1、1 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY The Virtual Choir 2 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Unit 5: Reading and Thinking-The Virtual Choir Lead-in Music plays an increasingly important role in our daily lives. What are the ways for people to experience/enjoy music? listen to CDs go to a concert play musical instruments sing songs
2、by yourselves There are countless other ways for us to experience, explore the beauty of music! 3 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Unit 5: Reading and Thinking-The Virtual Choir Predict according to the title 4 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Unit 5: Reading and Thinking-The Virtual Choir Read for the type of writing. What ty
3、pe of writing the text is? A. Narration 记叙文 B. Exposition 说明文 C. Argumentation 议论文 What; Who; How; Why purpose of writing: to give the readers some information about a certain topic. Task 1: Skim the text quickly, find out the type of writing of the text and match each para with the correct main ide
4、a. 5 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Unit 5: Reading and Thinking-The Virtual Choir Read for the structure. What is a Virtual Choir? Who created it? How was it created? Why was it created? (How does it influence us?) Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 6 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Unit 5: Reading and Thinking-The Virtual Ch
5、oir Read for the structure. What is a Virtual Choir? Who created it? How was it created? How did it affect us? Structure The definition The founder The development The influences benefits 7 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Read for Details: Para.1 What is a Virtual Choir? The The Virtual Virtual ChoirChoir Defini
6、tionDefinition BenefitsBenefits Task 2: Read paragraph 1 and finish the mind-map on your worksheet. 8 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Read for Details: Para.1 What is a Virtual Choir? The The Virtual Virtual ChoirChoir DefinitionDefinition BenefitsBenefits Who received _views on the Internet. 23 July 2014 Whitac
7、re formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _ young people from _countries sang “What If”. Please Scan paragraph 3 and then finish the timeline. 18512 millions of 2292 80 Was the virtual choir a success or a failure? a huge success / a worldwide phenomenon 24 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Para. 2-3 Who Creat
8、ed the Virtual Choir and How? 2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used _ singers from_ different countries; received _views on the Internet. 23 July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _ young people from _countries sang “What If”. Ple
9、ase read through paragraph 3 and then finish the timeline. 18512 millions of 2292 80 Why does the writer use so many numbers/data? What is the function? Listing specific figures can make our writing more Convincing and Persuasive 25 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Para. 3 How was the Virtual Choir created? In 20
10、09, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he asked his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one performance. His first virtual choir, Lux Aurumque, had 185 singers from 12 different countries. It has received millions of views on the Inter
11、net. Since then, the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. Whitacres next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF which was first seen o stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacres song “What If”. What factors 因素因素 mak
12、e it possible for the Virtual Choir to come into being 形成形成? inspiration from a girl support from his fans his continuous efforts The Virtual Choir What made Eric want to organize a virtual choir at the beginning? 26 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Whats the writers attitude towards the virtual choir? Para. 4 Ho
13、w did the virtual choir influence peoples life? The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place. conclusion Positive? Negative? or Neutral? 中立中立 Make Evaluations 评价评价 or Comments Positive What do writers usually do or inc
14、lude in the conclusion part? 27 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Further Thinking Q: Are there any disadvantages of the virtual choir? In a virtual choir concert, audience cant interact 互 动 with the singers. low involvement In a virtual choir, people can not have a face-to-face communication. A virtual choir depe
15、nd too much on the use of technology and the internet. the old and the young 28 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Summary Virtual Choir WhatWho HowInfluence *anyone can take part in it anywhere *record through video *upload onto the internet *put together into one video *Eric Whitacre *personal info. *learning exp
16、erience *inspiration *fans support *efforts *a wordwide phenomenon *a wonderful way to sing *make the world a better place 29 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Homework Level 1. Use what youve learnt today to write a letter on: 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友George想了解一些有关虚拟合唱 团的信息，请你给他写封邮件。内容包括： 1.写信目的； 2.介绍虚拟合唱团的好处； 3. 你的期待。 注意： 1.词数80左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Level 2. Create your own mini English virtual choir (2-4 persons) during the weekend with the help of some apps. 30 NEXT LEVEL COMPANY Thanks for Your Listening
