ReadingandThinkingP52

Thevirtualchoirfamiliarorunfamiliar？

ThevirtualchoirTheVirtualChoirPredicting:

howwouldtheauthorexplainsomethingunfamiliar?

bygiving.....description,definition

example,figures(numbers)compare/contrastsmile/metaphor.Unit5MusicReading&ThinkingLearnmoreaboutmusicbycompletingthesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrase.ordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontooppotunity1.LastnightIwenttoseemyfriend'snewrockband______on_____atasmalllocalmusicfestival.2.Thisnewpopsong______meofanoldsongthatwas_________sungbyBillyWhitebutlatermadepopularbyanothersinger.performstageremindsoriginallyordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontooppotunity3.I'msohappy!Myfavouritesingerjustwonamusic_____.This_____thatallthe_____sheputintoherworkwasworthit.4.I_________withrapmusicwhenIwasateenager.Listeningtoit_______metorelaxandforgetaboutmyproblems.5.Fiveyearsago,hewasfinallygivena(n)_________torecordhissongata(n)_____.Eversince,hissuccesshasshowntheworldthateven_______peoplecanbecomefamous.6.Nowadaysmillionsofmusicalperformancesareuploaded____theInterneteverydaybydifferent_________whomayormaynotbeprofessionalmusiciansorsingers.awardproveseffortfellinloveenabledoppotunitystudioordinaryontoindividualsMusicistheuniversallanguageofmankind.—HenryWadsworthLongfellowvirtualchoirWhat’sit?Whocanuseit?Whatcanitdo?

Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontoInternetandthenputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.AnyonefromanywhereItcanhelp___________________.ordinarypeopletogetherReadPara1Task31.Whoisvirtualchoir’scomposer?EricWhitacre2.WhatgaveEricWhitacretheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?Readpara2-3toanswerthefollowingquestions.Hewasinspiredbyavideoinwhichagirlsingsoneofhisworks.TrytocompletethetimelineofEricWhitacre.01/02/197019881995200907/23/20141997bornattheUniversityofNevada,LasVegasreceiveamaster'sdegreegottheideaofcreatingvirtualchoirtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFTask4Let’sfindoutthestructureofthistext.Anyonecantakepartinit.recordthroughvideouploadontotheInternetputtogetherintoonevideoonlineWhatInfluenceWhoHowEricWhitacrepersonalinformationlearningexperiencelearncompositioninspiredbyagirlaworldwidephenomenonawonderfulwaytosingmaketheworldabetterplaceVirtualchoir

WhatisaVirtualChoir?

Whocreatedit?Howwasitcreated?Howdiditaffectus?TheVirtualChoirDefinitionSignificancePersonReasonsPlaceProcessEquipmentAnyoneAnywhererecordthemselvesperformaloneonvideouploadvideosontotheInternetputvideostogetherintooneseeonline

avideocameraanInternetconnectiondonot

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ofotherindividualsbecomepartoftheglobalcommunitybeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeoplehelpconnectordinarypeopletogetherP1Step2:Languagepoints

Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline—avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere—allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.Avirtualchoirhelpsconnectordinarypeopletogether.Manypeopledonothaveclosefriendsorcontactswhohavethesameinterestinmusic.Manyothersdonothavethechancetojoinalocalchoir.Avirtualchoirenablesthemtoaddtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.Asonevirtualchoirmembersaid,“Musichelpsmeto...forgetmyproblems.Withmusic,Ibecomesomeoneelse.”Para1theopportunity/chancetodosth做某事的機(jī)會(huì)prove(tobe)...證明是...provethat...證明...Itisprovedthat...據(jù)證明...provesthtosb向某人證明某事wasbornintheUSAbeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadafellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositiongraduatedfromuniversityhisoriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopularP2WhatisaVirtualChoir?

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

Whocreatedit?Howwasitcreated?Howdiditaffectus?Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.Moved

bythis

music,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”HisdeeplovefortheMozart'sclassicalmusichisoriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopular

amongchoirsandsingers.TransitionalsentenceIthasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.例2：已經(jīng)證明如果沒(méi)有氧氣，大腦就會(huì)死。Ithasbeenprovedthatthebrainwildiewithoutoxyen.influencen.影響,勢(shì)力；v.影響；改變influenceon/oversb./sth.對(duì)......的影響改錯(cuò)：Thefactthatheisrichandfamoushadnoinfluenceinourdecision.例3：這足以證明誠(chéng)實(shí)守信的大有人在。Itjustproves(that)therearehonestguysoutthere.onIthasprovedtobeapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofmanypeople.【辨析】affect,influenceaffect&influence意義相近affect一般指生理、物質(zhì)上的改變influence較多用于指感覺(jué)、態(tài)度上的改變

例1：喝酒會(huì)影響你的駕駛能力。Drinkingcan_____yourabilitytodrive.affect例2