TheBandThatWasn’tClass22Senior1Teacher:TengXuelianDate:Jan6th,2013Doyouenjoythemusic?ChoralFolkMusicCountryMusicRapLinkinParkGirlsGenerationBeyondTheMonkees门基乐队“TheMonkees”Itisabandwith4personsthatwasverypopularinthe1960sinAmerica.Itwasbasedon“TheBeatles”.Theirperformancewerehumorous.Nowitisstillpopularintheworldtoday.MichaelNesmithDavyJonesMickeyDolenzPeterTorkTheBandThatWasn’tReadingTheMonkees.TheMonkees.Whichbandis“TheBandThatWasn’t”?Q2SkimmingQ1Whichtwobandswerementionedinthetext?TheBeatlesandtheMonkees.TheBeatlesandtheMonkees.MatchthemainideawitheachparagraphTheMonkeesstartedinadifferentway.Manypeoplewanttobefamousassingersandmusicians.HowtheMonkeesbecameseriousaboutthemusicbusiness.Howmostmusiciansformbands.Para1Para2Para3Para4CarefulReadingPara.1:WhydoestheauthoraskthethreequestionsinParagraph1?A.TointroduceMonkeesdirectly.B.Toraisethereaders’attentiontothetopic“howdopeopleformaband”.C.Toshowthatheisgoodataskingquestions.Para.2:Howdopeopleformaband?Step1practisemusicinsomeone’shouseStep2playtopassers-byinthestreetorsubwayStep3giveperformancesinpubsorclubsStep4makerecordsinastudioPara.3&4Putthestepsintherightorder.•①Theyhadtouseactors.•②Thebandbrokeup,thenreunitedinthemid-1980s.•③Theyproducedtheirownrecords.•④Theyproducedanewrecordin1996.•⑤Thebandhadtorelyonothermusicians.•⑥Theybegantosingandplaytheirownsongs.•⑦TVorganizersplannedtofindfourmusicians.•⑧Theyadvertisedinanewspaper.•⑨Theysangsongswrittenbyothers.•⑩Theyjustpretendedtosing.1._____2.______3._____4._____5._____6.______7.______8._____9._____10._____Putthestepsintherightorder.TrueorFalse(1)ThebandbeganasaTVshow.(2)TheTVorganizershadlookedforfivemusicianswhowerelovelyandwhocouldmakegoodmusic.(3)Eachweek,“TheMonkees”wouldplayasongortwowrittenbythemselves.(4)Thebandbrokeupin1970,butreunitedinthemid-1980s.(5)In1999,theyproducedanewrecordtocelebratetheirtimeasband.TFFTFfourothermusicians1996Usethefollowingwordsorexpressionstodescribehowtoformaband.Firstly,…practise…Sometimes,…playto…Later,…giveperformances…Finally,…makerecords…Whatisyourfavouriteband?Whatdoyouthinkmakesitsuccessful?HomeworkWhyweretheMonkeessuccessfulintheirwork?Pleasewriteashortpassageaboutyouridea.(≥80words)Bye-bye!Doyouknowanyfamousbands?1.Doyouthink“theMonkees”arearealbandatfirst?Giveyourreasons.2.Howdidtheybecomearealbandatlast?3.Howdoyouunderstandthetitle“TheBandThatWasn’t”?Canitbechangedinto“TheBandThatisn’t”?Why?toplayinthestreetorsubwayThebandthatwasn’ttoperforminpubsandclubstomakerecordsinastudiotopractisemusicathomeThebandthatisBackgroundInformationLosAngeles,California,UnitedStatesPopRockMembers:DavyJonesMickeyDolenzPeterTorkMichaelNesmithOrigin:Genres:HowdidtheMonkeesformtheband?asaTVshowBasedonBeatlesBrokeupreunitedbeganmusic&jokesafterayearorsoin1970inthemid-1980sin1996became__________arealbandstartas___________aTVshowbasedon____________theBeatlesserious_________reunitedbrokeup__________WhatdoyouknowaboutTheMonkees?
