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高考资源网 ()The Band That WasntToday, we are going to talk about an American band which was as popular as the Beatles in the 1960s. It was called “the Beatles of America”. The name of the band is the Monkees. Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.The development of the Monkees.How do people form bands?The Monkees started in a different way.Fast-reading: match the main idea with each para How does the author begin this passage? By asking questions. Can you translate the second question? 你是否曾梦想过在音乐会上面对成千上万的观你是否曾梦想过在音乐会上面对成千上万的观众演唱，观众欣赏你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗？众演唱，观众欣赏你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗？ Find the sentence that has the same meaning with the following one. To tell the truth, many people think it important to win wealth and fame. To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. Careful-readingPara1 How do people form a band? Careful-readingPara2 (a group of high school students) practising their music in someones housePlaying to passers-by for extra moneyGiving performances in pubs and clubsMaking records in a studioBDCASelling millions of copies to become millionaires which of the following statements is right according to paragraph 3&4? A. The TV organizers put an advertisement and found 4 good musicians. B. As some of these actors couldnt sing well enough, the Monkees was not popular at the beginning. C. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. D. The band broke up in 1970 but reunited in 1996.Careful-readingPara3&4 started as a_ and _to singbecame more _about their work and started to_produced their own _and became even more _than the Beatles.3 stages of the development of the MonkeesCareful-readingPara3&4 123TV showpretendedseriousplay and sing their own songsrecordpopularThe Monkees The Monkees was a band that started in a different way. The musicians _ each other as well as played music. Their music and jokes were _loosely on “the Beatles”. At first, they had to _other musicians to help them. Anyhow their_ performances were _by other groups and their fans formed clubs to _ . A year later, they became more serious about their work. They started to play and sing their own songs like _.They became even more popular than “The Beatles”. However, the band _in 1970, but _in the mid-1980s. To _their former time as a real band, they produced a new record in 1996. played jokes onget more familiar with thema real bandbroke upreunitedbasedrely onhumorouscopiedcelebrate Now ,have you got the meaning of the topic- “ The Band That Wasnt”?Think about it The first time I listened to his music, I He is good at He has sung many songs, the most famous of which is From his music, we can clearly see that its full of I will always be one of his fans and My favorite singer/bandTalk about your favorite singer or band, telling us the reasons why you love him/her. You can talk about one of your favorite songs and even sing a song for us.Some sentences to help you:Homework: 1.Write a passage about your favorite singer or band according to what you have learnt and thought today. 2. Find out the sentences that have the attributive clause(定语从句定语从句) in this passage.
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