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: Learn about experiencing music online To talk about music. To read about the virtual choir. To learn about experiencing music online. To know reading strategy of scanning. To talk about the advantages and disadvantages of virtual choir. Lead-in Match the words and expressions on music with the following descriptions. classical music, rock ’n’ roll, chorus, blues (布鲁斯音乐), country music, rap 1. a type of popular music with a steady beat in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in time to music 2. a type of slow sad jazz music developed among black people in the southern US 3. popular music in the style of music from the southern and western US rap blues country music Lead-in Match the words and expressions on music with the following descriptions. classical music, rock ’n’ roll, chorus, blues (布鲁斯音乐), country music, rap 4. a style of music that was popular in the 1950s, and has a strong loud beat 5. a piece of music written to be sung by a large group of people 6. music that people consider to be serious and has been popular for a long time rock ’n’ roll chorus classical music Pre-reading Before you read, discuss the question in groups. 1. What are the traditional ways for people to experience music? attend live concerts Use music Apps Compose music Sing karaoke Play instruments Listen to music CDs Pre-reading Before you read, discuss the question in groups. 2. How can computers and the Internet help us experience music differently? Use specific music apps Composite music by yourself or with other people Attend online live concert Pre-reading Have you listened to or watched a show of a virtual choir? What do you know about it? The virtual choir is an assembly of geographically dispersed（分散的） singers performing choral works （合唱作品） together through web technology. Let’s watch a video about the virtual choir. While-reading 1. Scan the text for unknown words. See if you can infer the meaning of the words from the context of the passage, and match the words with the correct meanings. phenomenon, opportunity, stage, studio ordinary, composer, award, original, prove 1. a chance to do something 2. a room where television are made or where music is recorded 3. something that happens in society, science, or nature 4. average, common, usual, not special opportunity studio phenomenon ordinary While-reading 5. a particular time or state that something reaches as it grows or develops; the raised area in a theatre which actors or singers stand on when they perform phenomenon, opportunity, stage, studio ordinary, composer, award, original, prove 6. something such as a prize or money given to someone to reward them;  to give someone something such as a prize or money 7. to show that something is true by providing facts, information 8. someone who writes music 9. existing or happening first, before other people or things; a work of art or a document that is not a copy award prove composer original stage While-reading Scan and circle the information in the text 1. The man who came up with the idea of virtual choir. 2. The place where he studied musical composition. 3. The name of his song. Scan a text to find important information such as dates, numbers, and names. Eric Whitacre (second paragraph, first line) University of Nevada (second paragraph, second line.) "What If" (third paragraph. last line) While-reading Skim and match the paragraph with its main idea. A. The value of the virtual choir B. The creator of the virtual choir C. The introduction to the virtual choir D. The creation and develop-ment of the virtual choir The definition The founder The creation The influence While-reading The Virtual Choir Significance/Influence Definition Reasons Person Place Procedures Equipment Definition A virtual choir is a group of people singing ______ but connected together through the _______. ____________________________ ____________________________ ______ themselves; _______ the videos onto the Internet; ______ many videos together into one. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Grab the key information of para. 1 While-reading Grab the key information of para. 1 The Virtual Choir Significance/Influence Definition _________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Significance & Influence While-reading Grab the key information of para. 1 The Virtual Choir Significance Definition Reasons Person Place Procedures Equipment Anyone Anywhere 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 While-reading Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. How is a virtual choir different from other choirs? Who can take part in it? A virtual choir is different from other choirs because you don’t need to be together and you don’t need a studio. This means anyone can take part anywhere. 2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir? 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 sings one of his works. While-reading Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline. 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 Post-reading Match the key sentences with their supporting information. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together.  Music helps me to ... forget my problems. With music, I become someone else. A virtual choir has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. Whitacre fell in love with Mozart's classical music. Whitacre's original compositions became quite popular among choirs and singers. The virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. A girl sang one of his works on video. Many people can find friends who have the same interest in music. He said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre's song. Post-reading The structure of the whole passage Virtual choir Anyone can take part in it. record through video upload onto the Internet put together into one video online Eric Whitacre personal information learning experience learn composition inspired by a girl a worldwide phenomenon a wonderful way to sing make the world a better place What How Who Influence Post-reading 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 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 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 Post-reading Learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase. 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. ordinary, remind, perform, award, effort, individual, fall in love, enable, stage, studio, original prove, onto, opportunity fell in love enabled opportunity studio ordinary onto individuals Post-reading Make your own MUSIC mind map. music genre instrument musician song/composition Adele Mozart… Heal the World… Magic Waltz jazz, pop… piano pipa… feeling relaxed, excited… Post-reading Discuss the questions in groups. 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir? 2. Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not? Post-reading Discuss the questions in groups. 1. 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 dis-advantage 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. Post-reading Discuss the questions in groups. 2. Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not? Although a virtual choir doesn’t bring people together physically, I think it still helps bring people together, because they can be from different countries and cultures, but still join together easily to share the love of music. Homework $$