middle-of-the-road(中庸的)music

Unit1ReadALetterforYouandthenyoucanknowsomethingabouttheaimsofthisunit.Itwillhelpyoulearnthisunitwell.ALetterforYouAimsofthisunit1.UnderstandthelyricsandthethemeofYesterday.2.Developstudents’fourskills,mainlylisteningandspeaking.3.Developpronunciationskillsthroughthesong.4.Beabletousesomevocabularyandsentencestructuresinthesong.5.Getfamiliarwiththeuseofsynecdoche.6.Learntosingthesong.Pre-EnjoyingWhatkindofthingswillhityourmindfirstwhenyoulookbackonyesterday？YesterdayMykindergartenyears.Cartoons.Myoldfriends.Mypastteachers.Mytoys.Myprimaryschoolyears.Myjuniormiddleschoolyear.Someoldsongs.ThemistakesthatImade.TheshiningmomentwhenIachievedsuccess.Somethingimportanttomyfamily.Theroadtomyschool.ThemostsuccessfuljokeImade.ThesecretthatI’vekeptforalongtime.Myparents’looksseveralyearsago.Whenyouseetheword“yesterday”,whichofthefollowingwillfirstjumpintoyourmind?Tickoff()yourchoices.WhenIlookbackonthepast,Ifeelsad.Why,myfriend.Iwonderwhathashappenedtoyou.Threeyearsago,Ifailedthecollegeentranceexam.Ibrokemyparents’heart.Atthesametime,Ilostmyfriends.Noonewantstoplayfootballalongwithme.Andallofthembegantoleaveme.It’sterrible.BackgroundKnowledge1.WhoaretheCarpenters?TheCarpentersarethemostsuccessfulbrother/sisteractofalltime.WiththeirgentlemelodiesandtheamazingvoiceofKarenCarpenter,theirmiddle-of-the-road（中庸的）musichasuniversalappeal,andisenjoyedbymanydifferentgenerations.Theyrapidlyrosetofameintheearly1970sandwooed（招来）millionsoffanswiththeircleanimage.Aspartofaclosefamily,shelteredineachother’scompany,theCarpenterswereseenasextremelyyoungAmericans,rolemodelsforageneration.Perhapsthepressureofmaintainingthisimagewastoomuch,fortowardstheendofthe70sbothRichardandKarenwereinpoorhealth.WhereRichardwasaddictedtoaformofsleepingpills,Karenwassufferingfromtheeatingdisorder,knownasanorexianervosa(厌食症),whicheventuallytookherlife.ButwithacatalogueasrichastheCarpenters’theirmusicliveson.Thebeautyoftheirsoundandthesadnessoftheirstorycombinetomakethemtrulyworththestatustheyhold.2.MoreAbouttheCarpentersAsingleisagoodtestofrecordingartist’sabilitytobebothconciseandcompelling(令人佩服的).Theperformershasjustafewminutestograbandholdthelisteners’attention;tocommunicatesomethingsopowerfulthatpeoplecan’twaittohearitagain.FewartistsinpophistoryhavepassedthistestasconsistentlyastheCarpenters.From“ClosetoYou”in1970to|OnlyYesterday”in1975,KarenandRichardnevermissedtheTop15.TheCarpenterswere#1American-bornhit-makersofthe1970s.AndKarenandRichard’ssuccesswentfarbeyondtheirhomeland:TheytoppedthechartsfromHollandtoHongKong.Karen’svocalstylecombinedthemostattractivetraitsofseveralotherlegendaryAmericansinger.Shehadthewarm,puretonesofNat“King”Cole,theseemingeffortlessnessofPerryComo,theclarityandprecisionofBarbraStreisand,andthevulnerability(脆弱)ofJudyGarden.ItwasthisqualitythatmostimpressedthelateHenryMancini.“Karenhadaqualityaboutherthatwassovulnerable,soexposed,thatshejustdemandedattention,”shesaid.“Whatevershesangcamerightfromtheheart.”3.AboutYesterdayOnceMoreRichardandJohnBettiswrote“YesterdayOnceMore”inresponsetonostalgia（怀旧）crazeoftheearly’70s.Thewistful(沉思)ballad,whichsetuptheoldiesmedleyontheNowAndThen（《有时》）album,becameasmash（大成功）initsownright(因本身条件)inthesummerof1973.Thesongwentgoldandreached#2inboththeU.S.andtheU.K.ItdidevenbetterinJapan,whereitbecameoneofthebest-sellingsinglesofalltime.MoresongsfromtheCarpenters:1.TopoftheWorld2.Jambalaya3.Sing4.ClosetoYou5.AKindofHush6.Superstar7.PleaseMr.Postman8.INeedtoBeinLove2.Whatdoes“YesterdayOnceMore”mean?a.somethingthathappenstodayfeelslikesomepastexperiencesb.somethingthathappenedyesterdayishappeningagainnowc.somethingfromthepastcomesintomymindEnjoyingtheSongWhatdoyouthinkofthestyleofthissong?Ithinkthesongis______.a.Encouragingb.cheerfulc.verysadd.slightlyblueFocusonmusic1.Listentothesongagain.Choosefromtheboxesthestatementthatcanbestdescribethesong.Thesongisaboutanoldstorythathappenedyesterday.Thesongistheonethatthesingerusuallysangwhenshewasstillalittlegirl.Thesongisabouttheworrythatthesingerhasaboutherfuture.Thesongisaboutthesinger’syearning(怀念)forthepast.Thesongshowsthesinger’sfearandhatredofthepresentlife.FocusoncomprehensionWordBank1.listentotheradio听收音机2.singalong随收音机唱along(adv.):一同，一道3.Thoseweresuchhappytimes,Andnotsolongago=Thoseweresuchhappytimesofnotsolongago.Those指“随收音机唱”的幸福时刻。4.alonglostfriend:along-lostfriend失散已久的朋友longlost:丢失或失散很久的5.theyarestartingtosingsofine中的sofine是sowell的意思。6.breakone’sheart:伤某人的心7.lookbackon:回顾WhenIlookbackonmychild,IthinkIwasveryhappy.8.songsoflove歌唱爱情的歌9.singto:对……唱Don’tsingtoacow.10.Comebackclearlytome.又清清楚楚地回到我身旁。1)Listentothefirstpartagainandfillintheblankswiththewordsinthebox.(Page3)2)“myfavoritesongs”means__(Line3)a)thesongsthatIwrotemyselfb)thesongsthatIlovedmostc)thesongsthatIrememberwell3)“along-lostfriend”means__(Line10)a)afriendwhohasdisappearedforalongtimeb)afriendwhoIhaven’tseenforyearsc)afriendwhoIlosttouchwith2.Listencarefullyandtrytounderstandthesongwiththehelpoftheactivitiesdesignedforyou.PartA4)“HowIwonderedwheretheyhadgone”means__(Line8)a.HowIwante