Unit 5 Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking（Word教参）-【优化指导】2026-2027学年高中英语必修第二册（人教版2019）

Section Ⅱ　Reading and Thinking

[对应学生用书P118]

Ⅰ.重点词汇

1．soul n．灵魂；心灵

2．virtual adj.很接近的；事实上的；虚拟的

3．opportunity n．机会；时机

4．onto prep.(朝)向

5．studio n．演播室；(音乐的)录音棚；工作室

6．ordinary adj.普通的；平凡的

7．prove vt.证明；展现

8．award vt.授予 n．奖品

9．phenomenon n．(pl.phenomena)现象

10．stage n．(发展或进展的)时期；阶段；(多指剧场中的)舞台

11．altogether adv.(用以强调)全部；总共

12．thus adv.如此；因此

13．band n．乐队；带子

14．rap n．快速敲击；说唱音乐vi.& vt.敲击；(说唱歌中的)念白

15．nowadays adv.现在；目前

Ⅱ.拓展词汇

1．energy n．能源；能量；精力→energetic adj.精力充沛的；充满活力的

2．string n．线；细绳→stringed adj.有弦的

3．perform vi.& vt.表演；履行；执行→performance n．表演；演技；表现→performer n．表演者；演员

4．compose vt.作曲→composer n．作曲者；作曲家→composition n．成分；(音乐、艺术、诗歌的)作品

5．able adj.有能力的；能干的→enable vt.使能够；使可能→disable vt.使残废

6．conduct vt.指挥(乐队)；实施；执行；带领n.行为，举止；管理方法→conductor n．(乐队、合唱团等的)指挥；(公共汽车的)售票员

7．origin n．起源→original adj.原来的；独创的；原作的 n．原件；原作→originally adv.原来；起初→originate vi.起源

动词加后缀­ance构成名词，后缀­ance表示“……的动作，……的状态，……的性质”。

perform→performance　accept→acceptance

assist→assistance　acquaint→acquaintance

Ⅲ.短语互译

1．爱上  fall in love with

2．想要；感觉像是  feel like

3．使某人想起……  remind sb.of ...

4．提出；想出；赶上  come up with

5．参加；参与  take part in

6．for the first time  第一次

7．graduate from ...  从……毕业

8．be uploaded onto the Internet  被上传到网上

9．lead to   导致；通向

10．add ...to ...  把……加到……上

Ⅳ.重点句式

1．句型：while引导状语从句

教材原句：Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone.

翻译：想象一下，独自在家的时候，你有机会和数百人一起唱歌。

2．句型：as引导非限制性定语从句

教材原句：As one virtual choir member said，“Music helps me to ...forget my problems.With music，I become someone else.”

翻译：正如一位虚拟合唱团成员所说：“音乐帮助我……忘记我的问题。音乐，让我脱胎换骨。”

[对应学生用书P119]

THE VIRTUAL CHOIR①

Imagine having the opportunity② to sing together with③ hundreds of④ other people ❶while you are at home alone．You can do this in a virtual choir.Virtual choir members record themselves ❷while they perform⑤ alone on video．These videos are uploaded⑥ onto⑦ the Internet，and then they are put together into one video ❸that you can see online—a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in⑧ a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet

connection.You do not even need a studio⑨.A virtual choir helps connect ordinary⑩ people together.Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in music.Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir.A virtual choir enables⑪ them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community.It has proved⑫ to be a positive influence on⑬ the lives of many people.❹As one virtual choir member said，“Music helps me to ...forget my problems.With music，I become someone else.”

❶和❷均为while引导的时间状语从句。

❸关系代词that引导定语从句，并在从句中作宾语。

❹As引导非限制性定语从句，并在从句中作宾语。

 

The virtual choir was the idea of award⑭­winning composer⑮ and conductor⑯ Eric Whitacre.❺Born in the USA on 2 January 1970，Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with⑰ Mozart's classical music when he sang for the university choir.❻Moved by this music，he said，“It was like seeing color for the first time⑱.”He graduated from university⑲ in 1995，and then received a master's degree in⑳ musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years，Whitacre's original㉑ compositions began to become quite popular among㉒ choirs and singers.This led to㉓ the creation of the virtual choir.

❺和❻均为过去分词短语作状语。

 

In 2009，Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works.❼Inspired，he asked his fans to make videos，which he then joined together into one performance㉔.His first virtual choir，“Lux Aurumque”，had 185 singers from 12 different countries.It has received millions of ㉕ views on the Internet.Since then，the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon㉖.Whitacre's next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF，❽which was first seen on stage㉗ on 23 July 2014 in the UK．Altogether㉘，2，292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre's song “What If”．

❼过去分词作状语，和主语he是动宾关系。