Unit5MusicReadingandThinking

LanguageCompetenceMastervocabularyrelatedtomusic,andsummarizethetextaboutvirtualchoirsintermsofkeydetailsandoverallideas.LearningAbilityEmployreadingstrategiesandextractinformationfromthetexttoenhancetheirautonomousreadingcapacity.CulturalAwarenessRecognizethediversityandglobalinfluenceofmusic,andunderstandhowmusiccanbreakculturalboundaries.ThinkingQualityAnalyzethedevelopmentofvirtualchoirsinthetext,anddevelopcriticalthinkingtoformpersonalviewsonmusic-technologyintegration.LearningObjectivesTeachingFocusMastermusic-relatedvocabularyandgraspthestructureandmaincontentofthetextaboutvirtualchoirs,whileunderstandingthelanguageexpressionsusedtodescribemusicalartandculturalcommunication.TeachingChallengesEnablestudentstodeeplyunderstandthesignificanceofvirtualchoirsinpromotingculturalintegration,andguidethemtousecriticalthinkingtoanalyzetheimpactoftechnologicaldevelopmentontheartofmusic.TeachingFocusandTeachingChallengesPart1Listening&SpeakingActivity1Beforeyoulisten,discussthequestioningroups.1Whatarethepeopledoinginthepicturesbelow?1234Themanisconductinganorchestra.Thewomanisplayingthe

guqin.Themanisplayingtheguitar.Themenaresingingorrappinginto

microphones.Activity21234A.Chinesetraditional B.classical C.countrymusic D.hip-hop1

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BACDMatchthepictureswiththecorrecttypesofmusic.Activity3Areporterfromtheschoolnewspaperisinterviewingstudentsaboutmusic.Listentotheinterviews.Drawlinesbetweenthewordstomakecompletesentences.Somewordswillnotbeused.1.Thefirststudentlikesto2.Thesecondstudentlikesto3.ThethirdstudentlikestodancetolistentoplaysingChinesetraditionalsongs.classicalmusic.hip-hopmusic.countrymusic.Activity4Thereporterparaphrasedsomeoftheanswersthestudentsgavehim.Listentotheinterviewsagainandcompletethesentenceswiththewordsyouhear.1A:Countrymusictouchesmyheart.

B:Soyoulikemusicthat’s

of

?2

A:WhenIlistentohip-hop,Ijusthavetomove!

B:Soitmakesyouwantto

.3

A:ClassicalmusicmakesmefeellikeI’msittingbesideaquietstreamandenjoyingnature.

B:Sotoyou,it’s

and

?feelingfulldancepeacefulbeautifulActivity5Discussthesequestionswithyourclassmates.1

Dothesetypesofmusicmakeyoufeelthesameasthestudents?Whyorwhynot?Classicalmusicalsomakesmefeel

relaxedbecauseIalsofinditpeaceful

andbeautiful.2

Whattypeofmusicdoyounotlike,andhowdoesitmakeyoufeel?Idon’tlikeheavymetalmusicatall.It’stooloudandfast.Itgivesmeaheadache!Activity6Talkinpairs.Intervieweachotheraboutmusic.Usethepicturesbelowforideas.EXAMPLE

A:Whatkindofmusicdoyoulike?B:Iliketechnomusic.A:Whatmakesitsospecialtoyou?B:IliketolistentoitwhenIexercise.

Itgivesmeenergy.PipastringedinstrumentBagpipeswindinstrumentPart2Reading什么是合唱？為什么要合唱？Lookatthetitleandpicture.

What'savirtualchoir?Thevirtualchoirisanassemblyofgeographicallydispersed

(分散的)

singersperformingchoralworks(合唱作品)togetherthroughwebtechnology.Skimmingforthemainideaoftheeachparagraph.Thedefinition:WhatisaVirtualChoir?Thefounder:Whocreatedit?Thecreation:Howwasitcreated?Theinfluence:Howdiditaffectus?Readpara.1andfindtheinformation.ProcessAvirtualchoirisagroupofpeoplesinging

________butconnectedtogetherthroughthe

.PlaceMemberavideocameraand______themselves;______thevideosontotheInternet;putmanyvideostogetherintoone.DefinitionEquipment________aloneInternetrecordupload________anyoneanywhereThevirtualchoir

InternetconnectionSignificancehelpconnectordinarypeopletogetherenablethemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsbecomepartoftheglobalcommunitybeapositiveinfluenceinthelivesofmanypeopleReadpara.2-3andfindtheinformation.2January19__EricWhitacrewasborn.19__—1995Whitacre______________intheUniversityofNevada.19__Whitacregot__________________________________fromtheJuilliardSchoolinNewYork.2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused_____singersfrom____differentcountries；receivedmorethan_____________viewsontheInternet.__July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF.Altogether,________youngpeoplefrom____countriessang“whatIf”.18512millionsof2,29280studiedmusicamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcomposition70889723Readpara.4andanswerthequestion.Thevirtualchoirisawonderfulwayforpeoplearoundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceandthusmaketheworldabetterplace.Q1:What’sthewriter’sattitudetowardsthevirtualchoir?Thewriterfeelspositiveaboutthevirtualchoir.Q2:Isthereanyotherevidencefromthetexttosupportthisidea?Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblem.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”FurtherthinkingDiscussingroupsThevirtualchoirhasgainedworldwidepopularity.Findsupportingevidence(支撐例證)inthetext.ABCDEric'senthusiasm(熱情)&capabilityformusicThedevelopmentoftheInternet&technologyTheinspiration&supportfrommusicloversThedesire&loveofmusicsharingLearnmoreaboutmusicbycompletingthesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrase.ordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity1. LastnightIwenttoseemyfriend'snewrockband_________on_________atasmalllocalmusicfestival.2. Thisnewpopsong_________meofanoldsongthatwas_________sungbyBillyWhitebutlatermadepopularbyanothersinger.3.I'msohappy!Myfavouritesingerjustwonamusic_______.This_________thatallthe_________sheputintoherworkwasworthit.performremindsoriginallystageawardeffortprovesordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity4.I_____________withrapmusicwhenIwasateenager.Listeningtoit_________metorelaxandforgetaboutmyproblems.5.

Fiveyearsago,hewasfinallygivena(n)___________torecordhissongata(n)_________.Eversince,hissuccesshasshowntheworldthateven_________peoplecanbecomefamous.6. Nowadaysmillionsofmusicalperformancesareuploaded_________theInterneteverydaybydifferent____________whomayormaynotbeprofessionalmusiciansorsingers.fellin

loveenabledopportunityordinaryontostudioindividualsPart3LanguagePointsprovevt.證明；展現(xiàn)provesth.(tosb.)/prove(tosb.)+從句（向某人）證明……provesb./oneself(tobe)+n./adj.證明某人是……Itisprovedthat...

證明是……provebeyonddoubt

確鑿證明）proveuseful/helpful

證明有用/有幫助）proof n.證據(jù)，證明v.證實，證明練習：Theevidence________beyonddoubtthathewasinnocent.

provedawardvt.授予n.獎品win/get/receiveanaward(forsth.)（因某事）贏得/獲得/得到獎項givesb.anaward給某人頒獎 anawardpresentation/ceremony頒獎；頒獎儀式awardsb.sth.(for...)/awardsth.tosb.(for...)（因……）授予/獎勵某人某物；（因……）把某物判給某人練習：The_______ceremonywillbeheldnextmonth.awardopportunityn.機會；時機opportunitytodosth.

做某事的機會opportunityof/for...

……的機會offer/get/miss/lose/seizeanopportunity提供/得到/錯過/失去/抓住機會takethe/thisopportunitytodosth.利用這個機會做某事create/generateopportunities

創(chuàng)造機會練習：Youshouldtakethis___________toshowcaseyourtalent.opportunityperformv.演出，表演，演奏 vt.做；履行；執(zhí)行performanoperation/anexperiment

做手術(shù)/做實驗performone’spromise

履行某人的諾言performone’sduty

盡某人的職責performonstage

登臺表演

performwell/badly

表現(xiàn)好/差

performance n.表演；表現(xiàn)練習：Therobotcan_________complextasksindependently.performenablevt.使能夠；使可能enablesb.todosth.

使某人能夠做某事enablesth.