UNIT 8 Have you packed yet?
[00:08.20]SECTION B
[00:10.49]1 Answer the following questions.
[00:14.02]1.What is your favorite band?
[00:17.58]2.Have you seen them in concert yet?
[00:20.86]3.When did you first hear them?
[00:25.14]4.Who is your favorite band member?
[00:30.14]2a A record agent is interviewing members of a
[00:34.30]band.
[00:35.78]Listen and fill in the information about the
[00:38.57]band.
[00:54.67]Hmmm.That was...umm...not bad.
[00:59.95]Now tell me a little about yourselves.
[01:02.42]What was your name again?Apple Ice Cream.
[01:05.19]Apple Ice Cream?That's uhhh...a nice name.
[01:09.23]How long have you been together?
[01:11.60]About a year.
[01:13.10]One year,huh?And have you written any original
[01:16.54]songs yet?
[01:17.80]Yes,we have.We used to play stuff by other bands
[01:21.21]but now we only play our own songs.
[01:23.65]That one you just heard was ours.
[01:25.68]Good Great!I'm interested in people who play
[01:29.39]their own music.
[01:31.06]Have you ever won an award of any kind?
[01:33.13]Yes,we have.We won the best new group of the
[01:36.06]year last month.
[01:37.43]Wow.That's great.Have you made a music video
[01:40.51]yet?No,not yet.
[01:42.46]But you've had your own concert?
[01:44.60]Oh,yeah.We've had six concerts of our own now.
[01:47.96]Have you ever been on TV?
[01:49.68]No,we haven't.But we've already talked to "Bands
[01:52.20]on Parade" about doing a TV show next month.
[01:55.70]Sounds like you are on your way.
[01:58.79]2b Listen again.Check(√)the things the band
[02:02.16]has already done.
[02:04.35]2c PAIRWORK
[02:06.64]Ask and answer questions about your favorite
[02:09.09]band.
[02:10.77]Have they been on TV yet?
[02:13.53]Yes,they've been on TV lots of times.
[02:17.81]3a Read the article.Circle the things the New
[02:22.88]Ocean Waves have already done.
[02:25.60]Underline the things they haven't done yet.
[02:30.09]Don't miss the New Ocean Waves!
[02:34.29]Do you like pop music?Most people do.
[02:39.17]One of the best bands on the music scene is the
[02:41.97]New Ocean Waves.
[02:44.72]In the last twelve months,
[02:46.74]they've had three major concerts and made a hit
[02:49.31]CD.
[02:51.31]They're going to appear on CCTV next month.
[02:55.70]And then they're going to go on a world tour in
[02:58.18]which they will perform in ten different cities.
[03:02.70]Be sure not to miss them if they come to a city
[03:04.83]near you-if you can get tickets,that is.
[03:09.33]"For years,we played other people's songs,"
[03:11.83]says lead singer Zhu Wen.
[03:14.57]"But now we play mostly our own songs.
[03:17.86]We've had a few songs in the top ten,
[03:20.66]but we really hope to have a number one hit some
[03:22.99]day.
[03:24.89]Good luck to the New Ocean Waves!They're off to
[03:27.95]a great start.
[03:29.32]And they're really nice people,Did you know that
[03:32.70]they gave half of the money they made to a
[03:35.09]charity for homeless children?
[03:37.70]3b Complete this review of Apple Ice Cream.
[03:42.69]You can use the information from 2a and 2b.
[03:47.34]3c Write about your favorite band.
[03:51.64]4 GROUPWORK
[03:53.77]Answer the questions.
[03:56.66]Then survey two other students.
[03:59.43]Try to find out more information.
[04:02.20]Have you ever been to a concert?
[04:04.89]Yes,I have.I went to the National Day concert
[04:08.32]last year.Did you enjoy it?
[04:10.99]Yes,I enjoyed it very much.
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