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 1 Music is the universal language of mankind. －Henry Wadsworth Teaching objectives In this class, you will： 1. understand the main idea of each paragraph and know how the virtual choir 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. 3 How do you enjoy and experience music? play instrument internet compose music the live concert karaoke CD/video Have you ever heard of virtual choir?Let’s watch a short video to know more about the virtual choir. 5 The article mainly talks about ______________________________ , So it may be an __________. (narration/exposition/argumentation) Task1: Look at the picture and the title, and predict what the text is about, then judge the type of writing exposition some information of virtual choir its formation, signification/ benefits/uses/ value/creation /influence, etc. Step 1.Pre-reading What is a Virtual Choir? How was it created? Who created it? Why was it created? (How does it influence us?) Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Task1: Scan and match the paragraph with its main idea. The definition The founder The development The influences Step 2.While-reading 7 Scanning Scan a text to find important information such as dates, numbers, and names 1. The man who came up with the idea of virtual choir 3. The name of his song. 2. The place where he studied musical composition Eric Whitacre (p2,L2) University of Nevada (P2, L2) “What If” (P3, LAST LINE) Virtual choir Reality choir Form live Place stage of music hall Identity of singers Number of singers limited to the required programme Influence on singers many people as singers (becoming part of the global community) video Internet (home/anywhere) ordinary people professionals musicians not limited only those who have the competence or opportunity to give performance Read paragraph 1 and make difference between the virtual choir and the reality choir. 2 January 19___ Eric Whitacre was born. 19__- 1995 Whitacre attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 19__ Whitacre got a master's degree from the Juilliard School in New York. 2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used ____ singers from ____ different countries; received __________ views on the Internet. ____ July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _____ young people from ____ countries sang “What If”. 70 88 97 185 12 millions of 23 2292 80 Read paragraph 2-3 and fill in the blanks. Draw the timeline about Eric Whitacre. got the idea of creating a virtual choir 01/02/1970 1988 1995 2009 07/23/2014 1997 born at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas received a master’s degree the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF graduated from university 11 Retell the text with the help of the mind map The Virtual Choir Para. 1: What is a virtual choir? (The definition and advantages) Para. 2: Who created it? (The creator) Para. 3: How was it developed? (The development) Para. 4: What is the influence of it? (The influence) Introduction Body The writer’s opinion 12 Discuss the question. • Which exposition methods does the writer use to show his attitude? Can you give some examples? The writer emphasises the virtual choir’s great influence by contrasting the virtual choir and the reality choir, giving examples, and highlighting important numbers. Contrasts (作对比) 13 Discuss the question. • Which exposition methods does the writer use to show his attitude? Can you give some examples? Examples(举例子) 14 Discuss the question. • Which exposition methods does the writer use to show his attitude? Can you give some examples? Numbers(列数字) 15 Learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase. 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. 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. 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. perform stage reminds originally award proves effort fell in love enabled opportunity studio ordinary onto individuals 16 Discuss the question in groups. • What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir? The advantages of being in a virtual choir are that it is very easy to get lots of people in different places together quickly and cheaply. However, a disadvantage of not having everyone in the same place is that singers cannot react to each other in the same way as they can in person. 17 Have a debate. • Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not? Pros (正方) A virtual choir can bring people together. 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. The Internet is so developed that it makes virtual life no different from reality. ... 18 Have a debate. • Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not? Cons (反方) A virtual choir can’t bring people together. Virtual is virtual, which can never be reality. A virtual choir cannot have people together on stage where people can communicate in person. A virtual choir is somewhat unreal because it is just something made up. A virtual choir concert can’t have real actor-audience interaction. ... 19 Think about the question and share with your classmates. • What do you think makes Eric Whitacre’s virtual choir successful? Eric Whitacre is professional and talented. Due to his deep love of music sharing, continuous efforts and the inspiration and support from fans and the development of the Internet and technology, the virtual choir is successful. A person’s success in life usually mainly depends on inner factors, accompanied by outer factors. 20 Create your own mini English virtual choir (2~4 persons) during the weekend. 21 $$