(
课件网) Period2 Reading and Thinking Unit 5 Music 英语 ① To figure out the main structure of the passage by analysing the main idea of each paragraph. ② To know how the virtual choir is formed. ③ To judge the writing purpose and intended readers. ④ To express your own ideas on given topics through creative thinking. Studying objectives: 1. To adopt discourse analysis to deepen the understanding of the text. 2. To identify the useful patterns and expressions from the reading text and use the target language to express themselves. Studying key points: How do you enjoy and experience music Experience music live concert karaoke instrument Internet ...... Lead-in Discourse analysis Para.1 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 don’t even need a studio. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. Many people don’t 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.” Discourse analysis Question 1: What is the main idea of this paragraph How a virtual choir is formed and what the differences between a virtual choir and a real choir are. Question 2: How is a virtual choir different from other choirs A virtual choir is different from other choirs because you don’t need to be together and you don’t need a studio. Question 3: Who can take part in it Anyone interested in music can take part in it. Activity 1 Read Para.1 and answer the questions. Discourse analysis Para.2 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. Discourse analysis Question 1: What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love wi ... ...
