Unit+5+Music+Reading+and+Thinking-高中英語人教版（2019）必修第二冊

Unit5THEVIRTUALCHOIRReadingandthinking——Whatisachoir?Whatisavirtualchoir?Learningaims1.Toknowwhatthevirtualchoiris.2.Toknowtherequirementsandprocessofmakingitanditsadvantages.3.TofigureoutthetimelineofEricWhitacre’slifetime;4.Tofigureoutthemainstructureofthepassagebyanalyzingthemainideaofeachpart.Scanandcircletheinformationinthetext.1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir.2.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition.3.Thenameofhissong.EricWhitacre.TheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.WhatIfReadingandthinkingEric

Whitacre

Readthefirstparagraphandfindtheanswerstothefollowingquestions.1.Whatis

“avirtualchoir”?Avirtualchoiris

Thefirstparagraphanonlinechoirwhere

youcansingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.2.Howdoesavirtualchoirwork?(theprocess)ThefirstparagraphrecordthemselveswhileperformingaloneputthevideosintoonevideouploadthevideosontotheInternet3.Whatdoyouneedifyoutakepartinavirtualchoir?

Astudioisnotneeded.ThefirstparagraphAvideocameraAninternetconnection4.Whataretheadvantagesofavirtualchoir?Ithelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.It

enablespeopletoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.ThefirstparagraphThefirstparagraphMainidea:Theintroductionof

,includingitsdefinition,process,requirements,and

.thevirtualchoiradvantagesFindnumbersanddatestofillinthetimeline.(P53)2January19___

EricWhitacrewasborn.

19___-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas

19____Whitacregotamaster'sdegreefromtheJulliardSchool.2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.

Hisfirstvirtualchoirused___singersfrom____differentcountries;received_________viewsontheInternet.___July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF.

_____youngpeoplefrom___countriessang"Whatif”.70889718512millionsof232,29280Paragraph2&3Paragraph2&3ThemainideaofParagraph2:ThemainideaofParagraph3:Theintroductionof

,thepersonwhocreatedthevirtualchoir.The

and

ofthevirtualchoir.EricWhitacrecreationdevelopmentParagraph4Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.Mainidea:The

ofthevirtualchoir.value/significanceSummaryofthestructurePara.2Para.3Para.4Para.1Thevalue/significanceofthevirtualchoir.Thecreationanddevelopmentofthevirtualchoir.TheintroductionofEricWhitacre.

Theintroductionofthevirtualchoir.ReadingandthinkingReadthetextagainandanswerthequestions.(P53)1.Howisavirtualchoirdifferentfromrealitychoirs?

Whocantakepartinit?

virtualchoirrealitychoirform

place

identityofsingersnumberofsingersvideolive(現(xiàn)場演出的）ontheInternetonstage/inastudioordinarypeopleprofessional（專業(yè)的）singersunlimitedlimitedReadingandthinking2.WhatcausedEricWhitacretofallinlovewithclassicalmusic?Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?HefellinlovewithclassicalmusicwhenhewasmovedbyMozart’smusicatuniversityforthefirsttime.Hewasinspiredtomakehisfirstvirtualchoirbyavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.3.PleasechoosethecorrectorderforthefollowingeventsofEricWhitacre.a.StudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevada.b.ConductingtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF.c.Receivingamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcomposition.d.Hisoriginalcompositionsbecamepopularamongchoirsandsingers.A.a－c－b－d

B.a－c－d－bC.c－b－d－a D.c－d－b－a4.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthevirtualchoir?A.Neutral.B.Negative.C.Positive.D.Unknown.ReadingandthinkingDebate(辯論）Doesavirtualchoirreallybringpeopletogether?Whyorwhynot?Pros(正方）:Cons(反方）:PeoplefromeverycorneroftheworldcanuploadtheirvideosontotheInternet,whichislikeagreatstagewherepeoplecometogethertosing.Differentpeoplesingthesamesong,sharesimilarinterestsandvalues,whichmakesthemfeellikefamily.Intheglobalcommunity,peoplecanexchangefeelingsandthoughtswitheachotherlikereallifecommunication.Pros(正方）:Debate(辯論）Cons(反方）:Avirtualchoircannothavepeopletogetheronstagewherepeoplecancommunicateinperson.Avirtualchoirisunrealbecauseitisjustsomethingmadeup.Avirtualchoirconcertcan’thaverealactor-audienceinteraction.Debate(辯論）During