Unit+5+Music+Reading+and+Thinking高一英語(yǔ)人教版（2019）必修第二冊(cè)

Unit5MusicReadingandThinkingTheVirtualChoirP52LearningObjectives010302understand

themainideaofeachparagraphandknowhowthevirtualchoirisformed.realize

musicistheuniversallanguageofmankindanditcanbringpeopletogether.learnhow

to

scan

for

specific

information.Whatdoyouthinktheperformersaredoingonthestage?Theperformersareallplayinginstrumentsaspartofanorchestra.Whatcanyousayabouttheplacewheretheyaregivingtheperformance?Theplacewherethe

performanceis

beinggivenlookslikesomewhere

builtespeciallyforsuch

performances.

Theirseatsarearrangedondifferent

levelssotheconductorcansee

everyoneintheorchestra.Musicistheuniversallanguageofmankind.音樂是人類通用的語(yǔ)言。H.W.LongfellowInthisquote,hesuggeststhatmusicistheonelanguagethatallhumans,regardlessoftheirdifferentlanguagesandcultures,canallcommunicateandfindcommongroundthrough.Musichasthepowertostepbeyondlanguage,tocommunicatefeelingandemotiontoallpeople.playinstrumentinternetcomposemusictheliveconcertkaraokeCD/videoHowdoyouenjoyandexperiencemusic?Let’swatchantypeofchoirandshareyourfeelingsaboutitLet’swatchananothertypeofchoirandshareyourfeelingsaboutitLookatthepictureandthetitle,thenjudgethetypeofwritingandpredictwhatthetextisabout.

Thearticlemainlytalksabout______________________________

,Soitmaybean__________.(narration/exposition/argumentation)What’svirtualchoir?expositionsomeinformationofvirtualchoirD.ThedevelopmentofthevirtualchoirA.ThevalueofthevirtualchoirB.TheintroductionofthevirtualchoirC.ThepersonwhocreatedthevirtualchoirPara.4Para.1Para.2Para.3Skimandmatchtheparagraphwithitsgeneralidea.ReadPara.1andanswerthefollowingquestions.Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”ReadPara.1andanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatisthedefinitionof“avirtualchoir”?2.Whatdoyouneedifyoutakepartinavirtualchoir?3.Whataretheadvantagesofavirtualchoir?Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.

Person&PlaceProcedure(過(guò)程)EquipmentAdvantages1.Helpspeople____________with_____________________.2.Helpsconnect____________________.3.Enablepeople_______________________________.4.Has___________________thelivesofmanypeople.Anyone&AnywhereRecordUploadPuttogetherSeeCamera&InternetconnectionsingtogerthertobecomeapartofgloblecommunityapositiveinfluenceonofotherpeopleordinarypeopletogetherhundredsScanPara2-3andfindtheinformation.1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir:“WhatIf”UniversityofNevadaEricWhitacre2.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition:3.Thenameofhissong:Tip:ScanningScanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart'sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.''Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster'sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre'soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtualchoir."LuxAurumque",had185singersfrom12differentcountries.Ithasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheinternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre'snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre'ssong“Whatif”.1.In

whatorderdoesthewriterintroduceEricWhitacre?4.WhydoestheauthorusethesenumbersinPara.3?3.Whatledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir?2.Paraphrasethefirstsentence.ReadPara.2-3andanswerthefollowingquestions.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart'sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.''Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster'sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre'soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtualchoir."LuxAurumque",had185singersfrom12differentcountries.Ithasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheinternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre'snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre'ssong“Whatif”.1.InwhatorderdoesthewriterintroduceEric?Timeorder說(shuō)明文敘述方法：時(shí)間順序2.Paraphrasethefirstsentence.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.段首句概括下文，統(tǒng)領(lǐng)全段Heisasuccessfulartist.3.Whatledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir?注意this的指代作用，段尾句起承上啟下作用Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtualchoir.“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.Ithasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheinternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre'ssong“Whatif”.4.WhydoestheauthorusethesenumbersinPara.3?說(shuō)明方法：列數(shù)字Itismoreconvincingtousedata.EricWhitacreAnaward-winningcomposer&conductorin19701988-1995in1997in2009in20141997-2007was____intheUSAstudied_____inuniversityreceiveda________degree________________becamepopularbornfirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused____singersfrom___differentcountries;received_________viewsontheInternet.formedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____youngpeoplefrom___countriessang“Whatif”musicmaster'soriginalcomposition18512millionsof229280Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.What’sthewriter’sattitudetowardsthevirtualchoir?ReadPara.4andanswerthefollowingquestion.Thewriterfeelspositiveaboutthevirtualchoir.贊成:positive,suppotive,approval反對(duì):negative,critical,disapproval懷疑:suspicion,doubtful客觀:objective,neutral主觀:subjective,indifferent,pessimistic,optimistic中立:neutral,factualDebate(辯論）Doesavirtualchoirreallybringpeopletogether?Whyorwhynot?Pros(正方）:Cons(反方）:PeoplefromeverycorneroftheworldcanuploadtheirvideosontotheInternet,whichislikeagreatstagewherepeoplecometogethertosing.Differentpeoplesingthesamesong,sharesimilarinterestsandvalues,whichmakesthemfeellikefamily.Intheglobalcommunity,peoplecanexchangefeelingsandthoughtswitheachotherlikereallifecommunication.Pros(正方）:Cons(反方）:Avirtualchoircannothavepeopletogetheronstagewherepeoplecancommunicateinperson.Avirtualchoirisunrealbecauseitisjustsomethingmadeup