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Groups of people play different musical instruments together.
Orchestra
Many people get together to sing.
Choral
Music or song in the traditional style of a country
Folk Music
Type of music that comes from the folk music of the southern and western US.
Country Music
Do you know anything about “The Monkees”?
It is a band with 4-person that was very
popular in the 1960S in America and as
well as a TV show of the same name and it
based on “The Beatles”. The band used
instruments rarely seen on TV at that time.
Now it is still popular in the world today.
1.Which two musical bands were mentioned
in the passage?
2.When did “The Monkees” break up and w
hen did it reunite?
3.When did" The Monkees" celebrate their ti
me as a real band?
The Beatles and the Monkees
1970, mid-1980s
1996
Reading I- Go over the passage and look Go over the passage and look for the main idea of each paragraphfor the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 3
Para 2
Para 4
How “The Monkees” was formed.
The development of “The Monkees”.
Dreaming of being a famous musician or singer.
How musicians form bands.
(based loosely on the “Beatles”)
TV organizers
an advertisement
one musician three actors
a TV show
play jokes on as well as play music
Beginning
1.The TV organizers had looked for five musicians who were lovely and who could make good music.
2.Each week the group that was called “The Beatles” would play a song or two written by other musician.
3. “The Monkees” broke up in about 1970,but reunited in the 1980s.
Read the third and fourth paragraphs 1. do the ”T” or “F” exercises
F
F
T
four
Monkees
“The Monkees” was formed in 1960s in the USA. It began as a TV show. The m________ of the band played j_______ as well as played music.In fact, it wasn’t a r______ band at the very beginning. Most of the musicians were only a_______ who p___________ to sing the songs when they were on the stage. They became popular because of their a________ performances. After a year or so, they became more s________ about their work and started to play their own i____________ and write their own songs. However, the band b_____ up in about 1970 and r________ in the mid-1980s.
Summary
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Discussion:Suppose The Monkees are invited to China and you’ve got the chance to attend their concert, which questions will you ask after learned this passage?
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