1、Book2 Unit5 MusicReading and Thinking8.virtual vtul:adj.很接近的很接近的;事实上的事实上的;虚拟的虚拟的 choir kwa(r):n.合唱团合唱团 virtual choir:虚拟合唱团虚拟合唱团1)Our headmaster will meet with the man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir.2)The players can compete in a virtual world of role position kmpzn:n.成分成分;(音乐音乐/艺术艺术/诗
2、歌的诗歌的)作品作品;作文作文1)There are many forms of musical composition.2)Your composition is very good except for some spelling mistakes.10.opportunity ptju:nt:n.机会机会;时机时机 have an opportunity/a chance to do.:有机会做什么有机会做什么 11.perform pf:m:v.表演表演;演出演出;做做;履行履行;执行执行;表现表现;运行运行perform/do/make an experiment:做实验做实验 pe
3、rform well/badly/poorly:(人人)表现好表现好/差差;(事物事物)运转好运转好/不好不好 12.performance pf:mns:n.表演表演;演奏演奏;表现表现 put on/give a performance:上演上演;演出演出1)On National Day,our class put on/gave a wonderful performance.2)His performance in the exams was exciting.13.performer pf:m(r)/:n.表演者表演者;演员演员 actor:n.男演员男演员 actress:n.女
4、演员女演员The unknown performer performed very well,and her performance was popular with the students14.onto nt:prep.(朝朝)向向;到到/在在.上上Move the books onto the desk.television studio television studio recording studio15.studio stju:di:n.(复数复数studios)演播室演播室;录音棚录音棚;工作室工作室16.ordinary:dnri:adj.普通的普通的;平凡的平凡的 ordi
5、nary/average/common people:平民平民;老百姓老百姓A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together.17.enable nebl:v.使能够使能够;使可能使可能 able:adj.能能;能够能够 enable sb.to do.:使某人能够做什么使某人能够做什么;使某人有机会做什么使某人有机会做什么 be able to do.:能够做什么能够做什么Listening to music enables me to relax and forget about my problems.18.prove pruv
6、:v.证明证明;展现展现;证明是证明是;原来是原来是;结果是结果是 1)The woman proved(to be)a good doctor.2)Your ideas proved(to be)wrong.19.award w:d:n.奖奖;奖品奖品;奖金奖金;奖状奖状 v.授予授予;判定判定 (常用于奖项名称；官方的等常用于奖项名称；官方的等)reward:n.奖励奖励;酬酬;悬赏金悬赏金 (做好事、努力工作、帮助找犯人做好事、努力工作、帮助找犯人/东西东西)to win/receive/get an award for sth:因因.赢得赢得/得到得到/获得奖励获得奖励/奖金奖金1)M
7、y favourite singer just won a music award.2)Every term our school awards scholarships to the excellent poser kmpz(r):n.作曲者作曲者;作曲家作曲家 compose:v.作曲作曲;创作创作 composition:n.成分成分;作品作品;作曲作曲;创作创作;作文作文1)Who is the composer of the song?2)She began to compose songs at an early age.conductor conductor21.conducto
8、r kndkt(r):n.(乐队乐队/合唱团等的合唱团等的)指挥指挥;(公共汽车的公共汽车的)售票员售票员22.fall in love with.:爱上爱上(强调动作强调动作)be in love with.:爱上爱上(强调状态强调状态)1)He fell in love with Mozarts classical music when he sang for the university choir.2)They have been in love with each other for ten years.23.original rdnl:n.原件原件;原作原作 adj.原来的原来的;
9、独创的独创的;原作的原作的 originally:adv.原来原来;起初起初 origin rdn:n.起源起源;源头源头;身世身世1)This building has been returned to the original owner.2)This painting is a copy.The original is in the art museum.24.phenomenon fnmnn:n.(复数复数phenomena)现象现象 cultural/natural/social phenomena：文化文化/自然自然/社会现象社会现象1)Since then,the virtual
10、 choir has become a worldwide phenomenon.2)The picture describes a very common phenomenon in our society.25.stage sted:n.(发展或进展的发展或进展的)时期时期;阶段阶段;舞台舞台 stage作先行词作先行词,在定语从句中作在定语从句中作 地点状语地点状语,引导词用引导词用where:We have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.26.altogether lte(r):adv.(用以强调用以强调)全
11、部全部;总共总共;总之总之 together te(r):adv.在一起在一起;共同共同27.thus s:adv.如此如此;因此因此;所以所以;于是于是 so:conj.因此因此;所以所以 thereforeef(r):adv.因此因此;所以所以She wants to enter a key university.Thus/Therefore,she studies harder and harder.28.band bnd:n.乐队乐队;带子带子Last night I went to see my friends new rock band perform on stage at a
12、small local music festival.29.rap rp:n.快速敲击快速敲击;说唱音乐说唱音乐 v.敲击敲击;(说唱歌中的说唱歌中的)念白念白I fell in love with rap music when I was a teenager.30.nowadays nadez:adv.现在现在;目前目前 now at present at the present timeNowadays most kids prefer playing games to reading books.Warming-upHave you heard of 1the virtual choi
13、r?It is a new product of the Internet.Virtual Choir is 2a global phenomenon,joining singers from all over the world.虚拟合唱团虚拟合唱团n.现象现象Eric Whitacre The virtual choir 作曲家、指挥作曲家、指挥家埃里克家埃里克惠特惠特克通过将克通过将”虚虚拟合唱团拟合唱团“和和来自不同国家来自不同国家的歌手在视频的歌手在视频里同台演出的里同台演出的的方式激励了的方式激励了成千上万的人。成千上万的人。Pre-readingPre-reading34THE
14、VIRTUAL CHOIR para11.Imagine 5having the opportunity to sing 6together with 7hundreds of other people while you are at home alone.2.You can do this in a virtual choir.3.Virtual choir members 8record themselves while they 9perform alone on video.break a record performance performer4.These videos are
15、10uploaded 1212ontoonto the Internet,and then they are put together into one video that you can see online a virtual choir.11download想象一下想象一下，独自在家时独自在家时，你可以和几百个人一道引吭高歌。你可以和几百个人一道引吭高歌。虚拟合唱团能够让你的想象成为现实。虚拟合唱团能够让你的想象成为现实。虚拟合唱团成员们在独自表演时录制视频。虚拟合唱团成员们在独自表演时录制视频。他们将这些视频上传到互联网上他们将这些视频上传到互联网上，然后这些视频被合并成一，然后这些
16、视频被合并成一个你可以在线观看的视频个你可以在线观看的视频虚拟合唱团。虚拟合唱团。有机会做某事有机会做某事连同连同一起一起数百的数百的V.V.录制录制 n.n.记录记录破纪录破纪录V.V.表演表演 n.n.演员演员 n.n.表演表演家家 上传上传下载下载 向向5.Anyone can 13take part in a virtual choir from anywhere all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection.6.You do not even need a 14studio.7.A virtual choir he
17、lps connect15ordinary people together.8.Many people do not have close friends or 16contacts who have the same interest in music任何人，无论身处何地，都可以参加虚拟合唱团任何人，无论身处何地，都可以参加虚拟合唱团你只需要一部摄像机并且能够上网。你只需要一部摄像机并且能够上网。你甚至连录音棚都不需要。你甚至连录音棚都不需要。虚拟合唱团将普通人联系起来。虚拟合唱团将普通人联系起来。许多人没有亲密的朋友，也没有在音乐方面志趣相投的密友或私交。许多人没有亲密的朋友，也没有在音乐
18、方面志趣相投的密友或私交。9.Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir.还有很多人没有机会参加本地的合唱团。还有很多人没有机会参加本地的合唱团。参加参加录音室录音室普通人普通人熟人熟人10.A virtual choir 17enables them to add their voices to those of other 18individuals and become part of the 19global community.11.It has 20proved to be a positive influenc
19、e on the lives of many +n./Its proved that people.12.As one virtual choir member said，“Music helps me to.forget my problems.13.With music,I become someone else.”虚拟合唱团让他们能够与其他人一虚拟合唱团让他们能够与其他人一起欢歌起欢歌，成为全球社区的一部分。，成为全球社区的一部分。事实证明，它对许多人的生活产生了积极的影响。事实证明，它对许多人的生活产生了积极的影响。正如一位虚拟合唱团成员所说：正如一位虚拟合唱团成员所说：“音乐帮助我音
20、乐帮助我忘记自己的烦恼。音乐忘记自己的烦恼。音乐，让我脱胎换骨。，让我脱胎换骨。”sb.to do sth.sb.to do sth.使某人有能力使某人有能力做做个人，个体个人，个体全球社区全球社区证明证明已经证实已经证实1.The virtual choir was the idea of 22award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.虚拟合唱团是获奖作曲家兼指挥家埃里克虚拟合唱团是获奖作曲家兼指挥家埃里克惠塔克的创意。惠塔克的创意。2.Born in the USA on 2 January 1970，Whitacre began
21、 studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988.3.He 23fell in love with Mozarts classical music when he sang for the university choir惠塔克惠塔克1970年年1月月2日出生于美国日出生于美国，1988年开始在内华达大学学习音乐。年开始在内华达大学学习音乐。在大学合唱团期间在大学合唱团期间，他爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。他爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。4.Moved by this music，he said,“It was like seeing color25
22、for the first time.”5.He 26graduated from university in 1995,and then 27received a masters degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997.在大学合唱团期间在大学合唱团期间，他爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。他被这段音乐打动了他爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。他被这段音乐打动了，他说：他说：“那种那种(兴奋的兴奋的)感觉就如同是第一次看见色彩一样。感觉就如同是第一次看见色彩一样。”他于他于1995年大学毕业年大学毕业，
23、随后于随后于1997年获纽约茱莉亚音乐学院年获纽约茱莉亚音乐学院音乐创作硕士学位。音乐创作硕士学位。para2获奖作曲家兼指挥家获奖作曲家兼指挥家爱上爱上第一次第一次大学毕业大学毕业在在上获得硕士学位上获得硕士学位Over the next 10 years,Whitacres 28original compositions began to29 become quite popular among choirs and singers.This 30led to the creation of the virtual choir.在接下来的十年间在接下来的十年间，惠塔克的原创作品深受合唱团和
24、歌手的欢迎。惠塔克的原创作品深受合唱团和歌手的欢迎。这促使了虚拟合唱团的创建。这促使了虚拟合唱团的创建。原创作品原创作品在在中很受欢迎中很受欢迎Lead to Lead to 导致导致In 2009,Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his worksInspired,he asked his fans to make videos,which he then joined together into one 31performanceHis first virtual choir,“Lux Aurumque”
25、，had 185 singers from 12 different countries.It has received 32millions of views on the Internet.Since then,the virtual choir has 33become a worldwide phenomenon.2009年年，惠塔克收到了一个女孩的视频惠塔克收到了一个女孩的视频，视频中女孩在演视频中女孩在演唱他创作的一部作品。唱他创作的一部作品。受此启发受此启发，惠塔克邀请歌迷们录制视频惠塔克邀请歌迷们录制视频，然后他将这些视然后他将这些视频拼接成一场演出。频拼接成一场演出。他创办的
26、首个虚拟合唱团他创办的首个虚拟合唱团“金色之光金色之光”，拥有来自拥有来自12个不个不同国家的同国家的185名歌手。名歌手。该合唱团在互联网上的点击量已超过百万次。该合唱团在互联网上的点击量已超过百万次。从那时起从那时起，虚拟合唱团风靡全球。虚拟合唱团风靡全球。para3表演表演数以百万计的数以百万计的风靡全球风靡全球Whitacre s next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF,which was first seen 34on stage on July 2014 in the UK.35Altogether,2，292 youn
27、g people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre s song“What If”惠塔克的下一个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会惠塔克的下一个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会“虚拟青年合唱团虚拟青年合唱团”，该团于该团于2014年年7月月23日在英国首次登台演出。日在英国首次登台演出。在这场演出中总共有来自在这场演出中总共有来自80个国家的个国家的2，292名青年参与演唱惠塔克的歌曲名青年参与演唱惠塔克的歌曲假如假如。在舞台上在舞台上全部，总共全部，总共The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people a
28、round the world to sing with one voice and 35thus make the world a better place.para4如此，因此如此，因此Activity2 Activity2 Scan and 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 WhitacreUniversity of Nevada2.The pl
29、ace where he studied musical composition.3.The name of his song.“What If”ScanScan a text to find important information such as dates,numbers,and names.Make difference between the virtual Make difference between the virtual choir and the reality choir.choir and the reality choir.Virtual choirVirtual
30、choirReality choirReality choir PlacePlacestage of music stage of music hallhallIdentity of singersNumber of singersInfluence on singersmany people as singers(becoming part of the global community)videovideoInternet(home/anywhere)ordinary peopleprofessionalsmusiciansnot limited not limited only thos
31、e who have the competence or opportunity to give performancelimited to the required programmeFormFormliveliveActivity3 Read the text again and answer the questions.1.How is a virtual choir different 1.How is a virtual choir different from from other choir?Who can take part in other choir?Who can tak
32、e part in 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 fe
33、ll 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.Activity5 Find numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.2 January 19_ Eric Whitacre was born.19_-1995 Whi
34、tacre attended the University of Nevada,Las Vegas 19_ Whitacre got a masters degree from the Julliard School in New York2009 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 forme
35、d the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF._ young people from_ countries sang What if”.7070888897971851212millions ofmillions of23232,2928080Learn more about music by completing Learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms the sentences with the correct forms of the words and
36、 phrase.of the words and phrase.ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity1.Last night I went to see my friends new rock 36band _ on_ at a small local music festival.performstageordinary remind perform award effort individual fall
37、 in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity2.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 music _.This _ that all the _ she put into her work was worth it.remindsoriginallya
38、wardproveseffort4.I _ with 37rap 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 success has shown the world that even _ people can become famous.6.Nowadays millions of music
39、al performances are uploaded _ the Internet every day by different _who may or may not be professional musicians or singers.fell in loveenabledopportunitystudioordinaryontoindividualsPost-readingVirtual choirWhatWhoHowInfluenceAnyone can take part in it.record through videoupload onto the Internetput together into one video onlineEric WhitacrePersonal informationLearning experiencelearn compositioninspired by a girla worldwide phenomenona wonderful way to singmake the world a better place
