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Unit 5 Music
Reading and Thinking
Translation(2)
Let's review what we have learnt in last class?
Lead-in
Learning aims:
1)Learn to translate Para 2-4 independently and translation skills.
2)Understand the key sentences.
Study & think indenpendently(3')
1) To translate the para2-4 in P52
2) To finish the main idea (skimming reading);
3) To find the knowledge points;
4) To find the key and difficult points;
5) To find the points that you don't understand.
Skim reading(Main ideas):
Para2
Para3
Para4
Eric Whitacre's life before the creation of the virtual choir.
The creation and the development of the virtual choir.
The virtual choir is making the world a better place.
Para2
精讲点拨:
In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works.
who引导定语从句,修饰 a girl
Inspired, he asked his fans to make videos, which
he then joined together into one performance.
过去分词做原因状语
which引导非限制性定语从句,修饰videos
不定式作宾语补足语
Whitacre's next effort was the Virtual Youth
Choir for UNICEF, which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK.
which 引导非限制性定语从句,修饰the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF
主语
表语
系
Para4
key points
be born in 出生于
fall in love with 爱上
be moved by 被...感动
for the first time 第一次
graduate from 毕业于
recevie a master's degree 获得硕士学位
original adj. 原来的/ 独创的/ 原作的; n. 原件/ 原作
become quite popular among... 在...变得非常流行
lead to 导致/ 促成
since then 从那时起
become a worldwide phenomenon 成了一种世界现象
be seen on stage 出现在舞台上
虚拟合唱团是获奖作曲家兼指挥埃里克.惠塔克的创意。惠塔克于1970年1月2日生于美国,1988年进入内华达大学学习音乐。在大学合唱团期间,他痴迷于莫扎特的古典音乐。他被这段音乐打动了,他说:“那种(兴奋的)感觉就如同是第一次看见色彩一样。”他1995年大学毕业,随后于1997年获纽约茱莉亚音乐学院音乐创作硕士学位。在接下来的十年间,惠塔克的原创作品深受合唱团和歌手的欢迎,这促使他创建了虚拟合唱团。
2009年,惠塔克收到了一个女孩的视频,视频是女孩演唱他创作的一部作品。受此启发,惠塔克邀请粉丝们录制视频,然后他将这些视频拼接成一场演出。他创作的首个虚拟合唱团“金色之光”,拥有来自12个不同国家的185名歌手。该合唱团在互联网的点击量已超过百万次。自此,虚拟合唱团风靡全球。惠塔克的第二个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会“虚拟青年合唱团”,该团于2014年7月23日在