1、音乐听我的The VirtualChoir目录contents1Learning objectives2Pre-reading3While-reading4Post-readingLearning ObjectivesLearning Objectives“get the main idea and details of the passage”“practice your reading skills,such as skimming,scanning and predicting”“master some key and grammatical expressions”“analyze t
2、he strcuture and important sentences”Pre-reading Traditional Choir Can somebody who has choir experience talk about your feelings in choir?The Virtual ChoirWhat isvirtual:not real in the real life or on the Internet choir:a singing groupA video about virtual choirPredictWhat are you most curious abo
3、ut the virtual choir that you expect to be involved in the passage?What?How?Why?Where?Who?While-readingSkim to get the main idea the paragraph 1:the paragraph 2:the paragraph 3:the paragraph 4:What is a virtual choir?Who created virtual choir?How was it created?Why was it created?/How does it influe
4、nce people?Scan to circle the information in the textthe man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir 12the place where he studied musical composition3the name of his songEric WhitacreThe University of NevadaWhat IfType of the essayA.NarrationB.ExpositionC.ArgumentationWhat?1.Whats the virtual
5、choir in your words?2.What are the differences between the virtual choir and the traditional choir?3.What caused Eric Whitcare to fall in love with classical music?4.What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir?The differences between the virtual choir and the traditional choir What
6、 caused Eric Whitcare to fall in love with classical music?Virtual ChoirTraditional ChoirFormVideoLivePlaceOn the InternetOn the stage/in the studioIdentity of singersOrdinary peopleProfessional singersHe fell in love with classical music when he was moved by Mozarts music at university for the firs
7、t time.What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir?He was inspired to create the virtual choir by a video in which a girl sings one of his works.Who?Who first got the idea of creating a virtual choir?And complete this timeline.2 January 19_Eric Whitacre was born.19_-1995Whitacre at
8、tended the University of Nevada,Las Vegas1997Whitacre 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 from_different countries;received _views on the Internet._July 2014Whitacre formed the Virtual Y
9、outh Choir for UNICEF._ youngpeople from_ countries sang What If.Eric Whitacre70882318512millions of229280How?How does the virtual choir influence people?1.help connect ordinary people together;2.help people forget problems;3.a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thu
10、s make the world a better place.Post-readingLanguage points1.have the opportunity/chance to do sth.有机会做某事2.ordinary people 普通人4.enable/cause sb to do sth.使某人做某事5.it has proved to be 由此可证6.award-winning 获奖的7.fall in love with 爱上8.on stage 在舞台上DiscussWhat are the advantages and disadvantages of being
11、a member of a virtual choir?Does a virtual choir really bring people together?Why or why not?Fill in the blanksEric Whitacre was born in the USA _ on January 2,1970.when he studied music at the University of Nevada in 1988，he fell in love _ Mozarts classical music._ (move)by his music，he said that i
12、t was like seeing color for the first time.After _(graduate)from university in 1995，he received his masters degree in 1997.Over the next 10 years，Whitacres _ (origin)compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers,_ led to the creation of the virtual choir.When he received a vide
13、o of a girl who was singing one of his _(work)in 2009，he asked his fans _(make)videos，which he then joined together into one performance.Since then，the virtual choir_ (become)a worldwide phenomenon.It has proved to be _ positive influence on the lives of many people.on withMovedgraduating/graduationoriginalwhichworksto makehas becomea
