1、Reading and Thinking To discuss the influence of the Internet and computer technology on music;To tell the differences between virtual choir and reality choir.virtual adj.很接近的；事实上的；虚拟的很接近的；事实上的；虚拟的 virtual choir 虚拟合唱团虚拟合唱团 composition n.n.成分；成分；(音乐、艺术、诗歌的音乐、艺术、诗歌的)作品作品 opportunity n.n.机会；时机机会；时机 per
2、form vi.&vt.vi.&vt.表演；履行；执行表演；履行；执行 studio n.n.演播室；演播室；(音乐的音乐的)录音棚；工作室录音棚；工作室Step1:Test your vocabulary award vt.vt.授予授予n.n.奖品奖品composer n.n.作曲者；作曲家作曲者；作曲家conductor n.(乐队、合唱团等乐队、合唱团等)指挥；指挥；(公共汽车的公共汽车的)售票员售票员fall in love with 爱上爱上original adj.原来的；独创的；原作的原来的；独创的；原作的n.n.原件；原作原件；原作Lets watch an another
3、type of choir.Step2:Pre-reading A.time order B.space order A.argumentation(议论文议论文)B.narration (记叙文记叙文)C.exposition (说明文说明文)ACStep3:While-reading 3.ScanningScan a text to find important information such as dates,numbers,and names1.The man who came up with the idea of virtual choir3.The name of his so
4、ng.2.The place where he studied musical compositionEric Whitacre(p2,L2)University of Nevada(P2,L2)“What If”(P3,LAST LINE)in 1988in 1995in 1997on 2 Jan,1970was born in the USABegan studying music at the University of Nevadagraduated from universityreceived a masters degree in musical compositionEric
5、Whitacre award-winning composer and conductorover the next 10 yearshis original compositions began to become quite popularPara.2 Who created the virtual choir?4.Skim and match the paragraph with its main idea.A.The value of the virtual choir B.The creator of the virtual choirC.The introduction to th
6、e virtual choirD.The creation and development of the virtual choirPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4(1)How is a virtual choir different from other choirs?Who can take part in it?(2)What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music?What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir?5.Re
7、ad the text again and answer the questions.(1)How is a virtual choir different from other choirs?Who can take part in 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 from anywhere.（Para.1 L4）(2)What cau
8、sed Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music?What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir?He fell 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 o
9、ne of his works.（Para.2 L3/Para.4.L1）2 January 19_ Eric Whitacre was born.19_-1995Whitacre attended the University of Nevada,Las Vegas.19_Whitacre got a masters degree from the Juilliard School in New York.2009Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir.His first virtual choir used _ singers f
10、rom _ different countries;received _ views on the Internet._ July 2014Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF._ young people from _ countries sang“What If”.7.Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.70889718512millions of23229280Learn more about music by completing the sentences
11、 with the correct forms of the words and phrase.Step4:Post-reading 1.Last night I went to see my friends new rock band _ on _ at a small local music festival.2.This new pop song _ me of an old song that was _ sung by Billy White but later made popular by another singer.3.Im so happy!My favorite sing
12、er just won a music _.This _ that all the _ she put into her work was worth it.performordinary,remind,perform,award,effort,individual,fall in love,enable,stage,studio,original,prove,onto,opportunitystageremindsoriginallyawardproveseffort4.I _ with rap music when I was a teenager.Listening to it _ me
13、 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 musical performances are uploaded _ the Internet every day by different _ who may or m
14、ay not be professional musicians or singers.fell in loveenabledopportunitystudioordinaryontoindividualsordinary,remind,perform,award,effort,individual,fall in love,enable,stage,studio,original,prove,onto,opportunity What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir?Step5
15、:Discussion The advantage of being in a virtual choir is that it is very easy to get lots of people in different places together quickly and cheaply.However,a disadvantage of not having everyone in the same place is that singers cannot react to each other in the same way as they can in person.HOMEWORKThank you!
