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THE VIRTUAL①)CHOR
Imagine having the opportunity2 to sing together with3 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 perform5 alone on video.These videos are uploaded onto7 the Internet,and then
they are put together into one video that you can see online a virtual choir[1].Anyone can take
part in a virtual choir from anywhere-all you need[2]is a video camera and an Internet
connection.You do not even need a studioA virtual choir helps connect ordinary(1 people
together.Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in
music[3].Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir.A virtual choir enables 11 them
to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community It has
proved 12 to be a positive influence on the lives of many people As one virtual choir member
said[4],"Music helps me to,forget my problems.With music,I become someone else."
[1hat引导定语从句,修饰video;a virtual choir作one video的同位语。
[2 you need是定语从句,修饰all,关系词hat在从句中作need的宾语,被省略了。
[3who引导定语从句,修饰friends or contacts,.contact在此处是名词,意为“熟人”。
[4as引导非限制性定语从句。
The virtual choir was the idea of award 4-winning composer 15)and conductor6 Eric
Whitacre Born in the USA on 2 January 1970[5],Whitacre began studying music at the University
of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with17 Mozart's classical music when he sang for the university
choir[6].Moved by this music[7],he said,"It was like seeing color for the first time 18."He
graduated from university 19 in 1995,and then received a master's degree in 20 musical composition
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from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years,Whitacre's original
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compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers.This led to the creation
of the virtual choir.
[5]过去分词短语作时间状语。
[6when引导时间状语从句。
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