1、Reading and ThinkingUnit 5 MusicWhat can music bring for us?offer us comfortrelease our pressuremake us relaxed and peaceful give us courage and powerkeep us company How do you enjoy and experience music? play instrumentInternetcompose musicthe live concertkaraokeCD/videothe real/ traditional choir/
2、chorusconductorsingers/performersvirtual choirreal/traditional choira group of people who sing togethermade to appear to exist by the use of computer softwareLook at the title of the passage,and expect what will be mentioned in the passage？ The passage is a /an _.A. Narration(记叙文)B. Argumentation(议论
3、文)C. Exposition(说明文)Exposition is a piece of writing to explain,describe,or give information. It answers the questions:what,how and why.What the virtual choir is and its significanceP1The creator of the virtual choirP3The influence of the virtual choirP2P4The creation and development of the virtual
4、choirTip2Pay attention to the first and the last sentence in every paragraph. record themselves member:place:equipment:procedures:Reasons:anyoneanywherea video camera and an Internet connectionupload the videos onto the Internetput many videos together into one videoRead Para.1 to find out what a vi
5、rtual choir is and how it works1988-1995in 19971997-2007in 1970Eric Whitacre An award-winning composer & conductorstudying music at the universitya master degree on musical composition was born in USAoriginal composition became popular Tip 3: ScanScanning is reading the text quickly to find specific
6、 information, such as numbers, names and dates.in 2014in 2009Eric Whitacre An award-winning composer & conductorfirst got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used _ singers from _ different countries; received more than _ views on the Internet.18512millions offormed the Virtual Y
7、outh Choir for UNICEF，_ young people from _ countries sang “What If”.229280Eric Whitacre An award-winning composer & conductorWith Erics continuous _, the virtual choir has become a _that has greater influence.worldwide phenomenoneffortpassion for musicpassion for musicprofessional professional back
8、groundbackgroundcontinuous effortscontinuous effortsthe development of the modern technologythe development of the modern technologyinspiration& inspiration& support from fanssupport from fansFrom the para.4, can you infer authors attitude of the virtual choir? A. Neutral(中立的)B. PositiveC. Negative“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.”感谢观看Thank You
