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Unit 5 Music The band that wasn’t Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band? Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires! However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band. As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing.Anyhow their performances were humourous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkeeswould play and sing songs written by other musicians.However,after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band. Book 2 Unit 5 △ classical /'klæsikl/ adj. 古典的；古典文艺的 roll /rəul/ vt. & vi. 滚动；（使）摇摆 n. 摇晃；卷；卷形物；面包圈 △ rock’n’roll (rock-and-roll) 摇滚乐 △ orchestra /'ɔ:kistrə/ n. 管弦乐队 △ rap /ræp/ n. 说唱乐 folk /fəuk/ adj. 民间的 jazz /dʒæz/ n. 爵士音乐 △ choral /'kɔ:rəl/ adj. 唱诗班的；合唱队的 △ the Monkees /mɔŋki:z/ 门基乐队 musician /mju:'ziʃn/ n. 音乐家 dream of 梦见；梦想；设想 △ karaoke /kæri'əuki/ n. 卡拉OK录音；自动伴奏录音 pretend /pri'tend/ vt. 假装；假扮 to be honest 说实在地；实话说 attach /ə'tætʃ/ vt. & vi. 系上；缚上；附加；连接 attach … to认为有（重要性、意义）；附上；连接 form /fɔ:m/ vt. （使）组成；形成；构成 △ fame /feim/ n. 名声；名望 passer-by /pa:sə'bai/ n. 过路人；行人 earn /ə:n/ vt. 赚；挣得；获得 extra /'ekstrə/ adj. 额外的；外加的 instrument /'instrumənt/ n. 工具；器械；乐器 perform /pə'fɔ:m/ vt. & vi. 表演；履行；执行 performance /pə'fɔ:məns/ n. 表演；演奏 pub /pʌb/ n. 酒馆；酒吧 cash /kæʃ/ n. 现金 in cash 用现金；有现钱 studio /'stju:diəu/ n. 工作室；演播室 millionaire /miljə'neə/ n. 百万富翁；富豪 play jokes on 戏弄 actor /'æktə/ n. 男演员；行动者 rely /ri'lai/ vi. 依赖；依靠 rely on 依赖；依靠 broadcast /'brɔ:dkɑ:st/ n. 广播；播放 vi．＆vt．(broadcast；broadcast)广播；播放 humorous /'hju:mərəs/ adj. 幽默的；诙谐的 familiar /fə'miliə/ adj. 熟悉的；常见的；亲近的 be/get familiar with 熟悉；与……熟悉起来 or so 大约 break up 打碎；分裂；解体 △ reunite /ri:ju:'nait/ vt. 再统一；再联合；重聚 attractive /ə'træktiv/ adj. 吸引人的；有吸引力的 addition /ə'diʃn/ n. 加；增加；加法 in addition 另外；也 sort out 分类 △ excitement /ik'saitmənt/ n. 兴奋；刺激 △ ballad /'bæləd/ n. 歌谣；情歌；民谣 △ overnight /əuvə'nait/ adv. 在晚上；在夜里；（口）很快；一夜之间 dip /dip/ vt. 浸；蘸 △ tadpole /'tædpəul/ n. 蝌蚪 △ lily /'lili/ n. 百合花 confident /'kɔnfidənt/ adj. 自信的；确信的 △Freddy /'fredi/ n.弗雷迪(男名) brief /bri:f/ adj. 简短的；简要的 n. 摘要；大纲 briefly /'bri:fli/ adv. 简要地；短暂地 devotion /di'vəuʃn/ n. 投入；热爱 afterwards /'ɑ:ftəwədz/ adv. 然后；后来 invitation /invi'teiʃn/ n. 邀请；招待 beard /biəd/ n. 胡须 sensitive /'sensətiv/ adj. 敏感的；易受伤害的；灵敏的 painful /'peinfl/ adj. 痛苦的；疼痛的 above all 最重要；首先

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