【外研版】book6-M4-culturalCorner--the-Grammy-Award阅读课

TheGrammyAwards——Aretheyimportant?TheGrammys2020/3/18AwardedbyTheNationalAcademyofRecordingArts(美国国家录音协会）andSciencesoftheUnitedStatestorecognizeoutstandingachievementinthemusicindustryFirstceremonywasheldonMay4,1959ThetrophiesagildedgramophoneIt’shasbeenheldfor54times，the55thwillbeheldinFeb.of2013“MusicOscar”GrammytothemusiciswhatOscartothemovie.•SpecialAwards•GeneralField•Genre-specificAwards1.ReadthetextquicklyandsilentlyWhichisthepropermainideaofthepassage?A.IttellstheoriginsoftheGrammyAwardsB.Itintroducesanimportantaward—GrammytousC.ItsaystheimportanceoftheGrammyAwardsD.SomemusicmenhaveeverbeenawardedSteponeFastreading课堂阅读2.TodividethetextintoseveralpartsaccordingtotheideasgivenbelowA.thebriefintroductionoftheAwardPara()B.somedetailedinformationoftheAwardpara()C.somepeople’sideasoftheAward.Para()D.tointroduceLatinGrammyspara()E.themusicmenwhohavebeenawardedpara()12---4567Ⅲ课堂巩固1.Fillintheblankswithproperwords.TheGrammyAwardsare________everyyearintheUnitedStates.Theyaregivenforimportant___________intherecordedmusic.Thereare105_________intheawards_______30differenttypes.presentedachievementscategoriescoveringTheawards_______onthevotestheygetfrommembersoftheRecordingAcademy.Famousartistsalsogive___________atthe_________.Thewinnercanreceiveastatuetteinthe_____ofagramophone.dependperformancesceremonyshapeTheGrammysarenottaken________becausewinnersareoftenolder,______________Artists.Inthe_______ofmusic,ElvisPresleyandtheRollingStoneshavebeen________few,whiletheBeatleshavewonmore.seriouslywell-establishedhistoryawardedTrueorFalsequestions1.OscarAwardsarealsoformusicindustry.2.TheGrammyAwardsareforlivemusic.3.Ifasingerreceivesmanyvotesfromhisfans,hemaywintheprize.4.TheGrammysarenottakenseriouslybysomemusiciansormusicfans.5.ThemoreGrammyAwardsasingerhasreceived,thebetterheis.SomeofthegreatestmusiciansreceivedveryfewGrammyAwardsfilmrecordedmembersoftheR’A’Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.InwhatwayaretheGrammyssimilartothefilmAcademyAwards(theOscars)?2.Whatdotheawardsdependon?3.WhyistheawardcalledGrammy?4.Whyaren’ttheGrammystakenseriouslybysomemusiciansormusicfans?TheyaretheawardsgivenforthemostimportantachievementsinthemusicworldastheOscarsaregivenforthemostimportantachievementsinthefilmworld.ItdependsonhowmanyvoteseachartistreceivesfrommembersoftheRecordingAcademy.Becausewinnersreceiveastatuetteintheshapeofagramophone,anoldfashionedhi-fisystem.Becausewinnersareoftenolder,well-establishedartistwhoselllotsofalbumsto“teenagergirlsandhousewives”.Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.WhataretheGrammyAwards?Whenandwhereisitheld?2.Howmanycategoriesarethereintheawards?3.Whatdosomepeoplethinkoftheaward?Theyaregivenforimportantachievementsinrecordedmusic.TheyareheldintheUnitedStatesinFebruaryeveryyear.Thereare105categoriesintheawardsandtheycover30differenttypesofmusic.SomepeoplethinkthattheGrammysarenotasimportantastheyusedtobe.languagepoints1.present(1)n.agift礼物，赠品(2)adj.beingintheplace在场的，出席的,现存的，当今的bepresentatsth出席…eg.Therewere200peoplepresentatthemeeting.有200个人出席会议。beabsentfrom…缺席…(3)vt.呈现，赠送，颁发，提供，提出eg.Hepresentedagoldcuptothewinner.他把金杯颁发给获胜者。phrases:presentsbwithsth=presentsthtosb把…赠送给…注：present[前置定语]现在的，目前的[后置定语]出席的，到场的eg.Thegirlpresentatthemeetingwasconsideringaskingherfatherforthebookthatjusthadbeenpresentedtohimasabirthdaypresent.出席会议的那个女孩正考虑向她父亲要那本刚颁发给他的书作为自己的生日礼物。1.Nowthatwe’vecoveredeverythingofimportance,let’sendourmeeting.2.Thelandiscoveredwithsnow.3.Hecoveredthedistancein15minutes.4.Thecitycoverstensquaremiles.5.Twomorereportersweresenttocovertheevents.(1)涉及，包含(2)盖，铺，遮盖(3)走完(一段路)，看完(多少页)(4)占(面积)(5)采访，报道3.inadditionto…除…以外eg.她除英语以外，还会说3种外语。inadditionto=aswellas(用作介词)=besides=apartfrominaddition=aswell=besides(用作副词)4.take…seriously重视…，将…当真ShespeaksthreeforeignlanguagesinadditiontoEnglish.Youshouldtakethismatterseriously,becauseitmayinfluenceyourcareer.EXERCISE1.格莱美音乐奖每年都会在美国颁发一次，授予那些在音乐记录中做出重大贡献的人。TheGrammyAwardsare_________everyyear,whicharegivenforimportantachievementsin________music.2.该奖由录音学院的成员投票决定。Theawardsdependonhowmany____eachartistreceivesfrommembersoftheRecordingAcademy.presentedrecordedvotes3.除了大奖本身外，颁奖典礼上还有艺术家的表演。_________________theawardsthemselves,therearealsoperformancesbyfamousartistsattheceremony.4.如果你赢了葛来美大奖，你就会被赠与一个留声机造型的小雕像。IfyouwintheGrammyAwards,youwillbe__________a__________inthe_______ofa___________.Inadditiontopresentedstatuetteshapegramophone5.像一位评论家所说，获奖者的许多唱片都卖给了“年轻的小女孩们和家庭妇女们”。The_______ofthewinnerssellto“teenagegirlsandhousewives”,asone_______said.6.有单独为拉丁乐设立的奖项，称为拉丁格莱美奖。Thereisa____________________awardsforLatinmusic,calledtheLatinGrammys.separatesetofcriticsalbums