Unit 5課文文本和翻譯 人教版高中英語(yǔ)必修第二冊(cè)

1、 人教版高中英語(yǔ)新教材必修二Unit 5課文文本和翻譯THE VIRTUAL CHOIR虛擬合唱團(tuán)Imagine 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 th

2、e Internet, and then they are put together 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. Man

3、y people do not have close friends or contacts 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 influen

4、ce on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to . forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.”想象一下你獨(dú)自在家就有機(jī)會(huì)與數(shù)百人一起歌唱。你可以在虛擬合唱團(tuán)中做到這一點(diǎn)。虛擬合唱團(tuán)成員在單獨(dú)錄制視頻的同時(shí)進(jìn)行錄制他們自己。這些視頻被上傳到網(wǎng)上，然后被整合成一個(gè)你可以在線(xiàn)觀(guān)看的視頻一個(gè)虛擬合唱團(tuán)。任何人從任何地方都可以參加虛擬合唱團(tuán)你所需要的只是一臺(tái)攝像機(jī)和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)連接。你甚至不需要錄音棚。虛擬合唱團(tuán)有助于將普

5、通人聯(lián)系在一起。許多人沒(méi)有對(duì)音樂(lè)有相同興趣的親密朋友或聯(lián)系人。許多其他人沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)參加當(dāng)?shù)氐暮铣獔F(tuán)。虛擬合唱團(tuán)使他們能夠?qū)⒆约旱穆曇艏尤氲狡渌说穆曇糁校⒊蔀槿蛏鐓^(qū)的一部分。事實(shí)證明，這對(duì)許多人的生活產(chǎn)生了積極影響。正如一位虛擬合唱團(tuán)成員所說(shuō)：“音樂(lè)可以幫助我忘記我的煩惱。在音樂(lè)的幫助下，我變成了另一個(gè)人?！盩he virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying

6、 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, 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

7、 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 singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir.虛擬合唱團(tuán)是屢獲殊榮的作曲家兼指揮家埃里克惠塔克的創(chuàng)意?；菟擞?970年1月2日出生在美國(guó)，1988年開(kāi)始在內(nèi)華達(dá)大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)音樂(lè)。當(dāng)他為大學(xué)合唱團(tuán)唱歌時(shí)，他愛(ài)上了莫扎特的古典音樂(lè)。他被這段

8、音樂(lè)打動(dòng)了，他說(shuō)：“那種(興奮的)感覺(jué)就如同第一次看見(jiàn)色彩一樣?！彼?995年大學(xué)畢業(yè)，隨后于1997年獲得紐約茱莉亞音樂(lè)學(xué)院音樂(lè)創(chuàng)作碩士學(xué)位。在接下來(lái)的十多年里，惠塔克的原創(chuàng)作品在合唱團(tuán)和歌手中開(kāi)始流行。這促使了虛擬合唱團(tuán)的創(chuàng)建。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 firs

9、t virtual choir, “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 201

10、4 in the UK. Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacres song “What If”.2009年，惠塔克收到了一個(gè)女孩在演唱他的作品的視頻。受到啟發(fā)，他讓歌迷們制作視頻，然后將視頻合并到一個(gè)表演中。他的第一支虛擬合唱團(tuán)金色光芒有來(lái)自12個(gè)不同國(guó)家的185位歌手。它在上收到數(shù)以萬(wàn)計(jì)的瀏覽量。從那時(shí)起，虛擬合唱團(tuán)已成為一種全球現(xiàn)象?；菟说牡诙€(gè)壯舉是打造聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì)“虛擬青年合唱團(tuán)”，該合唱團(tuán)于2014年7月23日在英國(guó)首次亮相?？偣灿衼?lái)自80個(gè)國(guó)家的2292名青年參與

11、演唱惠塔克的歌曲假如。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.虛擬合唱團(tuán)是讓全國(guó)各地的人用同一個(gè)聲音唱歌，從而使整個(gè)世界變得更美好的絕妙方式。課文文本和翻譯Good morning, my name is Sarah Williams. Its an honour to be here and to share with you the story of how music has

12、had an impact on my life.早上好，我叫莎拉威廉姆斯。很榮幸來(lái)到這里與大家分享音樂(lè)是如何影響我的人生的。Have you ever faced a time when things looked dark and you had no hope at all? Two years ago, I was told I had a serious disease which was difficult to cure. My body ached all the time and thus I thought I didnt have much longer to live.

13、 I was very afraid and I felt so alone and discouraged. Then one day, I had to go through a two-hour medical treatment. The doctor wanted me to relax, so he had me listen to some music, and one of the songs was “Happy”. The song made me feel so much better that from then on I began to listen to musi

14、c all the time. John A. Logan said, “Music is the medicine of the mind.” And its true. Music helped me recover.你有沒(méi)有過(guò)這樣的經(jīng)歷：事物看起來(lái)一片漆黑，而你感到毫無(wú)希望？?jī)赡昵?，我得知我患了?yán)重疾病，難以治愈。我的身體一直在疼痛，所以我以為我活不了多久了。我很害怕，我感到如此的孤獨(dú)和沮喪。后來(lái)有一天，我不得不接受了兩小時(shí)的治療。醫(yī)生讓我放松，所以他讓我聽(tīng)了一些音樂(lè)，其中一首歌是快樂(lè)。這首歌讓我感覺(jué)好多了，從那時(shí)起，我開(kāi)始一直聽(tīng)音樂(lè)。約翰洛根說(shuō)：“音樂(lè)是心靈的良藥?！钡拇_如此，音樂(lè)幫助

15、我康復(fù)了。Music gave me happiness. When I listened to music, it made my spirits fly like a kite in the wind. Music gave me strength and brought me relief. It was the rock I leant on to become strong and to get through those hard times. Moreover, music gave me hope and a sense of satisfaction. It became m

16、y best friend. It spoke words of encouragement to the deepest part of my being.音樂(lè)給了我幸福。當(dāng)我聽(tīng)音樂(lè)時(shí)，我的精神像風(fēng)中的風(fēng)箏一樣飛翔。音樂(lè)給了我力量，給我?guī)?lái)了解脫。它是我所依靠的巖石，它讓我變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，并度過(guò)了那些艱難的歲月。而且，音樂(lè)給了我希望和滿(mǎn)足感。它成為了我最好的朋友。它讓我的內(nèi)心深受鼓舞。Of course, I hope none of you have to go through the same kind of suffering that I did. At the same time, we all go through various periods when we feel sad or alone. During those t