Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Reading and Thinking Unit 5 MUSIC Learning Objectives By the end of this class, you will be able to: 1. Know what a virtual choir is and how it is formed. 2. Learn how to scan for specific information. 3. Realize “Music is the universal language of mankind.” and it can bring people together. Have you still remembered,during the COVID-19,everybody was locked at home. Was it still possible for them to have face-to-face contact and sing a choir together? Prediction The virtual choir What do you want to know about the virtual choir? What Who Where Why How ... The passage is an/a_____. A. Narration B. Argumentation C. exposition Skim to draw a conclusion of the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 The __________of the virtual choir. Para.2 The __________of the virtual choir. Para.3 The __________of the virtual choir. Para.4 The __________of the virtual choir. creator introduction influence creation Scan Task 1 Read Para.1 to find out how a virtual choir works. How does a virtual choir work? para.1 members: __________ place: __________ equipment: __________ making process: ①__________ ②__________ ③__________ anyone anywhere a video camera and an Internet connection record themselves upload the videos onto the Internet put the videos together into one What are the advantages of virtual chior? Advantages help people meet friends with __________ give people__________ and sing together. enable people __________ has__________ the lives of many people the same interest in music to become part of the global community a chance to join a local choir a positive influence on Who created the virtual choir ? Scan Task 2 Read Para.2 to find information of the creator of the virtual choir. Eric Whitacre An award-winning composer & conductor Circle the times in Para.2 and try to find out what happened to Eric Whitacre. Jan.2, 1970 1988 1995 1997 Over the next 10 years born in the USA studied music at the University of Nevada grad