ReferenceforTeaching一、异域风情1.JohnDenverJohnDenver,thesonofaU.S.A.AirForceofficer,wasbornin1943anddiedin1997inaplanecrash.JohnDenverbeganhiscareerinthe1960sasanaspiringfolkmusicianintheclubsofLosAngels.Inacareerthathasspannedmorethantwodecades,JohnDenverhasearnedinternationalacclaimasasongwriter,performer,actorandhumanitarian.Denver’sfirstmajorbreakcamewhenhewaschosenfrom250otherhopefulsasleadsingerforthepopularMitchellTrio.Hissongwritingskillswerenotedwhenhisleaving.OnAJetPlanewasrecorded.ThesongbecamethefirstNumberOnehit.Lessthantowyearslater.Denverbecameoneofthetopstarsofthedecade.WithTakeMeHome;CountryRoad;Annie’sSong;BackHomeAgain;ThankGodI’mACountryBoy;Calypsoandmore.Manyofhissongsshowedgreatconcernfortheenvironment,whichhad\scontinuedasamatterofmajorimportanceforDenverandforusall.Denver’spopularitysincetheearly1970smaybemeasuredinrecordsalesthatfewotherartistshaveachieved.Hehashad14goldalbumand8platinumalbumsintheU.S.andmanygoldandplatinumsalesoverseasaswell,incountriesincludingAustralia,GermanyandtheUnitedKingdoms,JohnDenverisoneofthetopfiverecordingartistsinthesaleshistoryofthemusicindustry.Denver’sconcerttourshavereachedmillionsgloballyfromtheU.S.andCanadathroughoutEurope.AustraliaandNewZealand,theOrientandtheUnitedKingdom.DenverwasthefirstartistfromthewesttovisitmainlandChinainOctober1992.HewaspleasedandsomewhatastonishedtodiscoverhowpopularandwellknownhissongswerewiththeChinese.HehopestoreturnChinaandSoutheastAsiaasoftenashisschedulepermits.Notjustafineperformer,Denverisalsoameanworkingortheimprovementofthequalityoflifeforallpeople—environmentally,sociallyandpolitically.HewasaskedtoserveasamemberofthePresidentialCommissiononWorldandDomesticHunger.Hewasoneofthefivefoundersof“TheHungerProject”.Denverwasawardedthepresidential“WorldWithoutHunger”Award.DenverisasupporteroftheNationalWildlifeFederation.Hecreatedaplan“Plant-It-2000”thaturgespeoplealloverthewouldtoplantasmanytreesaspossiblebytheyear2000.Thisisareforestationprojectwhichhelpspeopleeverywheretoseetheimportanceofprojectingandrestoringourenvironment.JohnDenverisnotonlyoneoftheworld’sbest-knownandbest-lovedperformers,butatrueinternationalfigurededicatedtoworldpeaceandtheeliminationofhunger.用心爱心专心2.TheKingofRock’n’RollOneofthemostpopularAmericansingersofthetwentiethcenturywasElvisPresley.Hemadetherock’n’rollmusicpopulararoundthewould.Hesoldmillionsofrecordsandmademanysuccessfulfilms,andhehelpedchangethedirectionofpopularmusicinthe1960sElvisPresleywasborninapoorfamilyin1935.Hisparentsweresimplecountrypeoplewhooftentookhimtochurch,wherehelearnedtosing,andheneverforgotthekindofsonsthatheusedtosing,andheneverforgotthekindofsongsthatheusedtosinginchurchasachild.Whenhewasyoung,ElvismovedfromToledodotoMemplisinTennessee,whereheattendedhighschool,buthewasnotagoodstudent.Hisonlyrealinterestwassinging.Hebegantosingthestylethatiscalled“countryandwestern”In1955,herecordedsomesongsforhismother’sbirthday.Thepeopleattherecordingstudiolikehissingingandmusic.Therewassomethingdifferentaboutit.Itwascountryandwesternmusic,butitalsosoundedalittlelikethemusicwhichblackpeopleusedtosingintheAmericanSouth,MusicKnownas“blues”.Shortlyafterthat,ElvismetTomParker,whobecamehismanageandarrangedconcertsforhomacrosstheUnitedStates,andnewrecordingsaswell.Soon,Elvisbecamefamousalloverthecountry.Later,Elviswen...
