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Rock music
Rock Music
Black music
noisy, crazy
the most popular type of music
...
A.make something that is exactly like another thing
B.make something by oneself
A. kind B. piece
Review the new words
2. “You mustn’t copy others’ homework.” the teacher said to his students.
1. Rock music is the most popular type of music around the world.
A.aged above 20
B.aged between 13 and 19
A.
Review the new words
3. Which kind of telephone is old-fashioned?
B.
4. Teenage girls are crazy about that singer.
Fill in the blankscopy teenage old-fashioned be popular with type
have a good influence on start as combine…with
1. Some students don’t like folk songs. They think they are _____________.
2. All big trees ____________ tiny seeds (微小的种子） .
3. This thriller movie is not suitable for ____________audience.
4. Excellent teachers will __________________ their students.
5. We must __________theory(理论 )_________ practice.
6. The Flowers, a famous band _________ the rhythms of other songs.
7. What ________ of house would you prefer to live in?
8. Rock music _______________ young people.
old-fashioned
start as
teenage
have a good influence on
combine with
copied
is popular with
type
Match each paragraph with its main idea:
Rock music of today
The development of rock music
The birth of rock musicParagraph1
Paragraph2&3
Paragraph4_________
_________
_________
Questions for paragraph 1:
1. When and where did R&B music begin?
2. Who was R&B music popular with?
3. What kind of music did R&B start as?
4. What kind of music was called rock’n’roll? Black music or White R&B music?
5. When did rock’n’roll become popular?
In the USA in the early 1950s.
Black Americans.
A kind of Black music.
White R&B music.
In the mid-1950s.
Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks:
in the early 1950s
in the mid-1950s
R&B began in the ______ , it was very __________ with black Americans. It ________ _____ a kind of Black music.
White musicians ______ the style. A new kind of White R&B music, called _________, became very popular. Its singers ________ millions of _______ fans. The music was fast and ________.
USApopular
started as
copied
rock’n’rollattracted teenage
loud
Read paragraph 2&3 and decide whether the following statements are true or false:
1. In the late 1960s, rock’n’roll became old-fashioned.
2.The Beatles, a new group from America, became popular.
3.The Beatles started by singing England style songs.
4.They didn’t develop their own style.
5.The Beatles only used one kind of instruments.
In the early 1960s, rock’n’roll became old-fashioned.
The Beatles, a new group from England, became popular.
The Beatles started by singing American style songs.
They developed their own style.
The Beatles introduced different instruments.
Change the words in the sentences with the key words and expressions in paragraph 2&3:
In the early 1960s, rock’n’roll became out of date. The Beatles, a new group from England became fashionable. The Beatles started by singing American style songs, but they soon developed their own form . They also presented different instruments. Bands like the Beatles played a very important role in popular music.
old-fashioned.
popular.
introduced Groupshad a very important influence on
style
Listen to the paragraph 4 ,then fill in the blanks:
Rock music has continued to ___________and develop. It has __________ ___________ music from different _________ of the world. Today, there are ________ _________ different types of rock music, and almost every country has its _______ ________ of rock music.
changecombined withparts
hundreds of
own form
Summary:
Task 1 Complete the chart below.
A Brief History of Rock Music
Time Event Feature
early 1950s birth of _________ Black music
_______ developed into______ White music______and_____
early 1960s R&B became _______;______became popular
till the present
has continued to change and ___________
has combined with music from_____________________
R&B
mid-1950s rock’n’roll
fast loud
old-fashioned
The Beatles
develop
different
parts of the world
Task 2 Complete the following passage with the italicized words and expressions in the reading passage.
The Beatles have been the most successful pop group in the world. _________of people, especially ______________, are crazy about them and their music.
A lot of the Beatles’ songs became ___________. Those songs always had strong rhythms so that people could dance to them. Though their songs became popular during the 1960s,they still have great _____________on the music of today.
The Beatles’ success story suggests that good music is never _______________.
Millions teenage fans
popular
influence
old-fashioned
Retell the brief history of rock music in a group of four:
In the early 1950sIt began...R＆ B was popular with...…started as a kind of Black music
In the mid-1950s
The White musicians copied......rock’n’roll became......attracted...It was ...and...
In the early 1960sR＆ B became…;
The Beatles …became popular
Till the present Rock music has continued to change and…..
has combined with music from…
Assignment:Group A:1. Listen and practise reading with the help of tape-recording. 2. Write 7to8 sentences about Rock Music
Group B: Listen and practise reading with the help of tape-recording.
