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Unit 5 MUSIC
THE VIRTUAL CHOIR
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What convenience does Internet bring to our life?
The benefits of the Internet
search for information
listen to music
take online classes
chat with someone
pay for bills
change music to something new
Lead-in
Let’s watch!
the virtual choir (虚拟合唱团)
Pre-reading
prediction
The Virtual Choir
What
Who
Where
How
Why
…
Read Para. 1
Members:
Place:
Equipment: and
Making process: (1) themselves
(2) videos onto the Internet
(3) put videos together into one
Para. 1
anyone
anywhere
a video camera
an Internet connection
upload
record
Read it aloud
While-reading
Skim paragraph 2-3 and find:
topic sentence:
transitional sentence:
Scan paragraph 2-3 and fill in the blanks and answer the questions:
Scan a text to find important information such as dates, numbers, and names
Why did Eric Whitacre fall in love with classical music ?
Why did he begin to make his first virtual choir ?
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”.
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fill in the blanks
answer the questions:
Why did he begin to make his first virtual choir ?
Why did Eric Whitacre fall in love with classical music ?
Because he was moved by Mozart’s music.
Because he was inspired by a video from a girl.
Para. 4 :
The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place.
The influence of the virtual choir
the significance of the vi