The Beatles 课文.doc

A(n) _______ Team -- The BeatlesIn 1957, a Liverpool(利物浦) schoolboy, John Lennon, started a "rock and roll"(摇滚) group. The other members were Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. In August 1960, they went to Hamburg in Germany and worked hard every night in the clubs. When the group returned to Liverpool, Stuart and Pete left, and Ringo Starr joined. They were “The Beatles”. In 1962, The Beatles made a record with the producer(制作人) George Martin. The Beatles were very talented, so their first records were great hits in the UK. In1964, they visited the United States. The Americans loved them and they became famous fast. The Beatles had different personalities(个性) and abilities but they worked perfectly as a team. John and Paul wrote songs quickly and easily. They were also the lead singers. Ringo played the drums. George and John played the guitar and Paul was the bass guitarist. Together they came up with lots of new ideas and changed the way we listen to music. For example, they mixed different kinds of music together on their records-rock, pop and even classical. They were the first band to make music video important, and people even wanted to look like them, with Beatles suits and Beatles haircuts. Modern musicians still copy their songs and their way of playing music.The Beatles are the best-selling band in the history of popular music. No one knows exactly how many records they sold, but the number is between 600 million and one billion, and they are still selling records now, more than 50 years after they first got together. Read for main ideas.Match the main ideas with each paragraph.The great teamwork of the band The best-selling bandThe development of “The Beatles”Para 1Para 2Para 3Let’s write: If you want to start a band, you need to invite some schoolmates to join you. Make a notice for it.The following questions may help you:1.How many members do you need?2.What do you want them to do? (lead singer, songwriter, drummer…)3.What should they be like? (creative, hard-working, active, confident…)4.What’s your plan for your band? (give a concert, make a record…）Are you crazy about music? I’m a music lover and I want to start a band. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Would you like to join me? Call Jack at 13678999999. Call Jack at 86778832.5.What influence do you want to make?。