No.10 High School

Class Two, Grade Eight

Su

Weiqi

What do you know about the Beatles?

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band

pop and rock

John Lennon hit

Britain

What happened …?

4

8

one billion

A. There were…members in The Beatles.

B. They were together for …years.

C.They have sold …CDs, tapes and records.

D.They were popular in…

E. They started playing together in…

F. They sold their first single in…

G.They began to tour the United States in…

H.They broke up in…

1960s

1959

1962

1964

1970

Read paragraph 1 , find the sentences in the text which have the same meaning

The Beatles have been and are still the biggest selling group in the world.

Their influence has lasted much longer.

The influence of the Beatles has continuedmuch longer than 8 years.

The Beatles have remained the biggest selling group in the world.

Though Beethoven is dead, his music _______ as popular as it was centuries ago.

Complete the following sentences with remain and last. Make necessary changes.

lasted

remains

This concert was so exciting that it _______ over three hours.

The success they achieved （ in paragraph 2）

What style did they develop? They experimented with

different types of musical instruments.

They changed the nature of rock and pop music.They introduced new sounds and rhythms.

They set a fashion in They set a fashion in hairstyles and hairstyles and clothing.clothing.

They had a d_______ kind of rock and pop music.

ifferent

They b______ to sing with new sounds and rhythms.

egan

They t _____ playing other instruments when they sang.

ried

The young people like to f_______ their hairstyles and clothing.

ollow

experiment vi.

*The little girl began to _______________________ （尝试画画） before going to school.

*We did experiments until we succeeded in doing that.

We do some experiments in our physics lesson.

noun.

We experimented until we succeeded in doing that.

experiment with painting

Complete the passage with the words in paragraph 3

The Beatles came out their first _______ in 1962. It was the first big _____ in their music life. No doubt they were Britain’s _____ rock group at that time. They also _______ the world, gave hundreds of concerts which made millions of ______ went crazy for them.

singlehit

toptoure

d

fans

Why did this band break up in the end?

1

drugs

3

money problems

2

arguments

Their music is still popular.

break up

The Beatles in My Eyes

Elvis lives!

When people talk about the King of Rock and Roll, they are talking about Elvis Presley. Though he died of heart disease in 1977, his _______ has _______ to nowadays.

Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Mississippi. He grew up with church music and he continued to sing gospel music ( 福音音乐 ) throughout his life. He is also known for songs done in a slow, soft ______, like “Love Me Tender”. Today he _______ the world’s most successful singer, with a sales record of over a billion albums( 专辑 ).

influence lasted

style

remains

remain last tour influence hit style fan single

Elvis Presley recorded his first _______in 1954 and had

his first success in 1956 with “Heartbreak Hotel”. After

that, Elvis produced one _______ after another, he

________ the United States and became “the King” for

millions of _______. All over the world, there are people

who try to sing, dress, move and speak like him.

The world will celebrate the 35th anniversary( 周年纪念日 )of Elvis’s death next year. People love him, and they

don’t want to let him go!

single

hit

toured

fans

remain last tour influence hit style fan single