高中英语专题 Unit 5 Section Ⅰ　课文研读

1、 没有音乐的世界是不可想象的，不管有没有意识到，音乐在我们每个人的生活中扮演一个重要的角色。通过音乐，孩子可以进入一个美丽的世界，从内心表达自己，感受独自做事的喜悦，学会照顾别人，发展思想，并使身体强健。MusicTo me，life without music would not be exciting.I realize that this is not true for everybody.Many people get along quite well without going to the concert，and listening to the record.But music

2、plays an important part in everyones life，whether he realizes it or not.Try to imagine，for example，what films or TV plays would be like without music.Would the feelings，the moving plot，and the greatest interests，be so exciting or dramatic？Im not sure about it.Now，we have been speaking of music in it

3、s more common meaningthe kind of music we hear in the concert hall.But if we look at some parts of music more closely，we discover them in our everyday life tooin the rhythm of the sea，the melody of a bird in the woods and so on.So music surely has meaning for everyone，in some way or other.And，of cou

4、rse，it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.It is well said，“Through music a child enters into a world of beauty，expresses himself from his heart，feels the joy of doing things alone，learns to take care of others，develops his mind and makes

5、his body strong.”阅读障碍词1plot n. 情节2dramatic adj.给人深刻印象的3melody n旋律诱思导读1What does the writer mainly talk about in the text? 2What is the third paragraph mainly about? Section Listening and Speaking & Reading and ThinkingComprehending.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思()1.energyAn.灵魂；心灵()2.soul Bn.成分；(音乐、艺术、诗歌的)作品()3.virt

6、ual Cn.机会；时机()position Dn.能源；能量；精力()5.opportunity Eadj.很接近的；事实上的；虚拟的()6.nowadays Fadv.(用以强调)全部；总共()7.altogether Gn.现象()8.phenomenon Hadj.原来的；独创的；原作的 n原件；原作()9.original Iadj.普通的；平凡的()10.ordinary Jadv.现在；目前.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思A好几百的，许许多多的 B爱上C参加，加入 D第一次E对感兴趣F毕业于()1.The first time he saw her，he fell in love w

7、ith her.()2.They danced and danced until a lot of us joined in.()3.Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.()4.I graduated from Yale University 5 years ago.()5.House prices are rising for the first time since November.()6.Of course.If you have interest in it，we will begin tomorrow.第一步速读了

8、解文章主题和段落大意速读P52教材课文，选择最佳答案What is the main idea of the text?AIntroduction of the virtual choir.BWays to study musical composition.CPerformances on video and the Internet.DWhitacres works and performances.第二步细读把控文章关键信息细读P52教材课文，选择最佳答案1What is needed for you to take part in a virtual choir?AA studio.B

9、A local choir.CA video camera. DA small band.2Who is the first man to come up with the idea for a virtual choir?AMozart. BWhitacre.CNevada. DJuilliard.3When did Whitacre graduate from the University of Nevada?AIn 1970. BIn 1988.CIn 1995. DIn 1997.4What is the name of Whitacres first virtual choir?AW

10、hat If.BThe Virtual Youth Choir.CEric Whitacre.DLux Aurumque.第三步研读能力升华 接轨高考根据P52教材课文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式Have you imagined 1._(sing) together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone? In fact，you can do this in a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywher

11、e and all you need is 2._ video camera and an Internet connection.A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together and 3._(enable) them add their voices to those of other individuals 4. _(become) part of the global community.Eric Whitacre，5._(bear) in the USA on 2 January 1970，came up with the idea of the virtual choir.He graduated 6._ university in 1995 and then received a 7._(master) degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years，Whitacres 8._(origin) compositions began to become quite popular among choirs a