However, there was one band that started in a different way⑲. It was called the Monkees⑳ and began as a TV show\s\up1(21(21). The musicians were to play jokes on\s\up1(22(22) each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on\s\up1(23(23) the Beatles\s\up1(24(24). The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians\s\up1(25(25) who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians\s\up1(26(26)， but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors\s\up1(27(27) for the other three members of the band.

　　As some of these actors could not sing well enough\s\up1(28(28)， they had to rely on\s\up1(29(29) other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts\s\up1(30(30) they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous\s\up1(31(31) enough to be copied\s\up1(32(32) by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with\s\up1(33(33) them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians\s\up1(34(34). However, after a year or so\s\up1(35(35) in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up\s\up1(36(36) about 1970, but happily they reunited\s\up1(37(37) in the mid­1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band. 　　⑲that引导定语从句，修饰band。

　　⑳the Monkees/'mɒŋkiːz/门基乐队

　　\s\up1(21(21)TV show电视表演；电视秀

　　\s\up1(22(22)play jokes on戏弄，也可说play a joke on。

　　\s\up1(23(23)be based on以......为基础；仿照......

　　most of which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰前面整个句子。

　　\s\up1(24(24)the Beatles甲壳虫乐队

　　\s\up1(25(25)had planned to do本来计划去做某事，但事实上没做成。是一种虚拟语气的用法。

　　\s\up1(26(26)looking for ...为现在分词短语作伴随状语。

　　\s\up1(27(27)actor/'æktə/n.男演员；行动者

　　\s\up1(28(28)as引导原因状语从句。

　　\s\up1(29(29)rely on依赖；依靠，也作rely upon。

　　rely/rI'laI/vi.依赖；依靠

　　\s\up1(30(30)broadcast/'brɔːdkɑːst/n.广播；播放vi.&vt.(broadcast; broadcast)广播；播放

　　\s\up1(31(31)humorous/'hjuːmərəs/adj.幽默的；诙谐的

　　\s\up1(32(32)copy v．模仿，仿效；(考试时)作弊；剽窃

　　\s\up1(33(33)be/get familiar with 熟悉；与......熟悉起来；主语往往是人。familiar/fə'mIlIə/adj.熟悉的；常见的；亲近的

　　be familiar to sb.主语往往是物，意为"某物为某人所熟知"。They were so ... that ... in order to ...含有so ... that引导的结果状语从句；that从句中的in order to ...作目的状语。

　　\s\up1(34(34)过去分词短语作定语，修饰songs。

　　\s\up1(35(35)or so大约，必须放在被修饰词的后面，而about和some应放在被修饰词的前面。

　　\s\up1(36(36)break up打碎；分裂；解体

　　\s\up1(37(37)reunite/ˌriːjuː'naIt/vt.再统一；再联合；重聚