1、Period 4 Listening and Vocabulary，PronunciationTeaching Goals：1To help Ss learn how to listen to some information about the Beatles2To let Ss learn how to express their feelings about music3To help Ss learn how to talk about some Chinese and foreign musiciansTeaching Procedures：Step 1Pre-listeningPu
2、rpose：To help Ss get some general information about the Beatles1Group workAsk Ss to discuss the questions in Activity 1 on P26 before listening(图 239)Suggested Answers：Various answers are acceptable2Pair workIntroduce something about the Beatles and then have Ss study some new wordsThen ask them to
3、finish Activity 2 on P26Suggested Answers：(1)They remember it (2)The words (3)Difficult(4)More than one (5)They like them (6)No，they dontStep 2While-ListeningPurpose：To develop Sslistening ability1Individual workAsk Ss to listen the tap and decide if these sentences are true(T)or false(F)(1)Three of
4、 the Beatles played guitar (2)The Beatles all come from different places in England (3)Americans liked the Beatles when they toured for the first time (4)After visiting India，the Beatles changed their instruments (5)They sold more albums than any other rock band 2Individual workAsk Ss to listen agai
5、n and make notes about these songs and albums in Activity 4 on P26(1)serious (2)ballad (3)complex (4)last album3Individual workAsk Ss to listen to the tape again，and then fill in the blanks with the information that they hearThe Beatles were the most successful band in the history of popular musicTh
6、e band _John Lennon，Paul McCartney，George Harrison and Ringo StarrStart played _ ，the other three played_Lennon and MeCartney wrote most of the songsAll the Beatles were born in_ in the north of EnglandDuring_，the Beatles were _ by American rock singers，such as Chuck Berry and Elvis PresleyThey had
7、their_ in 1962 with a _called Love Me Do(1962)In 1964，after they had become stars in their own country，the Beatles toured the United States and were a huge_During the_，the Beatles were one of the bands which gave rock music _ Some of their songs were quite serious，such as _；there were _such as_ and
8、more_ such as Strawberry Fields Forever By the late 1960s，their music had changed completelyThey had stopped writing simple songs with catchy tunesThe _and the_ had become mole interesting and they had begun to use_，tooFor example，after_，they started using Indian instrumentsSome of their _changed po
9、p music completelyTheir last album was _in 1970After they had finished_Let：It Be，they _By the time they stopped working together， they had sold more albums_ in historyAfter the group had_，all the Beatles performed as_ or started other bandsJohn Lennon died in New York in 1980George Harrison died in
10、2001Suggested Answers：(1)consisted of(2)drums(3)guitar(4)Liverpool(5)the early 1960s(6)influenced(7)first hit(8)catchy song(9)success(10)mid一 1960s(11)a new direction(12)Nowhere Man(13)ballads(14)Yesterday(15)complex songs(16)tunes(17)lyrics(18)new instruments(19)visiting India(20)albums(21)Let h Be
11、(22)recording(23)split up(24)than any other band(25)broken up(26)solo artistsStep 3Post-listeningPurpose：To let Ss learn how to express their feelings about musicAsk Ss to discuss the content of the listening material in pairsSuppose student A is crazy about the Beatles，while student B knows little
12、about themB wants to know more about the BeatlesAt firstA is surprised that B knows little about the BeatlesThen A tells B about the Beatles proudly and happily. For your reference：A：Havent you?My God!Oh no!B：Sorry，but could you tell me?A：Of courseAll rightB：Really?Cool!Excellent!Wonderful!Step 4Pro
13、nunciationAsk Ss to use the right intonation to speak the answers to Grammar 2 Activity 4 on P27Then listen to the tape and check itSuggested Answers：(1)Unfortunately，he arrived at the showafter I had left.(2)By the time we arrived at the stadium，the band had begun playing(3)Fortunately，the power cut happened after the fans had left the stadium(4)Before he made latest album，he had recorded some songs with Paul McCartneyStep 5HomeworkFinish the Listening and Speaking exercises in the Workbook on P83
