Passage

Word Tips

massive  a. 巨大的；大量的

convey  v. 表达；运输

plunge  v. （使）陷入

era  n. 时代；历史时期

unsurpassable  a. 无法超越的

Task 1

Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1. Why was Huang Jiaju the heart and soul of Beyond?

A. Because he started the band.

B. Because he composed more than 90 percent of the  band’s songs.

C. Because he performed in a game show in Japan.

D. Because he was called “The Beatles of Hong Kong”.

2. What did the Japanese probably think of the incident?

A. They thought that Hong Kong had lost a musical  revolutionary.

B. They thought that Hong Kong had lost a musical era.

C. They thought that the incident had made the band an unsurpassable classic.

D. They thought that Hong Kong had lost an artist.

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Thousands of fans mourned for Huang Jiaju’s death.

B. The Japanese took Huang Jiaju’s death as a loss of a musical era.

C. Huang Jiaju’s music made the band stand out from  the rest.

D. Beyond was sometimes called “The Beatles of Hong Kong”.

 

 

 

Task 2

Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions with your partner according to what you hear.

1. What happened to Huang Jiaju during a game show in Japan?

2. How important was Huang Jiaju to the band Beyond?

3. What did Huang Jiaju’s death mean to Hong Kong?

4. Why was Beyond called “The Beatles of Hong Kong”?

 

 

 

Task 3

Retell the passage according to your discussion above with the help of the key words and expressions below.

Cues: broken strange, head injures, heart and soul, convey emotions, fans mourning

           a revolutionary and an era，unsurpassable classic, The Beats of Hong Kong