Unit5ReadingandThinking课件-高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

1、Unit 5 MusicReading and Thinking Before you read, discuss the question in groups.How can computers and the Internet help us experience music differently?Computers and the Internet can help us experience a wide range of musical genres. The Internet gives us access to millions of songs from many diffe

2、rent genres, so we can find exactly what we like. Computer technology today can also help us create the sound of an orchestra on our home computer! They can also help us change music to something new.Scan and circle the information in the text.Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hun

3、dreds 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 onlinea virtual choir. Anyone

4、can take part in a virtual choir from anywhereall you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You do not even need a studio. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in music. THE VIRTUAL CHOIR1. T

5、he man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir.2. The place where he studied musical composition.3. The name of his song.Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global commun

6、ity. 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.”The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January

7、1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He fell in love with Mozarts 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 masters

8、degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacres original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir.In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one

9、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

10、phenomenon. Whitacres 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 Whitacres song “What If”.The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with

11、 one voice and thus make the world a better place.Read the text again and answer the questions.1 How is a virtual choir different from other choirs? Who can take part in it?2 What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir

12、?A virtual choir is different from other choirs because you dont need to be together and you dont need a studio. This means anyone can take part anywhere.He fell in love with classical music, when he was moved by Mozarts music at university for the first time. He was inspired to create the virtual c

13、hoir by a video in which a girl sings one of his works.Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline._July 2014Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. young people from countries sang “What If”.2009Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used singe

14、rs from different countries; received views on the Internet.19 Whitacre got a masters degree from the Juilliard School in New York.19 1995 Whitacre attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.2 January 19 Eric Whitacre was born.70889718512millions of2,2928023Learn more about music by completing the

15、 sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase. Then make a mind map about what music means to you.ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in loveenable stage studiooriginal prove onto opportunity1 Last night I went to see my friends new rock band on at a small local music fe

16、stival.2 This new pop song me of an old song that was sung by Billy White but later made popular by another singer.3 Im so happy! My favourite singer just won a music . This that all the she put into her work was worth it.performstageremindsoriginallyawardproveseffortordinary remind perform award ef

17、fort individual fall in loveenable stage studiooriginal prove onto opportunity4 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 e

18、ven 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.fell in loveenabledopportunitystudioordinaryontoindividualsRead the text again and fill in the following blanks.Nowadays t

19、he virtual choir is popular with people. They have the opportunity 1. _ (sing) together with hundreds of other people. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhereall you need is a video camera and 2._ Internet connection. They record themselves when 3._(perform) alone on video.These videos

20、 4._ (upload) onto the Internet, and then put together into one video. The virtual choir has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. Eric Whitacre, the creator of the virtual choir, fell in love 5._ music in the university. In 1997, he received a masters degree in musical comp

21、osition. Over the next 10 years, Whitacres original compositions began to become popular. This led to the 6._ (create) of the virtual choir. In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl 7._ was singing one of his works. 8._ (inspire), he founded his first virtual choir. Since then, the virtual choir

22、 9._ (become) a worldwide phenomenon. The virtual choir is making the world a 10._ (good) place.to singanperformingare uploadedwithcreationwho/thatInspiredhas becomebetterDiscuss the questions in groups. 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir? 2. Does a vir

23、tual choir really bring people together? Why or why not?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 disadvantage of not having everyone in the same place is that singers cannot react to each ot

24、her in the same way as they can in person.Although a virtual choir doesnt 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.Words and Phrasesvirtual adj.

25、_virtual choir _composition n. _ opportunity n. _perform vi. & vt. _performance n. _onto prep. _很接近的；事实上的；虚拟的机会；时机表演；演技；表现成分；（音乐、艺术、诗歌的）作品 表演；履行；执行虚拟合唱团（朝）向Words and Phrasesstudio n. _ordinary adj. _enable vt. _prove vt. _award vt. _ n. _composer n. _ fall in love with _演播室；（音乐的）录音棚；工作室证明；展现 作曲者；作曲家

26、使能够；使可能授予 奖品普通的；平凡的爱上Words and Phrasesoriginaladj. _ n. _phenomenon n. _stagen. _ _altogether adv. _thus adv. _ 原来的；独创的；原作的（发展或进展的）时期；阶段；（多指剧场中的）舞台（用以强调）全部；总共如此；因此现象原件；原作Words and Phrasesband n. _rap n. _ vi. & vt. _nowadaysadv. _ performer n. _conductor n. _ _ 乐队；带子表演者；演员（乐队、合唱团等的）指挥；（公共汽车的）售票员敲击；（

27、说唱歌中的）念白现在；目前快速敲击；说唱音乐Sentences1 Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone译文：想象一下，当你独自在家的时候，有机会和几百人一起唱歌。分析：该句为复合句。该句主句为：Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people。主句是以动词原形开头的祈使句。 while you are at home alone为while引导的时间状语从句。Sentences2 These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then the