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Unit 5 Music
Reading and Thinking
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1. Why do people need music?
make life more colourful
help express one’s feeling freely
help one forget his or her pain or tiredness
recall cheerful memories
help people work together and unite as a one
…
2. What are the ways for people to
experience music?
At concerts, on TV/radio, on the Internet …
3. How can computers and the Internet
help us experience music differently?
Tik Tok
How can computers and the Internet help us experience music differently?
1. can help us experience a wide range of musical genres.
2. gives us access to millions of songs from many different genres,
so we can find exactly what we like.
3. Computer technology today can also help us create the sound of
an orchestra on our home computer.
4. can help us change music to something new, like the virtual choir
5. 自行脑补
THE VIRTUAL CHOIR
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Bs411h71a
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READING: THE VIRTUAL CHIOR
1. Why does the passage begin with “imagine”?
2. What is the definition of “a virtual choir”?
3. What do you need if you take part in a virtual choir?
4. What are the advantages of a virtual choir?
To arouse the readers' interest and get them involved with the topic.
A virtual choir is an online choir performance where 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.
what How
Write a summary of the first paragraph in less than 50 words.
Members of a virtual choir record their singing alone at home, and then their videos get combined into one video through the use of technology. Using the Internet allows the choir to connect ordinary people from all over the world. It creates a global community and positively affects people’s lives.
1. What is the function of the first sentence?
2. Where did Eric Whitacre study musical composition ?
3. What's the name of his song?
A