Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 5 Music Period 2 Reading and Thinking The Virtual Choir 1 Lead in What can music bring for us? keep us company offer us comfort release our pressure make us relaxed and peaceful give us courage and power In what ways can we enjoy and admire music? The computers and Internet The CD The radio The live performance and concert The TV My classmates/friends 3 Predict from the title and the picture The virtual choir a group of people who sing together made to appear to exist by the use of computer software traditional/reality choir virtual choir The article mainly talks about ______________________________ , So it may be an __________. (narration/exposition/argumentation) What is the main idea? exposition some information of virtual choir Pre reading What is the virtual choir? Scanning P1 P2 P3 P4 How was it created? What is a Virtual Choir? How did it affect us? Who created it? Match the paragraph with its main idea. P1 P2 P3 P4 How was it created? What is a Virtual Choir? How did it affect us? Who created it? The definition The founder The creation The influence Scanning Match the paragraph with its main idea. Read and Answer the questions 1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A.Many people don’t have close friends who have the same interest in music. B.A virtual choir has a positive influence on the lives of many people. C.Whitacre began studying music at the age of 20. D.A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. C 2. We can learn from the second paragraph that _________.  A.Whitacre wasn’t interested in music at all B.Whitacre began to sing for the virtual choir while at university C.Whitacre received a master’s degree at the age of 27 D.it was Whitacre’s sweet voice that led to the creation of the virtual choir C 3. What does the word “It” refer to in the third paragraph? A.A girl’s video. B.One of Whitacre’s works. C.Whitacre’s first virtual choir. D.The Virtual Youth Choir. C 4.What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? He fell in love with classical music when he was moved by Mozart’s music at university for the first time. He was inspired to create the virtual choir by a video in which a girl was singing one of his works. 5. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir? In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he asked his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one performance. 6.What makes it possible for the Virtual Choir to come into being? The support from his fans The inspiration from music lover His first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had... Whitacre's next effort was... Whitacre's continuous efforts From your perspective, what makes Eric Whitacre successful in creating the virtual choir? B The development of the Internet & technology C D The desire& love of music sharing The inspiration & support from music lovers A His enthusiasm& capability for music C 7. What's the writer's attitude towards the virtual choir? positive ...had 185 singers from 12 different countries...Altogether,2292 young people from 80 countries. As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to...forget my problem. With music, I become someone else.” 8.How is a virtual choir different from other choirs? Who can take part in it?   Virtual choir Reality choir Form  Place  Identity of singers Number of singers video live on the Internet on stage/in a studio ordinary people professional singers unlimited limited The Virtual Choir Significance Definition Reasons Equipment Person Anyone Place Anywhere Procedures record themselves perform alone on video upload videos onto the Internet put videos together into one see online a video camera an Internet connection do not have close friends or contacts who... do not have the chance to join a local choir help connect ordinary people together enable them to add their voices to those of other individuals become part of the global community be a positive influence in the lives of many people What is a Virtual Choir? P1 his original compositions began to become quite popular in 1988 in 1995 in 1997 on 2 Jan,1970 was born in the USA Began studying music at the University of Nevada graduated from university received a master's degree in musical composition Who created it? Eric Whitacre award-winning composer and conductor over the next 10 years P2 16 How was it created? P3 in 2009 over the next 10 years His original compositions began to become quite popular His first virtual choir used______ singers from _____ different countries; received_____________ views on the Internet. on 23 July, 2014 He received a video from a girl who was singing one of his works Inspired, he asked his fans to make videos and then joined them together Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. ________ young people from ______ countries sang “What If” 80 185 12 millions of 2292 a worldwide phenomenon Group discussion 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir? Connect ordinary people who have the same interest together. Give people a chance to become part of the people’s lives. Have a positive influence on many people’s lives. Lose the opportunity to go out to meet people and experience the pleasure of communicating face to face. Advantage Disadvantage 2. Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not? Pros Cons People from every corner of the world can upload their videos onto the Internet, which is like a great stage where people come together to sing. Different people sing the same song, share similar interests and values, which makes them feel like family. In the global community, people can exchange feelings and thoughts with each other like real life communication. A virtual choir cannot have people together on stage where people can communicate in person. A virtual choir is unreal because it is just something made up. A virtual choir concert can’t have real actor-audience interaction. Group discussion Learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase. ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity After reading 1. Last night I went to see my friend's new rock band _________ on _________ at a small local music festival. 2. This new pop song _________ me of an old song that was _________ sung by Billy White but later made popular by another singer. perform reminds originally stage ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity After reading 3. I'm so happy! My favourite singer just won a music _________. This _________ that all the _________ she put into her work was worth it. 4. I _________ with rap music when I was a teenager. Listening to it _________ me to relax and forget about my problems. award effort fell in love proves enabled ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity After reading 5. Five years ago, he was finally given a(n) ___________ to record his song at a(n) _________. Ever since, his success has shown the world that even _________ people can become famous. 6. Nowadays millions of musical performances are uploaded _________ the Internet every day by different ____________ who may or may not be professional musicians or singers. opportunity ordinary onto studio individuals If you want to sing together with hundreds of other people while at home alone,you can join a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and 1._______ Internet connection. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together,for it enables them 2.________(add) their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community.  The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning 3. __________ (compose) and conductor Eric Whitacre, 4._____ began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with Mozart’s classical music when 5._________(sing) for the university choir.He received a master’s degree 6._______ musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years,Whitacre’s 7._________(origin) compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers,which led to the 8. _________ (create) of the virtual choir.  In 2009,Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. 9._________(inspire), he set up his first virtual choir, which has received millions of views on the Internet. 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