八年级下 Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet Section B

Unit8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?Section B

1aWho is your favorite singer or musician? Tell your partner why you like him or her.

1b

Listen to a conversation between Alex and Dave. Write A for Alex or D for Dave next to each opinion.

_______ D The Toms must be popular. _______ The Toms play pop music. D _______ The Toms’ music sounds more A like rock. D _______ Listening to The Toms is a good way to wake up.

1c Listen again and take notes.Band name Country Number of people in the band Kind of music The Toms the United States Five Pop, but sounds more like rock

Alex: Their music is loud and full of energy. He feels Why Alex and Dave excited when he listens like to listen to this to their music. band Dave: He thinks that listening to their music every morning will wake him up and make him happy for the rest of the day.

1d

Ask your friends and parents what kind of music they listen to and why. How does the music make them feel?

What kind of music? Friend 1 Friend 2 Friend 3

Why do How does they listen it make to it? them feel?

Some famous sayings on musicMusic produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. ~Confucius Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. ~Leigh Hunt Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. ~Jean Paul Richter Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach

Have you heard of country music? Are you interested in country music?

2a Discuss the questions with a partner.1. Do you have a favorite singer or band? 2. Do you have a favorite song? 3. What facts do you know about

your favorite singer, band or song?

2b Read the passage and complete thefact sheet. Country Music Fact Sheetstates of America Where it is from: southern _________________ traditional kind What kind of music it is: a ___________ of music about belonging to a group, people being _________________________________ kind to each other and trusting one another _________________________________

A famous country music place inCountry Music Hall of Fame Museum Nashville: __________________________

A famous country music singer:Garth Brooks ___________________________________

The number of records he has sold:more than 120 million ___________________________________

2c

Read the passage again and underline the main ideas. Then use the underlined text to write short answers to the questions below.

First paragraph Who is Sarah? Where is she from? What does she like?

Second paragraph Who is country music? What is country music about? Third paragraph What is Sarah’s dream? Who is Garth Brooks?

Underlined sentences: When Sarah was a teenager, she used to fight over almost everything with her family. It made Sarah think about her family and friends back in the US. Ever since then, she has been a fan of American country music. Country is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. However, country music brings us back to the “good old days” when pe

ople were kind to each other and trusted one another.

Underlined sentences:

Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream togo there one day. There are also always a lot of great country music concerts with famous musicians and singers, like Garth Brooks. He’s sold more than 120 million records.

Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions.

1. Who is Sarah? 2. Where is she from?She is from the US. Sarah is a girl, and she used to fight over almost everything with her family.

3. What does she like?She likes American country music.is an American girl and she loves 4. Main idea: Sarah ________________________ American country music.

Read Paragraph 2 and answer the questions.

1. What is country music?Country music is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America.

2. What is country music about?It is about belonging to a group and reminds us of a time when people were kind to each other and trusted one another.