Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking The Virtual Choir 教案-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 5 MUSIC Reading and Thinking: The Virtual Choir 第一节 文本解读 一、总体解读 本单元阅读文本的话题是美国音乐制作人埃里克·惠塔克（Eric Whitacre）创作的一种合唱形式——虚拟合唱团，旨在让读者不仅对其组织形式、制作方式和产生的原因等有所了解，还对这种形式给人们歌唱方式和整个世界带来的积极影响有所认识。 该文本采用了说明性文体，共四段：第一段介绍了虚拟合唱团的组织形式、制作方式，以及所产生的积极影响；第二、三两段介绍了虚拟合唱团创始人埃里克·惠塔克在音乐方面的经历，重点介绍了他于2009年创办首个虚拟合唱团“金色之光(Lux Aurumque)”的前因后果和2014年为联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）创办的“虚拟青年合唱团（Virtual Youth Choir）”；第四段是作者对虚拟合唱团的形式和影响的感悟。 阅读策略上，学生可快速浏览文本，利用标题 和图片等信息了解文本框架，把握文本大意，判断文本体裁，理解作者态度，并融入自己的思考，训练学生的批判性思维。 二、分段解读 The original text Interpretation THE VIRTUAL CHOIR 1. What is a choir? A choir is a group of people who sing together. 2. What is the passage mainly about, a traditional choir or a new kind of choir? A new kind of choir: the virtual choir. 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 contact 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.” 1. Why does the passage begin with “imagine”? To arouse the readers’ interest and get them involved with the topic. 2. What is a virtual choir? A virtual choir is a group of individual singers whose voices are connected together by the Internet and technology. 3. What do peop