1、Book2 Unit5 Music Reading and Thinking S Sing ing the song the song together together Warming-up Music Music plays an important part plays an important part in our in our lives.lives. Do you know the ways people experience music? Attend live concerts Listen to CD/video Compose musicCompose music . s
2、 sing ing songssongs Play Play instrumentinstrument Nowadays, Computers and the Internet have entered almost every family in the world. How can they help us experience music differently? Computers/ the Internet The Internet gives us access to more songs from different genres We can create the sound
3、of an orchestra on our home computer They help us change music to something new Pre-reading Now we can experience a wide range of musical styles Have you heard of the virtual choir? It is a new product of the Internet. Virtual Choir is a global phenomeno n, joining singers from all over the world. W
4、atch a video and experience What do you think of the virtual What do you think of the virtual choir?choir? Look at the picture and the title and predict what the text will be about. Pre-reading In a virtual choir, people can sing together with hundreds of others while they are at home alone. Scan an
5、d circle the information in the Scan and circle the information in the text.text.1. The man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir. Eric Whitacre University of Nevada 2. The place where he studied musical composition. 3. The name of his song. “What If ” Scan Scan a text to find important info
6、rmation such as dates, numbers, and names. THE VIRTUAL CHOIR who where what how why Read to get the main idea Read to get the main ideaPara 1: Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir
7、members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see onlinea virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhereall you need is a video camera and an Internet connecti
8、on. where what who how A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individua
9、ls and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.” why THE VIRTUAL CHOIR who where what how why Read to get the main idea What a
10、bout the other three paragraphs? Read to get the main idea Background information Eric Whitacre and his works. why Topic sentence Make difference between the virtual Make difference between the virtual choir and the reality choir.choir and the reality choir. Virtual choirVirtual choirReality choirRe
11、ality choir PlacePlacestage of music stage of music hallhall Identity of singers Number of singers Influence on singers many people as singers (becoming part of the global community) videovideo Internet (home/anywhere) ordinary people professionals musicians not limited not limited only those who ha
12、ve the competence or opportunity to give performance limited to the required programme FormForm livelive Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. How 1. How is a virtual choir different is a virtual choir different from from other choir? Who other choir? Who can take part in can take part in
13、 it?it? A virtual choir is different from other choirs because you dont need to be together and you dont need a studio. This means anyone can take part anywhere. 2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir? He fell
14、in love with classical music when he was moved by Mozarts music at university for the first time. He was inspired to create the virtual choir by a video in which a girl sings one of his works. Find numbers and dates to fill in the timeline. 2 January 19_ Eric Whitacre was born. 19_-1995 Whitacre att
15、ended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 19_ Whitacre got a masters degree from the Julliard School in New York 2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used _ singers from _ different countries; received _ views on the Internet. _ July 2014 Whitacre formed th
16、e Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _ young people from_ countries sang What if”. 7070 8888 9797 185 1212 millions ofmillions of 2323 2,292 8080 Try to introduce Eric Whitacre according to the timeline. 01/02/01/02/ 19701970 1988198819951995 20092009 07/23/07/23/ 20142014 bornborn 19971997 the Univers
17、ity of Nevada, Las Vegas master master degree degree in.in. got the got the idea idea for., for., used., used., receivedreceived. the Virtual Youth the Virtual Youth Choir Choir for., for., “What What if”if” Learn more about music by completing Learn more about music by completing the sentences with
18、 the correct forms the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase. of the words and phrase. ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity 1. Last night I went to see my friends new rock band _ on_ at a small local music
19、 festival. performstage ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity 2. This new pop song _ me of an old song that was _ sung by Billy White but later made popular by another singer. 3. I m so happy! My favorite singer just won a mu
20、sic _. This _ that all the _ she put into her work was worth it. reminds originally award proveseffort 4. I _ with rap music when I was a teenager. Listening to it _ me to relax and forget about my problems. 5. Five years ago, he was finally given a(n) _ to record his song at a(n) _. Ever since, his
21、 success has shown the world that even _ people can become famous. 6. Nowadays millions of musical performances are uploaded _ the Internet every day by different _who may or may not be professional musicians or singers. fell in love enabled opportunitystudio ordinary onto individuals Does a virtual
22、 choir really bring people together? Why or why not? Post-reading Discuss with your groups and make a mind map about music based on what you have learned in this unit. ExampleExample Virtual choir What Who How Influence Anyone can take part in it. record through video upload onto the Internet put together into one video online Eric Whitacre Personal information Learning experience learn composition inspired by a girl a worldwide phenomenon a wonderful way to sing make the world a better place
