Period2ReadingandThinkingTextbookWordlist(thedetailedversion)ColorpensWhatdoyouknowaboutchoir/kwa??/?HowcancomputersandtheInternethelpusexperiencemusicdifferently?ComputersandtheInternet

Giveusaccesstomoresongsfromawiderrangeofgenres(kinds)HelpuscreatethesoundofanorchestraonourhomecomputerHelpuschangemusictosth.newLet’swatchananothertypeofchoirLookatthetitleandthepicture.Whatwillbeincludedinthepassage?1.Listentotheaudioandreadbyyourself,underlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.2.Summarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.3.Finishyourhandoutin10minutes.1ScanningScanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaofvirtualchoir3.Thenameofhissong.2.TheplacewherehestudiedmusicalcompositionEricWhitacre(p2,L2)UniversityofNevada(P2,L2)“WhatIf”(P3,LASTLINE)GeneralReading.2.Themainidea:Thetextmainlytalksaboutthedefinition,founder,______________and___________ofthe_____________.developmentinfluencevirtualchoir3.Themainideaofeachparagraph:Para.1______;Para.2______;Para.3______;Para.4_____.Whocreatedit?WhatisaVirtualChoir?Whatinfluencediditbringtous?Howwasitcreated?BADC1.Thispassageisa/an_______A.narration B.argumentation C.expositionCDetailedReading.Part1-Para1:Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosing

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hundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline---avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere---allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.1.What’sthefunctionofthefirstsentence---“Imaginehaving...alone”?A.Introducethetopic.B.Showtheauthor’sattitude.C.Attractthereaders’attention.2.Definition(定義)ofthevirtualchoir:Who:anyoneWhere:anywhereHow:__________________themselves;__________________onvideo;_______________ontotheInternet;_______________intoonevideoWhat:avideo__________;anInternet__________;donotevenneeda__________CrecordperformuploadputtogethercameraconnectionstudioPara1

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Why:no________________or______________;no__________tojoinalocalchoirSignificance:apositive__________________;forget__________________3.Howtounderstand“Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”(Para1,Line11)?4.Whydidtheauthorusedirectspeech(直接引語)inthelastsentence?DetailedReading.Part1-Para1:音樂讓我脫胎換骨。Tomakethepointmorepersuasive(有說服力的).closefriendscontactschanceinfluenceproblemsAvirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto…forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”n.熟人Para1

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TheVirtualChoirSignificanceDefinitionReasonsPersonPlaceProceduresEquipmentDefinition定義anyoneanywhere1.recordthemselves2.performaloneonvideo3.uploadvideosontotheInternet4.putvideostogetherintoone5.seeonline1.avideocamera2.anInternetconnection1.donothaveclosefriendsorcontactswho...2.donothavethechancetojoinalocalchoirReasonsPersonPlaceProceduresEquipment1.helpsconnect______________________2.helpspeoplemeetfriendswith_____________________3.givespeople_______________alocalchoir4.enablespeopletobecome__________________________5.hasa_________________onthelivesofmanypeoplepositiveinfluencepartoftheglobalcommunityachancetojointhesameinterestinmusicordinarypeopletogetherSignificance意義VirtualchoirRealitychoirFormPlaceIdentity(身份)ofsingersNumberofsingersvideoliveontheInternetonstage/inastudioordinarypeopleprofessionalsingersunlimitedlimitedDifferencesbetweenVCandRCDetailedReading.Part2-Para2+3:Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,"Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995andthenreceivedamaster'sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.1.WhatdoesEricmeanbysaying“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime”(Para2,Line4)?Byusingasimile(明喻),EricwantstoconveyhisexcitementwhenhewasmovedbyMozart'sclassicalmusic.那種興奮的感覺就如同是第一次看見色彩一樣。Para2

Whocreatedthevirtualchoir?topicsentenceDetailedReading.Part2-Para2+3:Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.BornintheUSAon2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart'sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Movedbythismusic,hesaid,"Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.Hegraduatedfromuniversityin1995andthenreceivedamaster'sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYorkin1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre'soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularamongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.2.WhatcausedEricWhitacretofallinlovewithclassicalmusic?(P53Ex33)?3.Inthesentence“Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.”,“this”refersto________________________________________________________;thefunctionofthissentence:____________________________________________________________.HefellinlovewithclassicalmusicwhenhewasmovedbyMozart’smusicatuniversityforthefirsttime.thepopularityofWhitacre'soriginalcompositionstransitionalsentence(過渡句，承上啟下---七選五考點(diǎn))Para2

Whocreatedthevirtualchoir?in1988in1995in1997on2Jan,1970wasbornintheUSABeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadagraduatedfromuniversityreceivedamaster'sdegreeinmusicalcompositionEricWhitacre

award-winningcomposerandconductoroverthenext10yearshisoriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularPara2

Whocreatedthevirtualchoir?DetailedReading.Part2-Para2+3:In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneofhisworks.Inspired,heaskedhisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtualchoir,"LuxAurumque",had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre’snexteffortwastheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFwhichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre'ssong"WhatIf".4.WhydidtheauthorusenumbersinPara3?Tomakethewordsmoreconvincingcomparedtoageneralintroduction.n.點(diǎn)擊量Howwasthevirtualchoircreated?SummaryEricWhitacreAnaward-winningcomposerandconductorin19701988-1995in1997in2009in20141997-2007was_____intheUSAstudied______inuniversityreceiveda_________degree____________________becamepopularbornfirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused____singersfrom___differentcountries;received___________viewsontheInternet.formedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____youngpeoplefrom___countriessang“Whatif”musicmaster'soriginalcomposition18512millionsof2292802January19___EricWhitacrewasborn.19__-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas.19__Whitacregotamaster'sdegreefromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused____singersfrom____differentcountries;received__________viewsontheInternet.____July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF.____youngpeoplefrom____countriessang“WhatIf”.70889718512millionsof23229280DetailedReading.Part2-Para2+3:5.PleasechoosethecorrectorderforthefollowingeventsofEricWhitacre．a(chǎn)．StudyingmusicattheuniversityofNevada．b．ConductingtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF．c．Receivingamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcomposition．d．Hisoriginalcompositionbecamepopularamongchoirsandsingers．A.a－c－b－d B.a－c－d－bC.c