英语人教版八年级下册U8 SectionB Reading.ppt

1、Unit8ReadingACountryMusicSongChangedherlifeForever,Talking,Ilikepopmusicbecauseitisexciting.IfeelexcitedwhenIlistentoit.,countrymusic,乡村音乐(Countrymusic)是一种具有美国民族特色的流行音乐，于20世纪20年代兴起于美国南部，其根源来自英国民谣，是美国白人民族音乐代表。乡村音乐的特点是曲调简单，节奏平稳，带有叙事性，具有较浓的乡土气息。如果说好莱坞是美国的电影之乡，那么田纳西州首府纳什维尔就是美国的音乐之乡。“纳什维尔”就不单单指一个地名，而成为人们

2、印象中美国乡村音乐的代名词。,GarthBrooks加斯布鲁克斯二十世纪九十年代以来最重要的乡村歌手，RIAA认证为美国最畅销的艺人之一，仅次于披头士和猫王，位列第三位。截止2013年底共发行19张专辑，其中9张为冠军专辑，6张获钻石唱片认证（与披头士并列第一），全美唱片销量近7000万张，全球销量过2亿张，2012年选入乡村音乐名人堂。,titlen.标题,Predicting（预测）,what:,Who:,countrymusic,Sarah,SarahsdreamisgotoNashvilletoseeGarthBrookssingliveoneday.SarahisanAmerican

3、girlandshelovesAmericancountrymusicCountrymusicisatraditionalkindofmusic.Itisaboutbelongingtoagroup,Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.,Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3,Skimming(略读解大意）,Readthepassageagainandunderlinethemainideas.Thenusetheunderlinedtexttowriteshortanswerstothequestion

4、sbelow.,WhoisSarah?Whereisshefrom?Whatdoesshelike?,Sheisafanofcountrymusic.,SheisfromtheUS.,Shelikescountrymusic.,Firstparagraph,Readpara1,finishthesetasks.,Carefulreading,1.WhereisSarahfrom?EnglandB.AmericaC.French2.Whatdoesshelike?popmusicB.classicalmusicC.countrymusic3.Sarahusedto_,butnowshemisse

5、sherfamilybecauseofa_song.,fightoveralmosteverythingwith,countrymusic,herfamily,Secondparagraph,Whatiscountrymusic?ItisatraditionalkindofmusicfromthesouthernstatesofAmerican.Whatiscountrymusicabout?Countrymusicisaboutthebestthingsinlife,suchaslaughter,friends,family,andthebeautyofnatureandthecountry

6、side.,Carefulreading,Readpara2,writeTfortrueandFforfalse.,1.Countrymusicisatraditionalkindofmusic.()2.CountrymusicisfromthestatesofAmerica.(),F,T,Northern,Southern,Differentsongsindifferenttimes.,_intheUS,_agroup,Thebestthingsinlifearefree-.,theimportanceofand.,moneysuccess,laughter,friends,family,t

7、hebeautyofnatureandcountryside.,Readpara2,fillinthechart.,modernlife,belongingto,Carefulreading,Thirdparagraph,WhatisSarahsdream?TogotoNashvilleoneday.WhoisGarthBrooks?Garthisafamouscountrymusicsinger.,Sarahsdream,GarthBrooks,Goto_,HopetoseeGarthBrooks_,Nashvilleoneday.,singliveoneday.,who,Oneofthe_

8、inAmericanhistory.,Carefulreading,Readpara3,fillintheblanks.,success,Hassold_120million_.,mostsuccessfulmusicians,morethanrecords,Ateenager,sheusedto,butnowshemisses,America,Countrymusic,Sarah,who,where,love,dream,what,Atraditionalkindofmusic,Southernstates,Belongingto,about,where,bringsusbackto,rem

9、indsusthat,TogotoNashvilletoseeGarthBrookssinglive,successfulmusician,AfamouscountrymusicplaceinNashville:_Afamouscountrymusicsinger:_Thenumberofrecordshehassold:_,Readthepassageandcompletethefactsheet.,CountryMusicFactSheetWhereitisfrom:_Whatkindofmusicitis:_,thesouthernstatesofAmerica,atraditional

10、kindofmusic,GarthBrooks,morethan120million,aCountryMusicHallofFameMuseum,Readthepassageagain,trytobetterunderstanditandfillintheblanks.,Sarahis_girlwhousedtofightoveralmosteverythingwithherfamily.Whileshewasstudying_,sheheardacountrymusicsongwhichmadeher_herfamilyandfriends.Shebecameafanof_.Countrym

11、usicisa_musicfromthestatesofAmerica.Itisabout_agroupandusofatimewhenpeople_eachotherandtrusted_.SarahsdreamistovisitNashville,andshe_GarthBrookssingliveoneday.,anAmerican,inEngland,thinkabout,countrymusic,traditionalkindof,belongingto,reminds,werekindto,oneanother,hopestosee,Southern,Haveyouheardofcountrymusicbefore?Areyouinterestedincountrymusic?,Musicisthemedicineofthebreakingheart.-LeighHunt（李