
2.TheTVorganizershadlookedforfivemusicianswhowerelovelyandwhocou
ldmakegoodmusic.
3.Eachweekthegroupthatwascalled“TheBeatles”wouldplayasongortwowrittenbyothermusician.
4.“TheMonkees”brokeupinabout1960,butreunitedin1980.
Suggestedanswer:
1.T2.F3.F4.T
Step4IntensiveReading
Askthestudentstolookthroughthequestionsonthescreenandreadthetextsilently.Studentsareexpectedtofindoutalltheanswersbythemselves.
T:
OK,boysandgirls.Nowlet’sreadthetextindetailandanswerthefollowingquestions.
Questions:
1.Whydomostmusiciansliketobeinabandwithothers?
2.Whichtwomusicalbandsarementionedinthepassage?
3.Howdobandsthatareformedbyhighschoolstudentsearnsomeextramoney?
4.Whendid“TheMonkees”breakupandwhendiditreunite?
5.Whywas“TheMonkees”successfulintheirwork?
Suggestedanswers:
1.Becausetheywanttowriteandplaymusictogether.
2.Beatles&Monkees
3.Theymayplaytopassers-byinthestreetorsubwaysothattheycanearnsomeextramoney.
4.Theybrokeupinabout1970anditreunitedinthemid-1980.
5.Becausetheywereseriousabouttheirworkandtheyalsoworkedveryhard.
T:
Youar
esosmarttogetalltheanswersright.Thenletmecheckwhetheryouhavereallyunderstoodthepassage.HavealookattheEx.2onPage35.Tryyourbesttoreviewwhatyouhavelearntinyourheartwithoutlookingbacktothepassage.Andseewhocangetalltheanswersright.Timeislimitedto2minutes.
Suggestedanswers:
1.2.3.4.
5.Step5RetelltheStory
T:
Sinceyouh
avereadthetextforthreetimes,Iguessyouhavetotallyunderstoodthetext.Nowlet’scheckwhetheryouhavecomprehendedthetext.Ontheblackboard,it’sthesummaryofourreadingtext.Butit’snotcomplete.Youhavetothinkoutaproperwordtofillineachblankwithoutreadingyourtextbook.Afterfillingthemissingwords,youwillhaveacompletesummaryofthetext.Now,Iwillgiveyou5minutestodothistask.
Ifweare____________ourselves,mostofushave____________beingfamoussometimesinourlives.Mostmusiciansoftenmeetand______aband.