UNIT5READINGANDTHINKING课件高中英语人教版必修第二册

Unit5MusicPeriod2ReadingandThinking人教版（2019）必修二VideoTrueColors-CamdenVoicesQuestion:HowcancomputersandtheInternethelpusexperiencemusicdifferently?Lead-inVideoTrueColors-CamdenVoicesLookatthepictureonPage52

andthetitle,thenpredictwhatthetextisabout.Thetext:Thetextisaboutsomebackgroundinformationaboutthevirtualchoir.

predictThetitle:

Thevirtualchoir(虚拟合唱团)Question:Readthetextandmatchthemainideaofeachpart．Part1

A.Thecreatorofvirtualchoirandhisexperienceon(para1)musicexploration．Part2 B.Theconclusionofthevirtualchoir．(para2-3)Part3C.Backgroundinformationaboutthevirtualchoir．(para4)Fastreading答案：CABthestructureofthepassage.Task1:ReadPara1andfindoutthekeyelementsofformingavirtualchoir.AvirtualchoirwhowherewhyhowIntensivereadingImaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”paragraph1想象一下你独自在家就有机会与数百人一起歌唱。你可以在虚拟合唱团中做到这一点。虚拟合唱团成员在单独录制视频的同时进行录制他们自己。这些视频被上传到网上，然后被整合成一个你可以在线观看的视频——一个虚拟合唱团。任何人从任何地方都可以参加虚拟合唱团——你所需要的只是一台摄像机和互联网连接。你甚至不需要录音棚。虚拟合唱团有助于将普通人联系在一起。许多人没有对音乐有相同兴趣的亲密朋友或联系人。许多其他人没有机会参加当地的合唱团。虚拟合唱团使他们能够将自己的声音加入到其他人的声音中，并成为全球社区的一部分。事实证明，这对许多人的生活产生了积极影响。正如一位虚拟合唱团成员所说：“音乐可以帮助我……忘记我的烦恼。在音乐的帮助下，我变成了另一个人。”Translatepara1Task1：

ReadPara1andfindoutthekeyelementsofformingavirtualchoir.AvirtualchoirwhowherewhyhowAnyoneinterestedinmusiccantakepartinavirtualchoir.TheycanrecordthemselvesatanyplacewhiletheyperformandthenuploadtheirvideosontotheInternet.Theyjoininthevirtualchoirbecausetheyloveitandrelaxthemselves.IntensivereadingTask2Thinkaboutthequestion:Whatarethedifferencesbetweenavirtualchoirandarealitychoir?

Virtualchoir

Realitychoir

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Identityofsingers

Numberofsingers

Task2Thinkaboutthequestion:Whatarethedifferencesbetweenavirtualchoirandarealitychoir?video/recorded

liveontheInternet(atanyplace)

onstagenotlimitedlimitedtotherequiredprogrammeusuallyprofessionals

anyoneinterestedinmusic

1970198819951997overthenext10yearsTask3:ReadParagraph2anddescribeEricWhitacre’slifeexperienceaccordingtothetimeline.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.paragraph2虚拟合唱团是屡获殊荣的作曲家兼指挥家埃里克·惠塔克的创意。惠塔克于1970年1月2日出生在美国，1988年开始在内华达大学学习音乐。当他为大学合唱团唱歌时，他爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。他被这段音乐打动了，他说：“那种(兴奋的)感觉就如同第一次看见色彩一样。”他于1995年大学毕业，随后于1997年获得纽约茱莉亚音乐学院音乐创作硕士学位。在接下来的十多年里，惠塔克的原创作品在合唱团和歌手中开始流行。这促使了虚拟合唱团的创建。Translatepara21970198819951997overthenext10yearsTask3:ReadParagraph2anddescribeEricWhitacre’slifeexperienceaccordingtothetimeline.In1970,hewasborn.In1988,hestudiedattheUniversityofNevada.In1995,hegraduatedfromuniversity.In1997,heearnedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionbegantobecomequitepopular.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition.Thenameofhissong.EricWhitacreUniversityofNevada"WhatIf"Task4ReadParagraph3and4andanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?___________________________________________________(2)Doesthewriterholdapositiveattitudetowardthevirtualchoir?Howdoyouknow?___________________________________________________In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtualchoir,“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre’ssong“WhatIf”.Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.paragraph3-42009年，惠塔克收到了一个女孩在演唱他的作品的视频。受到启发，他让歌迷们制作视频，然后将视频合并到一个表演中。他的第一支虚拟合唱团《金色光芒》有来自12个不同国家的185位歌手。它在上收到数以万计的浏览量。从那时起，虚拟合唱团已成为一种全球现象。惠塔克的第二个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会“虚拟青年合唱团”，该合唱团于2014年7月23日在英国首次亮相。总共有来自80个国家的2292名青年参与演唱惠塔克的歌曲《假如》。虚拟合唱团是让全国各地的人用同一个声音唱歌，从而使整个世界变得更美好的绝妙方式。Translatepara3-4Task4ReadParagraph3and4andanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?___________________________________________________(2)Doesthewriterholdapositiveattitudetowardthevirtualchoir?Howdoyouknow?___________________________________________________(1)Hisbeinginspiredbyavideoinwhichagirlsingsoneofhisworksgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir.(2)Yes,thewriterholdsapositiveattitudetowardthevirtualchoir,becausehesays“Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace”.Task6Figureoutthestructureofthepassage.AvirtualchoirWhat

makesavirtualchoirWhocreatedthevirtualoriginallyHowhecreatedthevirtualchoir

InfluenceofthevirtualchoirExpand(P52)Readcarefullyandthenchoosethebestanswer.1．Whatistheattitudetowardsthevirtualchoir?A．Natural． B．Negative．C．Positive．

D．Unknown．2．Ifyouwanttotakepartinavirtualchoir,youneed________．A．avideocameraandsomeinstrumentsB．abandandsomeprofessionalsingersC．avideocameraandanInternetconnectionD．amaster’sdegreeinmusicalcomposition3.Whydoesthevirtualchoirprovetobeagoodinfluenceonlivesofpeople?A．Ithelpstoconnectordinarypeopletogether．B．Itenablesthemtobepartoftheglobalcommunity．C．Ithelpsthemtofindthosewiththesameinterest．D．Itenablesthemtoforgettheirdailyproblemsforawhile．4．PleasechoosethecorrectorderforthefollowingeventsofEricWhitacre．a．StudyingmusicattheuniversityofNevada．b．ConductingtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF．c．Receivingamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcomposition．d．Hisoriginalcompositionbecamepopularamongchoirsandsingers．A．a－c－b－d B．a－c－d－bC．c－b－d－a D．c－d－b－aExercise3Howisavirtualchoirdifferentfromotherchoirs?Whocantakepartinit?WhatcausedEricWhitacretofallinlovewithclassicalmusic?Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?Howisavirtualchoirdifferentfromotherchoirs?Whocantakepartinit?Avirtualchoirisdifferentfromotherchoirsbecauseyoudon'tneedtobetogetherandyoudon'tneedastudio.Thismeansanyonecantakepartanywhere.2.WhatcausedEricWhitacretofallinlovewithclassicalmusic?Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?HefellinlovewithclassicalmusicwhenhewasmovedbyMozart'smusicatuniversityforthefirsttime.Ilewasinspiredtocreatethevirtualchoirbyavideoinwhichagirlsingsoneofhisworks.Excise42January19____EricWhitacrewasborn.19____-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas.19____Whitacregotamaster'sdegreefromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.7088972009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused___________singersfrom ___________differentcountries;received____________viewsontheInternet.____July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____________youngpeoplefrom__________countriessang"WhatIf".18512millionsof23229280Excise51. LastnightIwenttoseemyfriend'snewrockband_________on_________atasmalllocalmusicfestival.2. Thisnewpopsong_________meofanoldsongthatwas_________sungbyBillyWhitebutlatermadepopularbyanothersinger.performLearnmoreaboutmusicbycompletingthesentenceswiththeco