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课件网) Unit 5 Music Reading & Thinking Do you like experiencing music in your spare time What are the ways for you to experience music How can computers and the Internet help us to experience music differently phone earphone Lead-in Virtual choir Internet Technology Cooperation Learn about experiencing music online. Let’s predict. Pre-reading The virtual choir is an assembly of geographically dispersed (分散的) singers performing choral works (合唱作品) together through web technology. /di sp s/ / d i ɡr fik( )l/ / k r l/ / sembli/ How was it created What is a Virtual Choir How did it affect us Who created it Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 The definition The founder The creation The influence While-reading Scan and circle the information in the text. While-reading 1. The man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir. 2. The place where he studied musical composition. 3. The name of his song. Scan Scan a text to find important information such as dates, numbers, and names. Eric Whitacre Juilliard School “ What If ” A virtual choir is different from other choirs because you don’t need to be together and you don’t need a studio. This means anyone can take part anywhere. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. How is a virtual choir different from other choirs Who can take part in it Suggested Answer Virtual choir Reality choir Form Place Identity of singers Number of singers Influence on singers video live Internet (home / anywhere) stage of music hall ordinary people usually professionals / musicians not limited (sometimes can be very large) limited to the required programme many people as singers (becoming part of the global community) only those who have the competence or opportunity to give performance He fell in love with classical music, when he was moved by Mozart’s music at university for the first time. He was inspired to create the virtual choir by a video in which a girl sings one of his works. Read the text again and answer the questions. 2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir Suggested Answer Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline. 2 January 19 Eric Whitacre was born. 19 -1995 Whitacre attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 19 Whitacre got a master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York. 2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used ____ singers from ____ different countries; received _____ views on the Internet. __ July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _____ young people from ____ countries sang “What If”. 70 88 97 185 12 millions of 23 2,292 80 Let’s find out the structure of this text. Anyone can take part in it. record through video upload onto the Internet put together into one video online What Influence Who How Eric Whitacre personal information learning experience learn c ... ...
