Unit8SectionB2a-2e课件人教版英语八年级下册

Unit8HaveyoureadTreasureIslandyet?SectionB2a-2e2a.Discussthequestionswithapartner.Lookatthepictureandtitle.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?Country

music

andagirl.Iscountrymusicvery

importantto

thegirl?Yes,itis.Itchangedherlife

forever.PredicitionHowdidcountry

musicchangeherlife?Sarah’schangeSarah’sdreamcountry

musicTips:Ingeneral,wecangetthe

mainideafromthefirstorlast

sentenceineachparagraph.Para.1Para.2Para.3Readquicklyandmatchthemainideaswitheachparagragh.ACountryMusicSongChangedHerLifeForeverWhenSarahwasateenager,sheusedtofightoveralmosteverythingwithherfamily.Butfiveyearsago,whileshewasstudyingabroadinEngland,sheheardasongfulloffeelingsaboutreturninghomeontheradio.ItmadeSarahthinkaboutherfamilyandfriendsbackintheUS.Shecametorealizehowmuchsheactuallymissedallofthem.Eversincethen,shehasbeenafanofAmericancountrymusic.

adv.永远

adv.在国外；到国外

adv.真实地；事实上

eversince自从

n.迷；狂热爱好者

usedtodosth.过去常常做某事

cometorealize逐渐意识到fightover因为…争吵Readpara.1andfinishthetasks.

当…时候

多么；表示程度

想起

makesb.dosth.让某人做某事

从那以后beusedtodoingsth.习惯于做某事beusedtodosth.被用来做某事

通过收音机cometodosth.逐渐；终于

满是…的;作后置定语;修饰asong

介词短语作后置定语；修饰feelingsSarah’schangeWhenshewasateenager,Fiveyearsago,Eversincethen,Sheusedtofightoveralmosteverythingwithherfamily.Sheheardasongfulloffeelingabout

returninghomeontheradio.Shecametorealizehowmuchsheactuallymissedherfamilyandfriends.ShehasbeenafanofAmericancountrymusic.Readpara.1andfindoutthetimewordsandtheevents.Readpara.2andfinishthetasks.CountryisatraditionalkindofmusicfromthesouthernstatesofAmerica.Nashville,Tennesseeisthehomeofcountrymusic.ManysongsthesedaysarejustaboutmodernlifeintheUS,suchastheimportanceofmoneyandsuccess,butnotaboutbelongingtoagroup.However,countrymusicbringsusbacktothe“goodolddays”whenpeoplewerekindtoeachotherandtrustedoneanother.Itremindsusthatthebestthingsinlifearefree—laughter,friends,family,andthebeautyofnatureandthecountryside.

adj.南方的

adj.现代的；当代的

belongto属于；归属

往昔的好日子

互相

n.笑；笑声

n.美；美丽

彼此

bekindto…对…友好

…的重要性

例如；后跟名词或词组

bringsb.backto…把某人带回laughv.笑beautifuladj.美丽的

…remindsb.+that从句提醒某人...

解释说明remindsb.ofsb./sth.使某人想起某人/某物remindsb.todosth.提醒某人要做某事

介词短语作后置定语1.Whatiscountrymusic?2.Whereisthehomeofcountrymusic?Readpara.2andanswerthequestions.countrymusic

Nashville(city)Tennessee(state)3.Whatdoescountrymusicremindus?Readpara.2andanswerthequestions.countrymusicItremindsusthatthebestthingsinlifearefree-laughter,friends,family,andthebeautyofnatureandthecountryside.DifferencesSongsthesedaysCountrymusicWhataretheyabout?Whatdotheyremindus?Readpara.2andfillinthetable.modernlifeintheUStheimportanceofmoneyandsuccessbelonging

toagroupthebestthingsinlifearefree-laughter,friends,family,andthebeautyofnatureandthecountrysidecountrymusicThebestthingsinlifearefree.Aboutcountrymusic乡村音乐(Countrymusic),又称“乡村与西部音乐”(CountryandWestern),是当代音乐的一种风格形式。其根源可追溯至上世纪20年代，起源于美国南部与阿帕拉契山区，人们公认田纳西州纳什维尔地区(Nashville,Tennessee)是乡村音乐的故乡，并建有专门的乡村音乐博物馆CountryMusicHallofFameMuseum。乡村音乐的曲调，一般都很流畅、动听，曲式结构也比较简单，多为歌谣体、二部曲式或三部曲式。乡村音乐一般有八大主题：一、爱情；二、失恋；三、牛仔幽默；四、找乐；五、乡村生活方式；六、地区的骄傲；七、家庭；八、上帝与国家。美国著名的乡村歌手包括约翰·丹佛(JohnDenver)、肯尼·罗杰斯(KennyRogers)、加思·布鲁克斯(GarthBrooks)、泰勒·斯威夫特(TaylorSwift)等。AboutcountrymusicSarahhasn’tbeentoNashvilleyet,butitisherdreamtogothereoneday.Shehasalreadyreadalotabouttheplaceanddonesomeresearchonit.SheknowsthatthereistheCountryMusicHallofFameandMuseuminNashville.Therearealsoalwaysalotofgreatcountrymusicconcertswithfamousmusiciansandsingers,likeGarthBrooks.Sarahhasalreadylistenedtomostofhissongs.“GarthisoneofthemostsuccessfulmusiciansinAmericanhistory.He’ssoldmorethan120millionrecords.Ihopetoseehimsingliveoneday!’’

num.百万millionsof数百万的

recordn.唱片；记录v.录制；录（音）Readpara.3andfinishthetasks.

dosomeresearchon…做关于…的研究

比如

mostof大多数

seesb.dosth.看某人做某事(全过程)

一天；可用于过去时和将来时

seesb.doingsth.看某人正在做某事(正在进行)

liveadv.

现场直播地

oneofthe+形容词最高级+可数名词复数最…的…之一副词短语;非常多

Itisone’sdreamto…….是某人的梦想

多于；超过

have/hasbeento

+某地去过某地(已经回来)It

形式主语

介词短语作后置定语

=HehasReadpara.3andfinishthetasks.Sarah’sdreamThefactsaboutbeingacountrymusicfanThingsSarahhasdoneThingsSarahhopestodoreadaboutNashvilledoneresearchonitgotoNashvillelistenedtomostofGarth’ssongsseeGarthsingliveWhoisGarthBrooks?

asuccessfulmusicianwithmorethan120millionrecordsCountryMusicFactSheetWhereitisfrom:_____________________________________________Whatkindofmusicitis:____________________________________________________________________________________________________AfamouscountrymusicplaceinNashville:_______________________ _______________________Afamouscountrymusicsinger:_________________________________Thenumberofrecordshehassold:_________________________2b.Readthepassageandcompletethefactsheetonpage63.southernstatesofAmericaatraditionalkindofmusicaboutbelongingtoagroup,peoplebeingkindtoeachotherandtrustingoneanotherCountryMusicHallofFameandMuseumGarthBrooksmorethan120million

…的数量anumberof…许多的；大量的2c.Readthepassageagainandunderlinethemainideas.Thenusetheunderlinedtexttowriteshortanswerstothequestionsbelow.FirstparagraphWhoisSarah?Whereisshefrom?Whatdoesshelike?SecondparagraphWhatiscountrymusic?Whatiscountrymusicabout?ThirdparagraphWhatisSarah’sdream?WhoisGarthBrooks?2d.Usethenotesyoumadein2ctowriteashortsummaryofthepassage.Writenomorethan100words.MusicChangedHerLifeSarahisanAmericangirlwhousedtofightoveralmosteverythingwithherfamily.WhileshewasstudyinginEngland,sheheardacountrymusicsongwhichmadeherthinkofherfamilyandfriends.Shebecameafanofcountrymusic.CountrymusicisatraditionalkindofmusicfromthesouthernstatesofAmerica.Itisaboutbelongingtoagroupandremindsusofatimewhenpeoplewerekindtoeachotherandtrustedoneanother.Sarah’sdreamistovisitNashville,andshehopestoseeGarthBrookssingliveoneday.

2e.Closeyourbook.Whatfactscanyourememberaboutcountrymusic?