1、Reading&ThinkingHow do you enjoy and experience music?play instrumentinternetcompose musicthe live concertkaraokeCD/videoVirtual ChoirLook at the picture and the title,then judge the type of writing and predict what the text is about.The article mainly talks about _,So it may be an _.(narration/expo
2、sition/argumentation)expositionsome information of virtual choirWhats virtual choir?Skim and match the paragraph with its general idea.D.The development of the virtual choirA.The value of the virtual choirB.The introduction of the virtual choirC.The person who created the virtual choirPara.4Para.1Pa
3、ra.2Para.3Imagine 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 members record themselves while they perform alone on video.These videos are uploaded onto the Internet,and then they are put together
4、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 connection.You do not even need a studio.A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together.Many people do not have close friends or contacts
5、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 individuals and become part of the global community.It has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people.As one virtual choi
6、r member said,“Music helps me to.forget my problems.With music,I become someone else.”Read Para.1 and answer the following questions.1.What is the definition of“a virtual choir”?2.What do you need if you take part in a virtual choir?3.What are the advantages of a virtual choir?Imagine having the opp
7、ortunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone.You can do this in a virtual choir.Virtual choir 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
8、online a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection.You do not even need a studio.1.What is the definition of“a virtual choir”?Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you ar
9、e at home alone.You can do this in a virtual choir.Virtual choir 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 online a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from
10、anywhere all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection.You do not even need a studio.2.What do you need if you take part in a virtual choir?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 ot
11、hers do not have the chance to join a local choir.A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individuals 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
12、problems.With music,I become someone else.3.What are the advantages of a virtual choir?3.What are the advantages of a virtual choir?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
13、 chance to join a local choir.A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individuals 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,
14、I become someone else.”give an example 说明方法：说明方法：举例子举例子quotation 说明方法：作引用说明方法：作引用Person&PlaceProcedure(过程过程)EquipmentAdvantages1.Helps people _ with _ _.2.Helps connect _.3.Enable people _ _.4.Has _ the lives of many people.Anyone&AnywhereRecordUploadPut togetherSeeCamera&Internet connectionsing tog
15、ertherhundredsto become a part of globlecommunitya positive influence onSummaryof other peopleordinary people togetherRead Para.1 again and answer the following questions.Q:How is a virtual choir differ from reality choirs?VCRCFormlivePlacestage of music hallSingersanyone/ordinary people Number of s
16、ingerslimitedvideoInternet/home/anywheremusicians/professionalsnot limitedScan Para 2-3 and find the information.1.The man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir:“What If”University of NevadaEric Whitacre2.The place where he studied musical composition:3.The name of his song:Tip:ScanningScan
17、a text to find important information such as dates,numbers,and names.The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.Born in the USA on 2 January 1970,Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with Mozarts classical music w
18、hen he sang for the university choir.Moved by this music,he said,“It was like seeing color for the first time.He graduated from university in 1995,and then received a masters degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years,Whitacres original composi
19、tions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers.This led to the creation of the virtual choir.In 2009,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
20、.Lux Aurumque,had 185 singers from 12 different countries.It has received millions of views on the internet.Since then,the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon.Whitacres next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF,which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK.Altogether,2
21、,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacres song“What if”.1.In what order does the writer introduce Eric Whitacre?4.Why does the author use these numbers in Para.3?3.What led to the creation of the virtual choir?2.Paraphrase the first sentence.Read Para.2-3 and answer the followi
22、ng questions.The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.Born in the USA on 2 January 1970,Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with Mozarts classical music when he sang for the university choir.Moved by this music
23、,he said,“It was like seeing color for the first time.He graduated from university in 1995,and then received a masters degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years,Whitacres original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and sin
24、gers.This led to the creation of the virtual choir.In 2009,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 countrie
25、s.It has received millions of views on the internet.Since then,the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon.Whitacres next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF,which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK.Altogether,2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Wh
26、itacres song“What if”.1.In what order does the writer introduce Eric?Time order说明文叙说明文叙述方法：述方法：时间顺序时间顺序2.Paraphrase the first sentence.The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.Born in the USA on 2 January 1970,Whitacre began studying music at the Universit
27、y of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with Mozarts classical music when he sang for the university choir.Moved by this music,he said,“It was like seeing color for the first time.”He graduated from university in 1995,and then received a masters degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in
28、 New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years,Whitacres original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers.This led to the creation of the virtual choir.段首句概段首句概括下文，括下文，统领全段统领全段He is a successful artist.3.What led to the creation of the virtual choir?注意注意this的的指代作用，指代作用，段尾句起承段尾句
29、起承上启下作用上启下作用The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.Born in the USA on 2 January 1970,Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988.He fell in love with Mozarts classical music when he sang for the university choir.Moved by this music,
30、he said,“It was like seeing color for the first time.”He graduated from university in 1995,and then received a masters degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.Over the next 10 years,Whitacres original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and sin
31、gers.This led to the creation of the virtual choir.In 2009,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 countr
32、ies.It has received millions of views on the internet.Since then,the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon.Whitacres next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF,which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK.Altogether,2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing
33、Whitacres song“What if”.4.Why does the author use these numbers in Para.3?说明方法：说明方法：列数字列数字It is more convincing to use data.SummaryEric WhitacreAn award-winning composer&conductorin 19701988-1995in 1997in 2009in 20141997-2007was _ in the USAstudied _ in universityreceived a _ degree_ became popularb
34、ornfirst got the idea for the virtual choir.His first virtual choir used _ singers from _ different countries;received _ views on the Internet.formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF._ young people from _ countries sang“What if”musicmastersoriginal composition18512millions of229280 The virtual cho
35、ir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place.Whats the writers attitude towards the virtual choir?Read Para.4 and answer the following question.The writer feels positive about the virtual choir.赞成赞成:positive,suppotive,approval反对反对:ne
36、gative,critical,disapproval怀疑怀疑:suspicion,doubtful客观客观:objective,neutral主观主观:subjective,indifferent,pessimistic,optimistic中立中立:neutral,factualSummaryCan you imagine 1_（sing）together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone?You can do this in a virtual choir.All you need is a video c
37、amera and an Internet 2_(connect).A virtual choir 3_（enable）people to add their voices 4_ those of other individuals.The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre 5_is an American composer and conductor.He began studying music in 1988 and got 6_ masters degree in 1997.After that，he accomplished ma
38、ny well-received compositions.In 2009，7_（inspire）by a video he received from a girl 8_(sing)one of his works，he created his first virtual choir，“Lux Aurumque”.Later，his song“What If”9_(put)on a performance on 23 July 2014 in the UK.The virtual choir is a wonderful way to sing with onevoice and thus make the world a 10_(good)place.singingconnectionenableswhotoainspiredsinging was putbetter
