Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking the Virtual Choir 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第二册

Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking How do you enjoy and experience music? attend live concerts listen to CDs/MP3 play instruments sing karaoke compose music Lead in 2 During the pandemic (流行病), like COVID-19, it was impossible for us to have face-to-face contact, can we still sing in a choir together? 3 Video time Have you ever heard of virtual choir? Let’s watch a video to know more about the virtual choir. Prediction Look at the title and picture, what do you want to know about? THE VIRTUAL CHOIR Who Topic Where Why How What Fast Reading 1. Skim to match the main ideas with each para. The influence of the virtual choir The introduction of the virtual choir The creator of the virtual choir The creation of the virtual choir. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 影响 介绍 创造者 创作作品 Para.1 Read Para.1, How a virtual choir works? Members: ________________ Place: ________________ Equipment: ________________ and ________________________ Making progress: ①__________________________________ ②__________________________________ ③__________________________________ anyone anywhere a video camera an internet connection record themselves upload videos onto the internet put videos together into one What are the advantages of the virtual choir? 设备 制作过程 What are the advantages of the virtual choir? 1. Helps connect__________________________. 2. Helps people meet friends with _________________________. 3. Gives people _______________a local choir. 4. Enable people to become ________________________ 5. Have a _____________________ on the lives of many people. positive influence part of the global community a chance to join the same interest in music ordinary people together Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual 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. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere-All you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You do not even need a studio. 有机会做某事 记录 表演 alone（adv） 上传到互联网 网络链接 录音棚 Para.1：Introduction A virtual choir helps connect ordinary 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 choin. A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, "Music helps me to... forget my problems. With music, I become someone else." Para.1：Introduction 将普通人联系在一起 熟人（n.） 有机会做某事 enable sb. to do 使某人能够做某事 个人 全球社区 事实证明， 积极影响 Para.2 Scan Para.2, find information of the creator of virtual choir. Eric Whitacre 埃里克·惠塔克 An award-winning composer & conductor 获奖的作曲家和指挥家 Circle the times in Para. 2 and try to find out what happened to Eric Whitacre. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. Born in the USA Studied _______ at the University of Nevada __________ from university Received a _______________ His original compositions became ___________ Jan. 2, 1970 1988 1995 1997 Over the next 10 years popularity love knowledge “It was like seeing color for the first time.” music Graduated master’s degree popular Para.2: Creator The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He fell in love with Mozart's classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, "It was like seeing color for the first time." He graduated from university in 1995, and then received a master's degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre's original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. 获奖的作曲家和指挥家 爱上 被音乐所打动 毕业 获得硕士学位 原创作品 导致 Para.3 Scan Para.3, find information. In 2009 On 23 July, 2014 His first virtual choir, _____________, used ______ singers from____ different countries; received ______________ views on the Internet. Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _______ young people from____ countries sang _________. “Lux Aurumque” 185 12 millions of 2292 80 “What If” United Nations Children’s Funds 联合国儿童基金会 bigger Para.3: Creation 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. His first virtual choir, "Lux Aurumque", had 185 singers from 12 different countries. It has received millions of views on the Internet. Since then, the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. Whitacre's next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF, which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre's song "What If". 受到启发 获得数百万的观看量 世界性的现象 努力 在舞台上 总共 The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place. Q1:How to understand “sing with one voice”? A. Sing the same song B. Share the same interest C. Hold the same value D. Work towards the same goal Para.4: Influence Q2:What is the author's attitude to the virtual choir? A. Neutral. B. Negative. C. Positive D. Unknown. 16 Thinking What makes Eric Whitacre’s virtue choir successful? passion for music 音乐热情 profession& talent 专业&才华 The inspiration & support from fans 来自粉丝的启发和支持 continuous effort 不懈努力 technology 科技 5. 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 Last night I went to see my friend’s new rock band _______ on_____ at a small local music festival. This new pop song ________ me of an old song that was _________ sung by Billy White but later made popular by another singer. I’m so happy! My favorite singer just won a music ______. This ______ that all the _______ she put into her work was worth it. perform stage reminds originally award proves effort 18 I __________ with rap music when I was a teenager. Listening to it _______ me to relax and forget about my problems. 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. Nowadays millions of musical performances are uploaded ______ the Internet every day by different ___________ who may or may not be professional musicians or singers. fell in love enabled opportunity studio ordinary onto individuals 19 What If Lavf59.16.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $$