Unit5MusicPeriod1ReadingandThinkingTheVirtualChoirLearningaims1、Tolearnaboutexperiencingmusiconline2、Tolearnthemainideaofthetext.3、Toimprovethebasicreadingskillsespeciallyscan.4、Tofigureoutthemainstructureofthepassagebyanalyzingthemainideaofeachpart.5、Tojudgethewritingpurposeandintendedreaders.1.Musicplaysaveryimportantpart/roleinourdailylives?What’rethefunctionsofmusic?Toexpressourfeelingsandideas.Tomakeushappy,sad,calm,relaxedandrefreshed.Tocheerusupandgiveusconfidence,strength,inspirationandhope.Tocreateaspecial(happy,romantic,solemn莊嚴(yán)的...)environmentoratmosphere.Tohelppatientsrecover.Tohelppeoplegotosleep.Tohelpanimalsproducemoremilkormeat.Lead-in2.Whatarethetraditionalwaysforpeopletoexperiencemusic?ExperiencemusicattendliveconcertsListentoCDs/videosCompose創(chuàng)作

music...SingkaraokePlayinstrumentsLookatthepictureandthetitle,thenjudgethetypeofwritingandpredictwhatthetextisabout.

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Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontoInternetandthenputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.AnyonefromanywhereItcanhelp___________________.ordinarypeopletogetherReadPara1Task31.Whoisvirtualchoir’scomposer?EricWhitacre2.WhatgaveEricWhitacretheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?Readpara2-3toanswerthefollowingquestions.Hewasinspiredbyavideoinwhichagirlsingsoneofhisworks.TrytocompletethetimelineofEricWhitacre.01/02/197019881995200907/23/20141997bornattheUniversityofNevada,LasVegasreceiveamaster'sdegreegottheideaofcreatingvirtualchoirtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFTask4Task51.WhatisWhiracre'sfirstvirtualchoir?Howmanysingersdidthevirtualchoiruse?LuxAurumque.Answerthefollowingquestions.Itused185singersfrom12countries.2.WhatisEricWhitacre'ssecondeffort?TheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF..“Whatif”：2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesDiscussion①What’sthewriter’sattitudetowardsthevirtual

choir?②Whichexpositionmethodsdoestheauthorusetoshowhisattitude?①Thewriterfeelspositiveaboutthevirtualchoir.Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.(Para.4)Discussion②Whichexpositionmethodsdoestheauthorusetoshowhisattitude?Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone

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studio…(Paragraph1)contrasts(作比較)…Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether…Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto…forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”(Paragraph1)examples(舉例子)…Hisfirstvirtualchoir,“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre’ssong“WhatIf”.(Paragraph3)numbers(列數(shù)字)Discussion②Whichexpositionmethodsdoestheauthorusetoshowhisattitude?②Thewriteremphasizesitsgreatinfluencebydrawingacontrastbetweenavirtualchoirandalivechoir,givingexamples,andhighlightingimportantnumbers.OrganizationofthepassagePart1(Paragraph1)ThedefinitionandadvantagesofthevirtualchoirPart2(Paragraph2&3)ThecreationandperformancesofthevirtualchoirPart3(Paragrph4)ConclusionLearnmoreaboutmusicbycompletingthesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrase.ordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity1.LastnightIwenttoseemyfriend'snewrockband______on_____atasmalllocalmusicfestival.2.Thisnewpopsong______meofanoldsongthatwas_________sungbyBillyWhitebutlatermadepopularbyanothersinger.performstageremindsoriginallyAfter-readingordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity3.I'msohappy!Myfavouritesingerjustwonamusic_____.This_____thatallthe_____sheputintoherworkwasworthit.4.I_________withrapmusicwhenIwasateenager.Listeningtoit_______metorelaxandforgetaboutmyp