Unit5MusicReadingandThinkingLearningobjectives:

Bytheendofthisclass,youaresupposedto:1.figureoutthemainstructureofthepassagebyanalyzingthemainideaofeachpart.2.knowhowthevirtualchoirisformed.3.judgethewritingpurposeandintendedreaders.4.expressyourownideasonthegiventopicsthroughcreativethinking.adj.很接近的;事實(shí)上的;虛擬的虛擬合唱團(tuán)n.成分;（音樂、藝術(shù)、詩歌的）作品n.機(jī)會;時機(jī)vi.&vt.表演;履行;執(zhí)行n.表演;演技;表現(xiàn)n.表演者;演員prep.（朝）向n.演播室;（音樂的）錄音棚;工作室adj.普通的;平凡的____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________單詞清障virtualvirtualchoircompositionperformanceopportunityperformperformerontosudioordinaryReviewReview____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________單詞清障vt.使能夠;使可能vi&vt.證明;展現(xiàn)vt.授予；n.獎品n.作曲者;作曲家n.樂隊/合唱團(tuán)的指揮;愛上adj.原來的;獨(dú)創(chuàng)的;原作的n.原件;原作n.現(xiàn)象(pl.)n.現(xiàn)象enableproveawardcomposerconductorfallinlovewithoriginaloriginalphenomenonphenomenaReview____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________單詞清障n.（發(fā)展或進(jìn)展的）時期;階段;舞臺adv.（用以強(qiáng)調(diào)）全部;總共adv.如此;因此n.樂隊;帶子n.快速敲擊;說唱音樂;vi.&v.敲擊;adv.現(xiàn)在;目前adj.逐漸的;漸進(jìn)的adj.有能力的，有才能的n.減輕或消除(焦慮)，寬慰，輕松vt.治愈，治好(疾病),n.治療，措施stagealtogetherthusbandrapnowadaysgradualcapablereliefcureStep1Lead-inMusicisquiteimportantinourlives.Whatarethewaysforpeopletoexperiencemusic?ExperiencemusicLiveconcertCD/videoComposemusic...SingPlayinstrumentPre-readingInmoderntimes,ComputersandtheInternetconnecteveryoneintheworld.Howcantheyhelpusexperiencemusicdifferently?Discussingroups:Computers/TheInternetaccessmoresongsfromdifferentgenrescreatethesoundofanorchestraonourhomecomputerchangemusictosomethingnewHaveyoueverheardofvirtualchoir?What'sit?VirtualChoirisaglobalphenomenon,creatingaonlinechoirthatbringstogethersingersfromallovertheworld.notreal/trueinourlivesasinginggroupFromthetitle,weknowthatthearticlemainlytalksaboutthechoirwhichisorganizedthrough________,notthelivepeoplearoundyou.Soitmainlytalksaboutthe__________ofvirtualchoir.theInternetdevelopmentStep2While-readingScanandcircletheinformationinthetext.1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideafora

virtualchoir.EricWhitacre(secondparagraph,firstline)UniversityofNevada(secondparagraph,secondline)2.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition.3.Thenameofhissong.“WhatIf”(thirdparagraph,lastline)Scanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames.FastreadingP2P1P3P4Whocreatedit?Howwasitcreated?Howdiditaffectus?WhatisaVirtualChoir?Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”

ReadPara.1activit-1.1.Whatisthedefinition(定義)of“avirtualchoir”?2.Whataretheadvantagesofavirtualchoir?IntensivereadingImaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir..Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.1.Whatisthedefinitionof“avirtualchoir”?ReadPara.1activit-2Q:Howisavirtualchoirdifferfromrealitychoirs?

virtualchoirrealitychoirFormlivePlacestageofmusichallSingersordinarypeople/anyone

musicians/professionalsNumberofsingerslimitedEquipment(設(shè)備)theequipmentonstagevideoanywhereunlimitedvideocamera,Internetconnection1havetheopportunity/chancetodosth2hundredsof3beuploadedontotheInternet4takepartin5videocamera6ordinarypeople7havethesameinterestinsth8enablesb.todosth9provetobe10apositiveinfluenceon有機(jī)會做某事數(shù)百個上傳視頻到網(wǎng)絡(luò)上參加攝像機(jī)普通人對…有相同的興趣對……的積極影響證明是；結(jié)果是使某人能夠做某事

ReadPara.1activit-3.

ScanPara2-3activity-11.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir:2.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition:3.Thenameofhissong:“WhatIf”UniversityofNevadaEricWhitacreTip:ScanningScanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames.WhatcausedEricWhitacretofallinlovewithclassicalmusic?Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?HefellinlovewithclassicalmusicwhenhewasmovedbyMozart'smusicatuniversityforthefirsttime.Hewasinspiredtocreatethevirtualchoirbyavideoinwhichagirlsingsoneofhisworks.

ReadPara.2-3activit-1.Findnumbersanddatestofillinthetimeline.2January19___

EricWhitacrewasborn.

19___-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas19____Whitacregotamaster'sdegreefromtheJulliardSchoolinNewYork2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused___singersfrom____differentcountries;received_________viewsontheInternet.___July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____youngpeoplefrom___countriessang"Whatif”.70889718512millionsof232,29280Activity-2TrytointroduceEricWhitacreandhiscreationaccordingtothetimeline.01/02/197019881995200907/23/2014born1997theUniversityofNevada,LasVegasmasterdegreein...gottheideafor...,used...,received...theVirtualYouthChoirfor...,“Whatif”Activity21award-winningcomposer2fallinlovewith3belike4forthefirsttime5graduatefrom6amaster’sdegree7leadto8oneofhisworks9asksb.todosth10makevideos獲得過獎的作曲家愛上像首次畢業(yè)于碩士學(xué)位導(dǎo)致制作視頻讓某人去做某事他的作品之一

ReadPara.2-3activit4.1millionsof2aworldwidephenomenon3belike4onstage5aroundtheworld6singwithonevoice7maketheworldabetterplace數(shù)百萬的一個全球現(xiàn)象像在舞臺上全世界用一個聲音唱歌讓世界成為一個更好的地方Step3Pointswhile引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”imaginative有想象力的imaginary想象的,虛構(gòu)的all為先行詞,作整個句子的主語,(that)youneed為定從vt./n.熟詞生義：熟人，社會關(guān)系havecontactwithas引導(dǎo)非限定從,表“正如”,eg.asisoftenthecase,asisknowntoallrecordavideoset/keep/breaka

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Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.

In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance...Lost/Absorbedinthought,hedidn’thearthenoise.這三句的前半部分都是由句子省略為過去分詞作狀語，可以還原為以下句子：Whitacrewasbornin...,andhebeganstudying...

Becausehewasmovedbythismusic,hesaid…Becausehewasinspired,heaskedhisfansto…因?yàn)槌聊缬谒伎贾校麤]聽到那個聲音。(belostin/beabsorbedin)____________________________________________________________work[U]工作、勞動、作業(yè)，[C]著作、作品，多用復(fù)數(shù)。maketheworldabetterplace使得：make+賓語+賓補(bǔ)（形容詞/名詞/現(xiàn)在分詞/過去分詞）。網(wǎng)絡(luò)使我們的生活變得容易方便。Hisfirstvirtualchoir,“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre’ssong“WhatIf”.

Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.2.and連接兩個不定式tosing和make，第二個省略to。3.maketheworldabetterplace使得：make+賓語+賓補(bǔ)（adj./n./ing/ed）。網(wǎng)絡(luò)使我們的生活變得更方便。____________________________________________1.….isa..wayforsbtodo……為某人做某事的...的方式努力學(xué)習(xí)是我們實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想的最明智的方式。____________________________________________Studinghardisthewisestwaytorealizeourdream.Theinternetmakesourlifemoreconvenient.Learnmoreaboutmusicbycompletingthesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrase.ordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity1.