M2U5MusicTheVirtualChoirgiveuscourageandpowerkeepuscompanyofferuscomfortAreyoufondofmusic?Whatcanmusicbringus?releaseourpressuremakeusrelaxedandpeacefulchoir：agroupofpeoplewhosingtogether

realitychoirVirtualChoir

isaglobalphenomenon,creatinganonlinechoirthatbrings

togethersingersfromallovertheworld.Let’swatchananothertypeofchoirandshareyourfeelingsaboutitSkimthepassageandmatchthemainideapara:4TheinfluenceofthevirtualchoirTheintroductiontothevirtualchoirThevirtualchoirpara:1para:2ThecreatorofthevirtualchoirThispassageisa/an_______A.Narration

B.ArgumentationC.Expositionpara:3ThedevelopmentofthevirtualchoirReadPara1tofindoutwhatavirtualchoirisWhatisthevirtualchoirDefinitionEquipment（工具）processAvirtualchoirisagroupofpeoplesinging

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togetherintoone.recorduploadWhataretheadvantagesofthevirtualchoir?1.Helpsconnect__________________________.2.Helpspeoplemeetfriendswith____________________3.Givespeople_______________achoir.4.enablepeopletobecome______________________5.havea_____________________onthelivesofmanypeople.positiveinfluencepartoftheglobalcommunityachancetojointhesameinterestinmusicordinarypeopletogether“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaofvirtualchoir3.Thenameofhissong2.TheplacewherehestudiedmusicalcompositionEricWhitacre(p2,L2)Anaward-winningcomposerandconductorUniversityofNevada(P2,L2)“WhatIf”(P3,LASTLINE)2January19___EricWhitacrewasborn.19____-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegasandfellinlovewith________________________19__Whitacregotamaster'sdegreein__________________fromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.708897Readparagraph2-3andfillintheblanks.Mozart’sclassicalmusicmusicalcompositionoverthenext10yearsHisoriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequite_________2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused____singersfrom____differentcountries;received__________viewsontheInternet.____July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____youngpeoplefrom____countriessang“WhatIf”.18512millionsof23229280Readparagraph2-3andfillintheblanks.popularWhatmakesEric’svirtualchoirsuccessful?Doesavirtualchoirreallybringpeopletogether?Discussionpassionformusicprofessionalknowledgeandtalentinspirationandsupportfromfanscontinuouseffortsdevelopmentofthetechnology…HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”WhatmakesEric’svirtualchoirsuccessful?Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995,andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF.possibleanswers:Yes,peoplefromdifferentcountriesoragessingthesamesong,sharesimilarinterestsandvalues,whichmakesthemfeellikefamily…No,avirtualchoircannothavepeopletogetheronthesamestagewherepeoplecancommunicatefacetoface…Doesavirtualchoirreallybringpeopletogether?

1.LastnightIwenttoseemyfriend'snewrockband

___________on_______atasmalllocalmusicfestival.2.Thisnewpopsong__________meofanoldsongthatwas___________sungbyBillyWhitebutlatermadepopularbyanothersinger.3.I'msohappy!Myfavoritesingerjustwonamusic__________.This__________thatallthe__________sheputintoherworkwasworthit.performordinary remindperform awardeffort individualfallinloveenable stage studio originalprove onto opportunitystageremindsoriginallyawardproveseffortPost-reading：Exercise4.I_____________with

rapmusicwhenIwasateenager.Listeningtoit__________metorelaxandforgetaboutmyproblems.5.Fiveyearsago,hewasfinallygivena(n)______________torecordhissongata(n)__________.Eversince,hissuccesshasshowntheworldthateven___________peoplecanbecomefamous.6.Nowadaysmillionsofmusicalperformancesareuploaded________theInterneteverydaybydifferent___________whomayormaynotbeprofessionalmusiciansorsingers.fellinloveenabledopportunitystudioordinaryontoindividualsordinary remindperform awardeffort individualfallinloveenable stage studio originalprove onto opportunityPost-reading：ExerciseMusicistheuniversallanguageofmankind.Withoutmusic,lifeisajourneythroughadesert.Imaginehaving

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togetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.想象一下，獨自在家時，你可以和幾百個人一道引