1、READING TASKSTHE BAND THAT WASNTPre-reading activitiesTask I. List some singers who you like. Task II. Do you dream to become famous in the future? If yes, what kind of famous person do you want to be? Task III. Do you know anything about the Beatles?While-reading activitiesTask I. Read Paragraph 1
2、and 2 and fill in the blanks.What many people dreamed of becoming a famous singer or 1. _playing at a(n) 2. _singing like a famous singer becoming rich and famousPossible growing process of a band start as a group of 3. _play to 4. _give performances in pubs or clubshoping to make records and become
3、 5. _Task II. Read Paragraph 3 and 4. Fill in the blanks in the chart and try to understand the development process of the Monkees. Task III. The following are the phrases describing what Monkees did. Read Paragraph 3 and 4, and then complete the phrases. began as a(n) 1. _ played jokes on each othe
4、r played music relied on 2. _ to help them pretended to sing played and sang songs written by other musicians became more 3. _ about their work played and sang their own songs produced their own records started touring played 4. _ became even more popular than 5. _ sold even more records broke up re
5、united produced a new record celebrated their former timeTask IV. Read the text and tell what the following pronouns refer to. 1. which (Line 3) _2. they (Line 9) _3. which (Line 17) _4. who (Line 17) _5. they (Line 19) _6. which (Line 29) _7. their (Line 30) _8. which (Line 34) _Task V. Below is th
6、e summary of the text with some words or phrases missing. Choose the words or phrases from the box and make the summary complete.pubs, TV show, records, sing, high school, act, the Beatles, broke upMany people dream of being a famous singer or musician, but how do people form a band? Many musicians
7、meet and form bands when they are at 1. _. They play in the street or subway and later in 2. _ or clubs, hoping one day to make 3. _ and become millionaires. The Monkees, however, began as a(n) 4. _. Its producers wanted to find musicians who could 5. _ but only found one, so the other three were ju
8、st actors. Despite only pretending to 6. _ in the shows, the Monkees became popular and at one time sold more records than 7. _. After a year or so they started to play and sing their own songs on records and at concerts just like a real band. They 8. _ in 1970 but got back together again in the 198
9、0s and the 1990s. (By Ray Cama)Post-reading activitiesTask I. Discussion. Do you think it is proper for high-school students to form a band?Task II. Why do you think the Monkees could become successful? Task III. How do you understand team work?参考答案Pre-reading activitiesTask I. 略Task II略Task III略Whi
10、le-reading activitiesTask I. 1. musician 2. concert 3. high-school students 4. passers-by 5. millionaires Task II. 1. musicians 2. actors 3. each other 4. humorous 5. other musicians6. records 7. the Beatles 8. bandTask III. 1. TV show 2. other musicians 3. serious 4. their own music 5. the BeatlesTask IV. 1. the concert 2. many musicians 3. the music 4. four musicians 5. the TV organizers 6. a year or also 7. the Monkees 8. the new recordTask V. 1. high school 2. pubs 3. records 4. TV show 5. act 6. sing 7. the Beatles 8. broke upPost-reading activitiesTask I. 略Task II略Task III略
