2018学年高中英语必修2课件：Unit 5 Section Ⅰ

Warming Up 1．Look at the following pictures and try to guess which kind of
music each of the following belongs to.
(1)Orchestra (2)Classical music (3)Jazz (4)Choral (5)Rap (6)Rock ’n’ Roll
Careful Reading
Ⅰ.Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1．How many bands are mentioned in the passage? What are their
names? Two. The Beatles and the Monkees. 2．Why was the Monkees successful in their work? Because they were serious about their work and they also worked very hard and they had their unique style. Ⅱ.Read the text and find out the main idea of it. The text is mainly about how a band is formed and the information about the Monkees .
5． However , there was one band 6. called (call) the Monkees 7. that started in a different way. They began as a TV show. The TV organizers had planned to find four rock musi-cians, but they could only find one. They had to use actors, 8. who had to rely on other musi-cians to help them. They pretended to sing. Their 9. performances (perform) were humorous and soon they became popular. After a year or so, the Monkees began to play and sing their own songs like a real band. In the USA, they became even 10.more popular (popular) than the Beatles.
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singer. C．How the Monkees become serious about
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the music business. D．How musicians form bands.
答案：Paragraph 1：B; Paragraph 2：D;
Paragraph 3：A; Paragraph 4：C
The shock to the world made the tribute band become the center of attention. New clubs want to book the group and members say they’ re up for the challenge to carry on “the man’s” music.
Michael Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing to rhythms (节奏) full of excitement, energy and happiness for decades, died on ook at the following pictures.Do you know the names of the famous bands?
(1)Westlife (2)Backstreet Boy (3)The Beatles (4)SHE (5)The Monkees
Fast Reading
A．make themselves sing better
B．thank the passers-by
C．become millionaires
D．make some extra money
4．What did the Monkees do on the TV show? A．They played jokes on each other and music. B．They told the people stories. C．They sang and danced. D．They taught the people music.
2．Many musicians like to write and play their own music so they
________. A．join a club
B．form a band
C．live together
D．sing in the streets
3．At first the musicians sing in the streets in order to ________.
“We’re going to play as many shows as we can all across the country and the world to celebrate his life，” said Tadepalli. “It’s an honour.” All the audience all over the world believe that Michael Jackson and Michael Jackson’s music will live forever.
After Michael Jackson’s death, the world quickly discovered just how deeply popular the King of Pop continues to be.
In attractive jackets, shinning gloves and 80s’ special clothing, Who’s Bad, is a popular party production that takes audience on a musical journey covering thirty years of Michael Jackson ’ s. Considered by many music lovers as the greatest Michael Jackson tribute band, Who’s Bad is in greater demand than it’s ever been since it was founded. It’s just unfortunate that something so sad had to happen for people to realize how popular Jackson is. A show was scheduled several months before, but after the pop legend died, a high demand pushed them to schedule a second performance for the night.
Section_Ⅰ
Warming Up & Reading — Pre-reading
1．Music plays an important role in our daily life.What kind of music would you like to listen to?
2．Have you heard the songs sung by Michael Jackson? Read the passage and know about his brilliant life of music.
“This is my purpose，” said Joseph Bell, the lead singer who joined the band two years ago. “I’m not trying to impersonate (假扮) Michael Jackson. I want to sing his songs. I have respect for him. So do many people. Musically, he’s a legend and he’s a person who cared so much about people.”
Summary
Fill in the blanks according to the text. Most young people want to be a famous singer or musician.
They 1. have dreamed (dream) of playing in front of the audience. Honestly speaking, many people attach great 2. importance (important) to becoming rich and famous.
Ⅲ.Read the text and then match the main idea of each
paragraph. Paragraph 1
A．How the Monkees got their start.
Paragraph 2
B．Dreaming of being a famous musi-cian or
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958 and has been entertaining audience nearly his entire life. His father, Joseph Jackson, had been a guitarist but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Katherine. Earth Song is a song by Michael Jackson featured on Jackson’s 1995 history album. The Earth Song video is available on the DVDs History on Film (Volume Ⅱ) and Number Ones. It was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Video.
Scan the text and then choose the best answer accor-ding to the text. 1．In the author’s opinion, many people want to be part of a band
because ________. A．they want to sing or play music B．they like famous musicians C．they want to become rich and famous D．they know a band plays an important part in society
5．How many years didn’t the Monkees work together after the band broke up? A．About 10 years. B．About 15 years. C．About 20 years. D．About 25 years. 答案：1～5 CBDAB
Many musicians meet and form a band. They may start 3.as a group of high-school students. At first, they may play to 4. passers-by (passer-by) in the street. Later, they may give performances in pubs or clubs. Of course they want to make a lot of money.