(
课件网) Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking By the end of this section, you will be able to: 1. Understand the formation and development of the virtual choir. 2. Learn how to scan for specific information, such as dates. 3. Realize music is the universal language of mankind and can bring people together. Learning objectives Let’s enjoy a song “What if”. lead in Pre-reading What can you see from the pictures the virtual choir Where did they sing in the video What are the types of the music performance reality choir virtual choir Pre-reading The passage is probably a/an . A. Narration (记叙文) B. Argumentation (议论文) C. Exposition (说明文) D. Journal C While-reading Skim the text and match the main ideas. The influence of the virtual choir The introduction of the virtual choir The creator of the virtual choir The creation of the virtual choir para 1. para 2. para 3. para 4. The influence The intoduction The creator The creation Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You do not even need a studio. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to ... forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.” Para.1 Member: Place: Equipment: a video camera and an anyone anywhere Making process: themselves; the videos onto the Internet; many videos together into one Record Upload Put Internet connection The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He fell in love with Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He graduated from university in 1995, and then received a master’s degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. Para.2 2 Jan. 1970 1988 1997 1995 over the next 10 years In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspir ... ...
