Unit 5

Without music, life is a journey through a

desert.

----Pat Conroy

Music is more than just sound. It is a way of thinking. When you listen to music, sing or play an instrument, you are also becoming better thinkers. You can learn English from songs too. While singing a song, you are learning English grammar and vocabulary.

Music appreciationWhen I was young I'd listen to the radio,Waiting for my favorite songs.When they played I'd sing along,It make me smile.Those were such happy times and not so long agoHow I wondered where they'd gone.But they're back again just like a long lost friend, all the songs I love so well.Every shalalala every wo still shines. Every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing so fine.

When they get to the part, Where he's breaking her heart,It can really make me cry, Just like before.It's yesterday once more.(shoobie do lang lang)

Looking back on how it was in years gone by,And the good times that had, Made today seem rather sad,So much has changed.It was songs of love that I would sing to them, And I'd memorize each word.Those old melodies still sound so good to me, As they melt the years away.

Every shalalala every wo still shines.Every shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're starting to sing so fine.All my best memories come back clearly to me, Some can even make me cry, Just like before.It's yesterday once more. (shoobie do lang lang)

Every shalala every wo still shines.Every shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're starting to sing so fine.Every shalala every wo still shines.Every shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're starting to sing so fine.

hiding from the ____ and ____trying to forget but I won't let ___looking at a crowded _____________ to my own heart beatso many people all ______ the worldtell me where do I find _______ like you girltake me to your hearttake me to your ____give me your _____ before I’m oldshow me what ____ is- haven’t got a clueshow me that wonders can be ____

Take me to your heart

they say nothing lasts _______we're only _____ todaylove is ____ or neverbring ___ far awaytake me to your _____ take me to your soulgive me your ____ and ____ meshow me what ___ is- be my guiding starit's easy take me to your heart

hiding from the ____ and ____trying to forget but I won't let ___looking at a crowded _____________ to my own heart beatso many people all ______ the worldtell me where do I find _______ like you girltake me to your hearttake me to your ____give me your _____ before I’m oldshow me what ____ is- haven’t got a clueshow me that wonders can be ____

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they say nothing lasts _______we're only _____ todaylove is ____ or neverbring ___ far awaytake me to your _____ take me to your soulgive me your ____ and ____ meshow me what ___ is- be my guiding starit's easy take me to your heart

foreverhere

nowme

heart

hand holdlov

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Can you name any music styles?

Music

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Quiz

1.__________: a type of popular music with a steady beat in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in time to music

2. __________: a type of slow sad jazz music developed among blacks in the Southern US

3. __________: a traditional Christmas song

4. ________________: popular music in the style of music from the southern and western US

5. __________: a large group of people playing all kinds of musical instruments together

6. __________: a style of music that was popular in the 1950s, and has a strong loud beat played on electric guitars and drums

7. __________: a large group of people who sing together

8. _________________: music that people consider to be serious and has been popular for a long time

rap

blues

carol

country music

orchestra

rock’n’roll

chorus

classical music

singer

director

band

musicianmusical instrument

concert…

一支音乐音乐家音符节奏歌词乐器歌手乐队专辑表演五线谱

A piece of music Musician Note

Rhythm Lyrics Musical instrumentSinger Band

AlbumPerformance staff

Music

Musical instruments:

guitar

trumpet

violin piano drums

saxophone key boardbass

•Do you often listen to music?

•What kind of effect does the music have on you?

Listening P69Listening P69

What does the “Mozart effect” mean to you?

Classical music, especially Mozart, helps

improve your memory.

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F

F

F

True or False

T1.Listening to classical music improves your mem

ory.

2.The “Mozart effect” means listening to Mozart’s music.

3.To improve your long term memory you need to study maths.

4.Scientists think the “Mozart effect” works with all kinds of music.

5.Listening to music makes you more intelligent.

They sing and play together to ___________

Only to __________ money to buy pie

But they want their dream to fly

So what they do is to try, try, try

Later their names go world wide

Companies ask her to advertise

Whenever they pass by

________ always come to say Hi

passers-by

earn/make

Fans

What is a band? —a group of musicians

What is a band usually made up of?

Guitar player

Bass player

Drummer

vocalist

who plays the guitar

who plays the bass

who plays the drums

The Beatles甲壳虫乐队又称：批头士

老鹰乐队 :hotel California

The Monkees —

the most popular

band in the USA

from 1966 to 1968!

What about this band?

The Monkeys?

The Monkees

Listen to the song I’m a believer then fill in the blanks.

I thought love was only true in fairy talesMeant for ________ else but not for_____.

______was out to get meThat’s the way it seemed.

Disappointment hunted all my dreams.*Then I saw her _____,now I’m a ________

Not a trace of doubt____ _____ _____.I’m in love, I’m a________

I couldn't leave her if I tried.I thought love was _____ ___ _____a given

thing,Seems the more I gave the less I got.

What’s the use in trying?All ____ get is pain.

When I wanted _________ I got rain.

I thought love was only true in fairy talesMeant for ________ else but not for_____.

______was out to get meThat’s the way it seemed.

Disappointment hunted all my dreams.*Then I saw her _____,now I’m a ________

Not a trace of doubt____ _____ _____.I’m in love, I’m a________

I couldn't leave her if I tried.I thought love was _____ ___ _____a given

thing,Seems the more I gave the less I got.

What’s the use in trying?All ____ get is pain.

When I wanted _________ I got rain.

someone meLove

face believerin my mind

believer

more or less

sunshineyou

Name:Place:Members:Styles:

The Band That Wasn’t …

“However, there was one band that started in a different way.”

The Monkees

USA1 musician and 3 actors

Pop rock

How is a band formed in most cases?

• like to write and play their own music;• start as a group;• practise their music;• play to passers-by to earn extra money;• give performances in pubs and clubs and ar

e paid in cash;• hope to make records in studio and become

a millionaire.

“There was one band that started in a different way.”

• It began as a TV show.

• They play jokes and most of their music was loosely based on the Beatles.

• There was only one musician in the band and the actors could not sing well.

• They relied on other musicians to help them.

• During the broadcasts, they just pretended to sing.

Comprehending

Para.1

Para.2

Para.3

Para.4

A. The Monkees started in a different way.

B. Many people dream of being famous musicians or singers.

C. How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.

D. How musicians form bands

Comprehending

Para.1

Para.2

Para.3

Para.4

A. The Monkees started in a different way.

B. Many people dream of being famous musicians or singers.

C. How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.

D. How musicians form bands

The history of the Monkees

Early timeEarly time

Members: 1 good singer

3 _________

Their performance:

Their fans:

They wrote songs by themselves at first:

attractive boring

Supported fiercely Welcomed coldly

Yes No

actors

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The history of the MonkeesLater ( after a year )Later ( after a year )

Their attitude became ______ about work. For example, they started to ____ and ____ their own songs like a _________. Then they ________ their own records and started _______ and _______ their own music.

In 1970:In 1970: the Monkees ________

In the mid -1980s:In the mid -1980s: the Monkees ________

In 1996:In 1996: produced a new record to ________ their time as a real band.

serious

producedtouring playing

play singreal band

broke up

reunited

celebrate

Why is the title “The Band that wasn’t”?

Because the Monkees was not a real band at firs

t. Three of its members are actors who could not

sing well enough. Furthermore, it didn’t follow

the usual way to be successful as the other band

s. In addition, it was not formed by the members

themselves but by TV organizers and they were

not like a band at first, because they played joke

s as well as playing music.

What do you think of the Monkees?

attractive

popular

funny

crazylively