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1、Unit 5THE 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 sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like So
2、ng Zuying or Lin 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 practicing
3、 their music in someones hours 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
4、 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 loose
5、ly 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 thes
6、e 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 to be copied by clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Mondees would play and sing
7、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 play their own music. In the USA they became even more
8、 popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily the reunited in the mid-1980s. they produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.介词+which 用法Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people a
9、t a concert ? Everyone is clapping and appreciating your music at the concert.Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert where everyone is clapping and appreciating your music ?pretend vt.& vi.假装；假扮pretend (not) to do sth.假装（没有）做某事pretend to be doing sth. 假装在做某事pre
10、tend to have done 假装做过某事pretend to be sb./sth. 假装是某人/某物Dont pretend (know) what you dont know.When I entered the room, she pretended (sleep) .If you havent read this book, please dont pretend (read) it .The young man pretended a manager. to know to be sleepingto have read to be attach vt.& vi. 系上；缚上
11、；附加(1)attach .to认为有(重要性)；附上；连接 attach importance/value/significance to 认为有重要性/有价值/有意义(2)be attached to附属于；连在上It is not wise to the exam. (attach)把这次考试看得过于重要是不明智的。 This middle school a teachers college.这所中学附属于一所师范院校。to attach too much importanceis attached to form vi.&vt.形成；构成；组成；建立；养成n.形状；外形；样子，形式表格
12、(1)form the habit of 养成的习惯(2)in the form of 用的形式fill in/out the form 填表格 He has formed the habit of getting up early.他已经养成了早起的习惯。She expressed her feelings poetry.她用诗的形式表达她的情感。in the form of 介词+whom They may start as a group of high-school students. Practicing their music in someones house is the fi
13、rst step for them to fame. 只有当介词+名词在从句中做地点状语，时间状语，原因状语时，才能替换成 where，when，why so that常用来引导目的状语从句，意思等同于in order that（注意in order that引导的状语从句可以置于句首）译为：以便，为了，目的是。也可以引导结果状语从句，意为“结果是;以致于”。I shall write down your address so that I may not forget. 我要把你的地址记下来，以免忘记。They missed the bus so that they were late fo
14、r class.他们没赶上公共汽车，因此上课迟到了。 perform vt.& vi. 表演；履行；执行performance n 表演；演奏performer n. 表演者；执行者 介词+whichLater they may give performances in pubs or clubs.They are paid in cash for it. play jokes/a joke on sb. 戏弄play a trick/tricks on sb. 捉弄某人make fun of 捉弄；取笑make fool of 愚弄；戏弄laugh at 嘲笑 rely on/upon 依赖
15、；依靠 (1)depend on sb. 依靠某人rely on it that从句 相信；放心We should science and technology to build our country.我们应该依靠科学和技术来建设我们的国家。You can he can finish the work well.你可以依赖(相信)他会出色地完成那项工作。点津rely on it that .结构中it为形式宾语。rely/depend onrely on it that be/get familiar with熟悉；与熟悉起来辨析：be familiar with/be familiar t
16、o(人)be familiar with(物)be familiar to sb. 某物为某人所熟知He _the streets here.The film_ me.sb. 对某人很熟悉 sth. 通晓某物 is familiar with is familiar to break up打碎；分裂；解体；(关系)毁坏；破裂；结束break away from . 从中脱离出去break down 出故障；失败；(身体)垮下来；分解break into 强行闯入break out burst out 突然发生；爆发A war between the two countries in 1890.
17、As far as I know, their marriage is .His car on the way.broke downbreaking upbroke out or so 大约【词句辨析】or so/about/some/around (1)or so大约，放于数词后。(2)about，some，around 均有“大约”之意，但都位于数词之前。The celebration begins at seven in the evening and is expected to finish_half past ten.There are 300 students _ in this middle school.aroundor so
