Unit5.Music No.01 Reading and Thinking 【学习目标】 To learn about the vocabulary of music. 2. To know about the virtual choir. 3. To understand people’s different feelings towards music and music’s positive influence on people. 【预习】 Ⅰ. 根据语境及汉语提示写出正确的单词。 1. give me _____(能量) 2. touch my ____(灵魂) 3. the _____(机会) to sing together 4. Whitacre’s _____(独创的) compositions 5. put on a _____(表演) 6. a worldwide _____(现象) 7. a _____(虚拟的) choir 8. a _____(乐队) 9. _____(使能够)me to forget my problems 10. win a music _____(奖) Ⅱ. 知识引入 文本分析：本单元主题是让人们轻松愉快的“音乐”。音乐包含很多内容，本单元主要涉及的主题语境是：欣赏音乐、音乐的纽带作用、策划音乐节、音乐的疗愈功能、音乐鉴赏与评论、音乐家等。主题图展现的是一幅典型的交响乐演奏场景。交响乐一般采用大型管弦乐演奏，乐器种类繁多，产生的音响效果较为丰富，是音乐表演艺术最为集中的形式，对观众产生的心理影响皆非其他音乐形式可比。交响乐呈现了多种乐器，便于让学生在实际情境中观察和学习这些乐器的英文名称。 【学习案】 Ⅰ. Fast reading 1.What is the main idea of the text 2.Match each part of the text with its main idea. 1）Part 1 (Para. 1) A. What influence did it bring to us？ 2）Part 2 (Para. 2) B. How was it created？ 3） Part 3 (Para. 3) C.Who created it？ 4）Part 4 (Paras. 4-5) D.What is a Virtual Choir？ Ⅱ. Careful reading Read the passage carefully and finish the tasks. (1)What’s the author’s attitude towards the virtual choir A. Neutral. B. Negative. C. Positive. D. Unknown. (2)If you want to take part in a virtual choir, you need _____. A. a video camera and some instruments B. a band and some professional singers C. a video camera and an Internet connection D. a master’s degree in musical composition (3)Why does the virtual choir prove to be a good influence on the lives of many people A. It helps to connect ordinary people together. B. It enables them to be part of the global community. C. It helps them to find those with the same interest. D. It enables them to forget their daily problems for a while. 2.完成P53. 4 Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline. 【拓展案】 Ⅰ. Fill in the timeline. Can you imagine (1) _____(sing) together with hundreds of other people while you are alone at home You can do this in a virtual choir. All/What you need is a video camera and an Internet (2) _____(connect). A virtual choir (3) _____(enable) people to add their voices (4) __those of other individuals. The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre (5) ____is an American composer and conductor. He began to study music in the university and got (6)__ master’s degree in 1997. After that, he accomplished many well-received compositions. In 2009, (7) _____ (inspire) by a video he received from a girl (8) _____ (sing) one of his works, he created his first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”. Later, his song What If was first put on a (9) _____(perform) on 23 July 2014 in the UK. The virtual choir is a wonderful way to sing with one voice and thus make ... ...
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