Unit5MusicReadingandThinkingTheVirtualChoirLearningobjectivesBytheendofthisclass,youaresupposedto:1.figureoutthemainstructureofthepassagebyanalyzingthemainideaofeachpart.2.knowhowthevirtualchoirisformed.3.judgethewritingpurposeandintendedreaders.4.expressyourownideasonthegiventopicsthroughcreativethinking.Lead-inQ1:Whatarethewaysforyoutoexperiencemusic?Q2:Whatcanmusicbringforus?

Playinstrument,Liveconcert,Composemusic,listentoalbum.....releaseourpressuremakeuspeaceful

makeusenergetickeepuscompanyofferuscomfortLead-inWhoarethey？Wheredidtheysinginthevideo?Whatarethetypesofthemusicperformance?performersRealChoirconductoronthestageinamusichallvirtualchoir虛擬合唱團differentpeopleindifferentplacesVirtualChoirisaglobalphenomenon,creatinganonlinechoirthatbringstogethersingersfromallovertheworld.Inavirtualchoir,peoplecansingtogetherwithhundredsofothers,notactuallyexisting,butmadebycomputersandtheInternetwhiletheyareathomealone.madetoappeartoexistbytheuseofcomputersoftwarePre-reading1.PredictionFromthetitle,weknowthatthearticlemainlytalksabout__________whichisorganizedthrough_________,notthelivepeoplearoundyou.Sowecansaytalksaboutthe__________ofvirtualchoir.

Thetextmaybean________.

(narration記敘文/exposition說明文/argumentation議論文)2.Scan&circletheInternetinformationexpositionvirtualChoiritssignificance/benefits/uses/value/creation/influence1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir._______2.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition.____________3.Thenameofhissong.___________EricWhitacre(P2,L1)UniversityofNevada(P2,L2)“WhatIf”(P3,lastline)

ScanScanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames.While-reading3.matchtheparagraphwithitsmainidea.p1

Howwasitcreated?p2

WhatisaVirtualChoir?p3

Howdiditaffectus?p4

Whocreatedit?P1：Thedefinitionandinfluenceofthevirtualchoir.

P2：ThebriefintroductiontoEric.P3

：ThecontributionsmadebyEricinthevirtualchoir.

P4：Awonderfulwaytosingwithonevoice.

[變式1]What’sthestructureofthepassage?√While-reading【1】Imaginehavingtheopportunity

tosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperform

aloneonvideo.Thesevideosareuploadedonto

theInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartin

avirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinary

peopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenables

themtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasproved

tobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”1.Howavirtualchoirworks?Whocanjoinin:________Place:_________Equipment:___________MakingProcess:

①_____________________

②_____________________

③_____________________anyoneanywhereavideocamera,anInternetconnectionrecordthemselvesuploadvideosontotheInternetputvideostogetherintoone2.Whataretheadvantagesofthevirtualchoir?1.Helpsconnect__________________________.2.Helpspeoplemeetfriendswith____________________3.Givespeople_______________alocalchoir.4.enablepeopletobecome______________________5.havea_____________________onthelivesofmanypeople.ordinarypeopletogetherthesameinterestinmusicachancetojoinpartoftheglobalcommunitypositiveinfluence

[變式2]Ifyouwanttotakepartinavirtualchoir,whatdoyouneed?A.Avideocameraandsomeinstruments.B.Abandandsomeprofessionalsingers.C.AvideocameraandanInternetconnection.D.Amaster’sdegreeinmusicalcomposition.√[變式3]Whydoesthevirtualchoirprovetobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople?A.Ithelpstoconnectordinarypeopletogether.B.Itenablesthemtobepartoftheglobalcommunity.C.Ithelpsthemtofindthosewiththesameinterest.D.Itenablesthemtoforgettheirdailyproblemsforawhile.√While-reading【2】Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.While-reading

ScanP2,

Circle

thetimesandtrytofindoutwhathappenedtoEricWhitacre.EricWhitacre:anaward-winning________and____________

composerconductoroverthenext10years19971995popularmaster’sdegreeGraduatedLovePopularityknowlegeItwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttimeTheseledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.[變式4]What’sthecorrectorderforthefollowingeventsofEric?a.studyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadab.formingtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFc.receivingamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositiond.hisoriginalcompositionsbecamepopularamongchoirsandsingersA.a－c－b－d B.a－c－d－bC.c－b－d－a D.c－d－b－a√While-reading【3】In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtualchoir,“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre’ssong“WhatIf”.[變式5]Whatcanweinferfromthetext?A. InspiredbyMozart’sclassicalmusic，Whitacreaskedhisfanstomakevideos.B. Hisfirstvirtualchoirhad185singersfrom12differentcountries.C. WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFintheUSA.D. EricWhitacremadeagreatcontributiontothecreationofthevirtualchoir.√While-readingTimelineEvents

In______Inspired,LuxAurumquehad_______singersfrom___differentcountries.Ithasreceived_______ofviewsontheInternet.Sincethenthevirtualchoirhasbecomea___________________________.

________theVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFwasseenonstage.Altogether,_____________youngpeoplefrom_________countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre'ssong“WhatIf”18512millions2,29280200923July2014worldwidephenomenoQ1:Whatcanwelearnfromthenumbers?Thevirtualchoirreceivedgreat__________and____________successpopularityWhile-reading【4】Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.Canyouinfertheauthor’sattitudetowardsthevirtualchoir?Listthosesupportingwordsorsentences.A.Neutral(中立的)

B.Negative

C.Positive

D.Indifferent√表示支持、贊同的詞語:

positive(積極樂觀的)supportive(支持的)approving(贊許的)optimistic(樂觀的)表示否定、批評、質疑的詞語:

negative(否定的/消極的/負面的)critical(批評的)disapproving(不贊同的)suspicious(懷疑的)doubtful(感到懷疑的)pessimistic(悲觀的)

表示客觀、中立的詞語:

objective(客觀的)neutral(中立的、中性的)factual(基于事實的)表示主觀、冷漠的詞語:

subjective(主觀的)indifferent(不在乎的)uncaring(不在乎的)

1.提出

2.有機會做某事3.上傳到英特網4.網絡連接5.拼成一個視頻6.makesbbeabletodosth7.證明對...有積極的影響8.愛上9.大學畢業10.獲得碩士學位11.原創作曲12.讓世界變得更美好1.comeupwith/putforward2.havetheopportunitytodosth3.uploadontotheinternet4.internetconnection5.puttogetherintoonevideo6.enablesbtodosth7.provetobeapositiveinfluenceon8.fallinlovewith9.graduatefromuniversity10.receiveamaster’sdegree11.originalcompositions12.m