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.永遠

adv.在國外；到國外

adv.真實地；事實上

eversince自從

n.迷；狂熱愛好者

usedtodosth.過去常常做某事

cometorealize逐漸意識到fightover因為…爭吵Readpara.1andfinishthetasks.

當…時候

多么；表示程度

想起

makesb.dosth.讓某人做某事

從那以后beusedtodoingsth.習慣于做某事beusedtodosth.被用來做某事

通過收音機cometodosth.逐漸；終于

滿是…的;作后置定語;修飾asong

介詞短語作后置定語；修飾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.現(xiàn)代的；當代的

belongto屬于；歸屬

往昔的好日子

互相

n.笑；笑聲

n.美；美麗

彼此

bekindto…對…友好

…的重要性

例如；后跟名詞或詞組

bringsb.backto…把某人帶回laughv.笑beautifuladj.美麗的

…remindsb.+that從句提醒某人...

解釋說明remindsb.ofsb./sth.使某人想起某人/某物remindsb.todosth.提醒某人要做某事

介詞短語作后置定語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鄉(xiāng)村音樂(Countrymusic),又稱“鄉(xiāng)村與西部音樂”(CountryandWestern),是當代音樂的一種風格形式。其根源可追溯至上世紀20年代，起源于美國南部與阿帕拉契山區(qū)，人們公認田納西州納什維爾地區(qū)(Nashville,Tennessee)是鄉(xiāng)村音樂的故鄉(xiāng)，并建有專門的鄉(xiāng)村音樂博物館CountryMusicHallofFameMuseum。鄉(xiāng)村音樂的曲調，一般都很流暢、動聽，曲式結構也比較簡單，多為歌謠體、二部曲式或三部曲式。鄉(xiāng)村音樂一般有八大主題：一、愛情；二、失戀；三、牛仔幽默；四、找樂；五、鄉(xiāng)村生活方式；六、地區(qū)的驕傲；七、家庭；八、上帝與國家。美國著名的鄉(xiāng)村歌手包括約翰·丹佛(JohnDenver)、肯尼·羅杰斯(KennyRogers)、加思·布魯克斯(GarthBrooks)、泰勒·斯威夫特(TaylorSwift)等。AboutcountrymusicSarahhasn’tbeentoNashvilleyet,butitisherdreamtogothereoneday.Shehasalreadyreadalotabouttheplaceanddonesomeresearchonit.SheknowsthatthereistheCountryMusicHallofFameandMuseuminNashville.Therearealsoalwaysalotofgreatcountrymusicconcertswithfamousmusiciansandsingers,likeGarthBrooks.Sarahhasalreadylistenedtomostofhissongs.“GarthisoneofthemostsuccessfulmusiciansinAmericanhistory.He’ssoldmorethan120millionrecords.Ihopetoseehimsingliveoneday!’’

num.百萬millionsof數(shù)百萬的

recordn.唱片；記錄v.錄制；錄（音）Readpara.3andfinishthetasks.

dosomeresearchon…做關于…的研究

比如

mostof大多數(shù)

seesb.dosth.看某人做某事(全過程)

一天；可用于過去時和將來時

seesb.doingsth.看某人正在做某事(正在進行)

liveadv.

現(xiàn)場直播地

oneofthe+形容詞最高級+可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)最…的…之一副詞短語;非常多

Itisone’sdreamto…….是某人的夢想

多于；超過

have/hasbeento

+某地去過某地(已經回來)It

形式主語

介詞短語作后置定語

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

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

…的數(shù)量anumberof…許多的；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?