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1、Unit 5 MusicSilent night is a Christmas carol. It is now one of the most recorded songs in the world. The words of Silent night were written by Fr. Joseph Mohr in Austria in 1816 and the music was added in 1818, by his friend Franz Xaver Gruber, for the Christmas service at St. Nicholas church in Au
2、stria.Its said that Fr. Mohr wanted the carol to be sung by the children at the midnight Christmas Eve service, as a surprise for their parents. But in the middle of practising the organ (风琴) broke. So the children had to learn the carol only accompanied (伴奏) by a guitar. They learnt the carol so we
3、ll that they could sing it without accompaniment.However, there are no records to show that a childrens choir (合唱团) took part or that the organ was broken! Mohr set down the guitar arrangement (改编曲) on paper around 1820. There are various Silent night arrangements that were written by Franz Gruber i
4、n later years.At first, the words of the song were in German and it was translated into English in 1863 by John Freeman Young. Its thought that the song might have travelled around the area with an organ repairman, Karl Mauracher, who could have taken an early arrangement with him in about 1820. The
5、n two singing families seem to have discovered the song and performed it as part of their concerts. In December 1832, the Strasser family performed it at a concert. It was first performed in the USA in 1839 by the Rainer family in New York City. During this time the tune (曲调) changed to the one we k
6、now and sing today!Section_Warming Up & Reading Prereading原文呈现 THE BAND THAT WASNTHave 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
7、 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 star
8、t as a group of highschool students, for whom practising their music in someones house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passersby 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 pu
9、bs 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！读文清障musician/mjuzIn/n.音乐家dream of梦见；梦想；设想，可接动名词作宾语。at which引导非限制性定语从句，可用where替换。pretend/prItend/vt.假装；假扮to be honest说实在地；实话说，常用作插入语。attach . to认为有(重要性、意义)；
10、附上；连接attach/tt/vt.& vi.系上；缚上；附加；连接attach importance to重视form/fm/vt.(使)组成；形成；构成because引导原因状语从句。fame/feIm/n.名声；名望for whom引导非限制性定语从句，该从句的主语由动名词短语充当。the first step to fame成名的第一步passerby/psbaI/n.过路人；行人复数形式为passersby。earn/n/vt.赚；挣得；获得earn ones/a living谋生extra/ekstr/adj.额外的；外加的so that引导目的状语从句。instrument/In
11、strmnt/n.工具；器械；乐器performance/pfmns/n.表演；演奏give performances表演，演出pub/pb/n.酒馆；酒吧in cash用现金；有现钱for which引导非限制性定语从句。studio/stjudI/n.工作室；演播室，复数为studios。millionaire/mIljne/n.百万富翁；富豪并非乐队的乐队第12段译文你曾经想过要成为一个乐队里有名的歌手或音乐家吗？你是否曾梦想过在音乐会上面对成千上万的观众演唱，而音乐会上的每个人都欣赏你的音乐并为你鼓掌吗？你唱过卡拉OK并假装自己就像是宋祖英或刘欢一样著名的歌星吗？说实在的，很多人把名和
12、利看得很重要。但是，人们又是怎样一起组成乐队的呢？许多音乐家聚在一起组成乐队，是因为他们喜欢自己作曲并演奏自己的音乐。他们开始可能是一群中学生，对他们来说，在某个人家里排练音乐是成名的第一步。有时他们可能在街上或地铁里为过路者演奏，这样他们可以为自己或自己要买的乐器多挣一些钱。后来，他们可能在酒吧或者俱乐部里演出，并为此得到现金报酬。当然，他们希望在录音棚里录音，然后卖掉数百万张碟，从而成为百万富翁！However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began a
13、s 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 o
14、nly 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 humorous enough
15、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 Monkees would 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 star
16、ted 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 mid1980s. The
