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Unit 5 Music
Reading and Thinking
Warm-up
THE VIRTUAL CHOIR
While-reading---Paragraph 1: Introduction
Read to get the more information
What is a virtual choir?
What
is the virtual choir
Process
A virtual choir is a group of people singing _____ but connected together through the .
Place
Member
a video camera and an _________________
______themselves; ______the videos onto the Internet; put many videos together into one.
Definition
Equipment(工具)
________
alone
Internet
Internet connection
record
upload
________
anyone
anywhere
What are the advantages of the virtual choir?
The virtual choir can:
help connect _____________________;
help people meet friends with _______________________;
give people a chance to _______________;
enable people to become _________________________;
part of the global community
sing with others
the same interest in music
ordinary people together
Scanning: Paragraph 1
Virtual choir has a___________ influence in the lives of many people.
positive
Who created the virtual choir?
“Music helps me to…forget my problem. With music, I become someone else.”
Scan Para.2: to find information of the creator of virtual choir.
Eric Whitacre
An award-winning _________and _________
Scanning(寻读)
used to find specific information, such as names, dates, and numbers.
Skimming(略读)
used to find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
composer
conductor
Scanning: Para.2
Circle the times in Para. 2 and try to find out what happened to Eric Whitacre.
This led to the creation of the virtual choir.
born in the USA
studied music at the University of Nevada
graduated from university
received a master’s degree in musical composition
his original compositions became quite popular
Jan. 2, 1970
1988
1995
1997
Over the
next 10 years
popularity
love
education
“It was like seeing color for the first time.”
Timeline Events
In_________ Inspired, Lux Aurumque had _______ singers from _