Unit 8 Have you packed yet?

SECTION B

Goals

To learn to use Present perfect with already and yet structures

Warming up by listening to music by a musical band

In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising off of a musical arrangement.

Now let’s listen to a piece of sad music by a Blind Men Band from Zuoquan， Shanxi Province. The chief blind man musician is Liu Hongquan. He is playing on his ehu.

1 Answering questions

On page 113 in the box are 4 questions. Read them and give your personal answers.

2a Listening and filling

Next you are going to hear an interview by a record agent of a band.

After listening you have to fill in information about the band in the chart on page 113. So read the clues there first.

2b Listening and checking

What are the things that the band has already done? Now listen to the recording and check the items in the box on page 113.

Finally you are supposed to read the tapescript. While reading

look for examples of “Present perfect with already and yet”

structure. and understand them.

2c Doing pairwork

What is your favorite band? Now in pairs ask and answer

questions about it?

3a Reading, circling and underlining

On page 114 is an article about the New Ocean Waves! Read it!

While reading the things that the New Ocean Waves have

already done, and underline the ones they haven’t done yet.

You are supposed to read the article once again. This time look for and blacken all the expressions.

3b Completing a review

On page 114 is an unfinished review about Apple Ice Cream. Read it and complete it using information from 2b, with as many “ Present perfect with already and yet” structures as possible.

3c Writing about a band

What’s your favorite band?[

Now write a review of the band you like best.

4 Doing groupwork

In groups of four ask questions to find out answers to the survey in the chart on page 114.

Closing down by listening jazz music

A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section.

The rhythm section of a jazz band consists of the drums, bass, and usually at least one instrument capable of playing chords, such as a piano or guitar. The rhythm section is the foundation for the band; it sets the feel for the piece.

The horn section consists of wind instruments, which play the melody and main accompaniment. Typical horns found in a big jazz band include 4 trumpets, saxophones (2 altos, 2 tenors, and a baritone), and 4 trombones and a bass trombone. The saxophones may also double on flute and clarinet and the trumpets on flugelhorn.

SELF CHECK

1 Filling blanks

To test our learning of grammar, let’s go to page 115. First we do the test number 1, filling in the blanks.

2. Reading and listing

On page 115 in the middle on the left is a conversation between Sue and Jerry. Read it and make a list of things Jerry has done, and the things he has not done.

Just for fun!

Read the song words and listen to the song called:

《Moon river》

Moon river wider than a mile

I'm crossing you in style some day

Old dream maker, your heart breaker

Wherever you're going

I'm going your way

Two drifters off to see the world

There's such a lot of world to see

We're after the same rainbow's end

Waiting round the bend

My huckleberry friends

Moon river and me

Reading: He’s already visited the place where his ancestors lived.

Before you read, listen to the recording, for the forms and for the meanings.

While you read, the “ Present perfect with already and yet” structure, underline the expressions and blacken the connectives.

Part 2: Teaching Resources (第二部分：教学资源)

I. What is music?

Music is the art of making sound by human voice or special musical instruments like violin, oboe, trumpet, drum and so on.

In music, sounds are arranged in time to give a pleasing result. There are many different kinds of music.

Music is written using note symbols on a staff, which is a group of horizontal lines. The line which a note is written on shows what pitch it is. The notes are separated into measures using vertical lines on the staff.

II. What is a song?

A song is a piece of music which has words in. Old Macdonald had a Farm is a song.

Songs can be made in many ways. Some people form bands which write and record songs to make money from it. Other songs are folk songs, which are songs created by people long ago and have been sung as tradition in many countries. Some people also make parodies of songs, which is changing the words of the song but keeping the tune. Parodies are usually made to make fun of a song or it's writer/singer.

III. Origins and Characteristics

Chinese music can be traced back as far as the third millennium B.C. Manuscripts and instruments from the early periods of its history are not extant, however, because in 212 B.C., Shih Huang-ti of the Ch'in dynasty caused all the books and instruments to be destroyed and the practice of music to be stopped. Certain outlines of ancient Chinese music have nevertheless been ascertained. Of primary significance is the fact that the music and philosophy of China have always been inseparably bound; musical theory and form have been invariably symbolic in nature and remarkably stable through the ages. Ancient Chinese hymns were slow and solemn and were accompanied by very large orchestras. Chamber music was also highly developed. Chinese opera originated in the 14th cent. as a serious and refined art.