1、Hello, everyone. My name is Freddy.,Listening,Make sure you know the meaning of the following words. Tick those you know and look up the others in the dictionary.,When Freddy was young, he was a little tadpole.,As time went by quickly, he soon became a frog.,One day, Freddy sat on the water lily lea
2、f and slid his long, thin legs into the water.,Suddenly, he heard some music across the lake .,Then what would happen?,Listen to the tape for the first time and answer the following question.,What did Freddy find when he swam slowly towards the sound?,He found three confident frogs sitting still on
3、the leaf and playing the instruments.,This story is about a singer who joined a band and became famous singer.,Whats the main idea of the story?,Listen to the tape for the second time and do the true or false exercise.,Freddy had changed form a man to a frog. He felt lonely in his lake till he met h
4、is friends on the lily leaf. The singers of the band could sing very loudly. Freddy thought he could sing as well as the other singing frogs. Freddy was very confident about his singing. He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends.,F,T,T,F,Freddy in the story remains a frog.,He wanted
5、to join in and make friends with the other frogs.,Freddy was shy about his singing and asks them politely if he can join in.,He joined in because he wanted the other frogs to be his friends.,F,F,Freddy the frog,Freddy the frog dipped his long, thin legs into the water. Within a few short weeks he ha
6、d changed from a small tadpole into the beautiful animal he was now. he smiled to himself. Then suddenly he heard a fine, deep sound that carried far into the darkness of the quiet night. Freddy looked up. “other frogs! I must try and find them,” he thought. “Its so hard being a grown-up frog on my
7、own.”,script,He began to swim slowly towards the sound. Suddenly he knocked into a large lily pad. On it sat three confident frogs and they were playing instruments. Freddy climbed onto the leaf. “Can I sing with you?” he asked quietly. “Of course,” they said. He opened his mouth wide and began: Hel
8、p! I need somebody, Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Help!,When I was young and so much younger than today, I never needed anybodys help in any way. But now these days are gone, Im not so self-assured. Now I find Ive changed my mind, Ive opened up the doors.,(chorus) Help me if
9、 you can, Im feeling down. And I do appreciate you being round. Help me get my feet back on the ground. Wont you please, please help me!,Now read more about Freddys life.,Reading,Summarize the main idea of the story in one sentence.,This is a story about a band that became famous and did not like it
10、.,We formed a band and soon we became famous and went to Britain to give performances.,Then what would happen in Britain? We would succeed or fail?,Did Freddy and his band get a great success in Britain? Yes, they got a great success and became very popular in Britain.,listening,Read the text in det
11、ail and answer the following questions.,What was Freddys most exciting experience in London? What happened when the programme was over? What problem was caused after they became stars? Did Freddy and his band leave Britain at last? Why?,In small groups: imagine you are Freedy and his group and you a
12、re back at the lake. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being famous. Make a list of your ideas and develop them into a short conversation. All of you must take part. Prepare to act it to the class.,The advantages of being famous,Becoming rich Doing a job you want to do Having many fans Peo
13、ple enjoying your music Easy to meet important people,The disadvantages of being famous,Not peaceful and not quiet Private life being discussed and troubled Not free to do your own things,Freddy,formed a band,went to Britain to give performance,problems caused by being famous,left Britain,how,the re
14、sult,why,Retell,Language points P 1:,1. 短途旅行 2. 在电视节目上表演 3. 做表演,on a brief tour perform on a TV programme give a performance,Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall.,be confident of /about /in 对有信心,He is quite confident that hell pass the driving text. Tom is confident of his
15、 ability to overcome the difficulty.,be confident + 从句 对有信心,Language points P 2:,1. 出错 2. 养胡子 3. 好像 4. 对敏感,go wrong wear beards as if/though be sensitive to,So they left Britain, to which they were never to return , and went back to the lake.,they were never to return to Britain,be to do return to,g
16、o wrong：go做系动词，通常表示变得不好或不正常（食物）变坏 _ 疯了_,go crazy,go bad,我的腿对天气的变化很敏感。 My legs are sensitive to the change of weather.,If you are going to form a band and you want to succeed, what will you do?,我很荣幸 征求某人的建议 用不同寻常的方式 就达成一致协议 想出 为制定时间 坚持 得到某方面的想法 首先，最重要的是 玩得开心,Im honored that ask sb for advice in an un
17、usual way agree on come up with make a time for stick to (介词） get ideas on sth above all have fun,Do you want to form your own band to take part in the music festival?,Speaking,Form your own band in groups of six. Decide who will play what instrument and who will sing. Decide the name of your band a
18、nd what kind of band you will be. For example, will you be a rock band, or a small group of singers? Then, choose an English song for your “band” to perform.,You may find this song on the internet or on some of your own tapes or CDs. Practise singing your song to the music and then perform to the cl
19、ass. This may be just the beginning for you and your band!,LIU MEI: Right. Now lets decide who should do what in our band. Who would like to do lead vocals? Thats our main singer.,Sample dialogue,WANG LI: Why not you? You have a lovely singing voice. Ive head you sing before. But youll have to play
20、lead guitar too. You can do it! LIU MEI: Well, all right. Can you help me out on guitar and vocals?,WANG LI: Sure, I can. What do the rest of you think? OTHER: Yes, we agree. LIU MEI: So how about you, Ma Xin? Do you think you can try bass guitar? MA XIN: Im not sure. What does that mean?,LI QIN: It
21、 means you keep the beat, or rhythm, for them on a guitar. MA XIN: OK. I can give it a try. WU JUN: What about me? What can I do? LIU MEI: Every band needs someone to play the drums.,WU JUN: Great! I like to hit things to make noise! LI QIN: OK. What will we call ourselves? WANG LI : How about The C
22、hopsticks. We work together. MA XIN: Nope, I dont like it. How about We Er Hu? Get it?,WU JUN: Thats silly. Why not name the band The Silk Shirts? MA XIN: Yeah, we all like silk clothes! OTHERS: Sure, so The Silk Shirt it is. LIU MEI: Fine. Now lets decide what song well play.,S1: Some comfortable c
23、lothes would be best. S2: Fine. Ill talk to him and call you again very soon. Where would it be best to meet? S1: At the studio if that is OK with you. Thank you very much. S2: My pleasure.,A letter to Freddy about how to form a band,How should we choose the music we want play? We like different mus
24、ic, how should we decide to play? How to choose a name for our band? What place to play?,It is difficult for us to decide what music to play. I like pop music, Liu Mei likes rap. Most of my friends like rock and roll. Could you give me some advice on what to play?,Is it very important to choose a go
25、od name for the band? I like the name chopsticks, because that means working together. But my friend,structure,raise your question,give information,finish the letter politely,Pay attention to the form of the letter.,(salutation)Dear Freddy, My name is_. I am beginning a band with my friends. However
26、, we have never been in a band before. Could you please give us some advise? I would like to know _(the question)_. _( body )(give information to show Freddy why you need help)_.,_(closing) (thank Freddy for his help)_. (complimentary close)Yours sincerely, (signature)_,Expression,Whats your opinion
27、 about?,Could/ Would you?,What do you think?,I prefer,I likebest because,My favourite is ,I am fond of ,I enjoy ,Well be grateful for your help.,Any advice will be a great help.,Dear Freddy,My name is Li Hua. Im beginning a band with my friends. However, we have never been in a band before. Could yo
28、u please give us some advice? I would like to know what music to play and we cannot decide.I like pop music but most of my friends like rock and roll. Liu Mei likes rap. How are we to decide what to play?,Do you suggest we play a little of all of these types of music? Or should we only play one kind
29、 of music? How did you and your friends decide what to play together?I would also like to know how to choose a name for our band. I like the name The Chopsticks because that means working together. Wang Jun wants us to be called the Legs there are four of us like the legs of a chair. What do you think?Yours hopefullyLi Hua,Thank you.,