(
课件网) Book2 Unit5 Music Reading and Thinking Lead in A real choir conductor performers Lead in Ordinary people A virtual choir Perform alone but are connected by the Internet What do you expect to learn from this passage Prediction skim and Match The introduction of the virtual choir The creator of the virtual choir The creation of the virtual choir The influence of the virtual choir Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 (What) (Who) (How) (Why) While-reading What is the text type of this passage A. Narration (记叙文) B. Argumentation (议论文) C. Exposition (说明文) D. Journal Exposition is used to explain, describe, or give information. It answers the questions what, how, and why. What is the virtual choir Definition Equipment（工具） process A virtual choir is a group of people singing but connected together through the . alone Internet Place . anyone Member . anywhere a video camera; an . Internet connection themselves; the videos onto the Internet; many videos together into one. record upload put What are the advantages of a virtual choir Scan Para1 and complete the mind map. While-reading Advantages helps people meet friends with_____. gives people _____and sing together. enables people _____. has_____the lives of many people. the same interest in music a chance to join a choir to become part of the global community a positive influence on helps connect _____. ordinary people together Who is the creator Hi, class! Nice to meet you. I’m Eric Whitacre, an American composer and conductor. Do you know virtual choir I’m the creator. While-reading Eric Whitacre 埃里克·惠特克 Scan the time and try to find out what happened to Eric Whitacre. Jan.2, 1970 Born in the USA 1988 1995 1997 Over the next 10 years Studied_____at the University of Nevada _____from university Received a _____ His compositions became_____ music Graduated a master’s degree popular This led to the creation of the virtual choir. Eric Whitacre award-winning composer and conductor Para.2 transitional sentence（过渡句） While-reading Scan para. 3 and fill in the table with numbers. Time Events In 2009 Inspired, Lux Aurumque had _____ singers from _____ different countries. It has received _____ of views on the Internet. 23 July 2014 The Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF was seen on stage. Altogether, _____ young people from _____ countries joined in to sing Whitacre’s song “What If”. 185 12 millions 2,292 80 What can we learn from these numbers The virtual choir received great . success Discussion: What makes Eric’s virtual choir successful （Para2&Para3） passion for music professional knowledge and talent inspiration and support from fans continuous efforts development of the technology… 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 ... ...
