Unit5MusicPeriod2ReadingandThinkingHowcancomputersandtheInternethelpusexperiencemusicdifferently?1.canhelpusexperienceawiderangeofmusicalgenres.2.givesusaccesstomillionsofsongsfrommanydifferentgenres,sowecanfindexactlywhatwelike.3.Computertechnologytodaycanalsohelpuscreatethesoundofanorchestraonourhomecomputer.4.canhelpuschangemusictosomethingnew,likethevirtualchoir5.自行腦補Howdoyouenjoyandexperiencemusic?playinstrumentinternetTVtheliveconcertkaraoke

Inwhat

wayscanweenjoymusic?listentoCDsenjoymusiconTV/theradiogotoaconcert/liveperformancestreammusicontheInternetHowdoyouenjoyandexperiencemusic?playinstrumentinternetcomposemusictheliveconcertkaraokeCD/videoHaveyoueverheardofvirtualchoir?Let’swatchashortvideotoknowmoreaboutthevirtualchoir.Thearticlemainlytalksabout______________________________

,Soitmaybean__________.(narration/exposition/argumentation)Task1:Lookatthepictureandthetitle,andpredictwhatthetextisabout,thenjudgethetypeofwritingexpositionsomeinformationofvirtualchoiritsformation,signification/benefits/uses/value/creation/influence,etc.Step1.Pre-readingActivity3:ReadPara1tofindouthowavirtualchoirworks.ScanningScanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaofvirtualchoir3.Thenameofhissong.2.TheplacewherehestudiedmusicalcompositionEricWhitacre(p2,L2)UniversityofNevada(P2,L2)“WhatIf”(P3,LASTLINE)VirtualchoirRealitychoirFormlivePlacestageofmusichallIdentityofsingersNumberofsingerslimitedtotherequiredprogrammeInfluenceonsingersmanypeopleassingers(becomingpartoftheglobalcommunity)videoInternet(home/anywhere)ordinarypeopleprofessionalsmusiciansnotlimitedonlythosewhohavethecompetenceoropportunitytogiveperformanceReadparagraph1andmakedifferencebetweenthevirtualchoirandtherealitychoir.2January19___EricWhitacrewasborn.19__-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas.19__Whitacregotamaster'sdegreefromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused____singersfrom____differentcountries;received__________viewsontheInternet.____July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____youngpeoplefrom____countriessang“WhatIf”.70889718512millionsof23229280Readparagraph2-3andfillintheblanks.Readparagraph4andanswerthefollowingquestion.Thevirtualchoiris

awonderfulwayforpeople

aroundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceand

thusmaketheworldabetterplace.What’sthewriter’sattitudetowardsthevirtual

choir?Thewriterfeelspositiveaboutthevirtualchoir.aworldwidephenomenonawonderfulwaytosingmaketheworldabetterplaceWhat’stheinfluenceofthevirtualchoir?wasbornintheUSAbeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadafellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositiongraduatedfromuniversityhisoriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularP2WhatisaVirtualChoir?

Whocreatedit?Howwasitcreated?Howdiditaffectus?EricWhitacreon2Jan,1970in1988in1995in1997Overthenext10yearsaward-winningcomposerandconductorWhatisaVirtualChoir?

Whocreatedit?Howwasitcreated?Howdiditaffectus?Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.Moved

bythis

music,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”HisdeeplovefortheMozart'sclassicalmusichisoriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopular

amongchoirsandsingers.TransitionalsentenceCirclethetimesinPara.2andtrytofindoutwhathappenedtoEricWhitacre.Jan.

2,

1970BornintheUSA1988StudiedmusicattheUniversityofNevada1995Graduatedfromuniversity1997Receivedamaster’sdegreeOverthenext10yearsHiscompositionsbecamepopularloveknowledgepopularityThisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoirEric

Whitacre

An

award-winning

composer&conductorWhatmakesthevirtualchoirsuccessful?passionformusicprofession&talentinspiration&supportfromfans

continuouseffortsStep4.Post-reading1.Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofbeingamemberofavirtualchoir?

Theadvantagesofbeinginavirtualchoirarethatitisveryeasytogetlotsofpeopleindifferentplacestogetherquicklyandcheaply.However,adisadvantageofnothavingeveryoneinthesameplaceisthatsingerscannotreacttoeachotherinthesamewayastheycaninperson.課本P53Discussthequestionsingroups.2.Doesavirtualchoirreallybringpeopletogether?Whyorwhynot?

Althoughavirtualchoirdoesn’tbringpeopletogetherphysically,Ithinkitstillhelpsbringpeopletogether,becausetheycanbefromdifferentcountriesandcultures,butstilljointogethereasilytosharetheloveofmusic.課本P53Discussthequestionsingroups.Manypeoplewhiletheyareathomealoneimagine1.

(have)theopportunity2._(sing)togetherwithothers,3.

wasrealizedbyavirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartin4.

fromanywhereanddoesnotneedastudio.It5.

(prove)tobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Aw