Unit 5 Reading and Thinking P52-53高一英語(yǔ)新RX版 必修二

Unit5Music

ReadingandThinking

P52-53新人教必修Book2

LearningobjectivesInthisclass,youwillidentifythedefinitionofthevirtualchoir;figureoutthetimelineofEricWhitacre’slifetime;retellEricWhitacre’slifetimeaccordingtothetimeline;graspthecreationofthevirtualchoir.Singthesongtogether.

Warming-upMusicisquiteimportantinourlives.Whatarethewaysforpeopletoexperiencemusic?ExperiencemusicLiveconcertCD/videoComposemusicSingPlayinstrumentInmoderntimes,computersandtheInternetconnecteveryoneintheworld.Howcantheyhelpusexperiencemusicdifferently?AhelpusexperienceawiderangeofmusictypesBgiveusaccesstomillionsofsongsCfindexactlywhatwelikeDcreatethesoundofanorchestraEhelpuschangemusictosomethingnew

Pre-readingPredictbeforereading.Thevirtual

choirmadetoappeartoexistbytheuseofcomputersoftwareagroupofpeoplewhosingtogethervirtualchoirtraditional/realitychoirLet’senjoythevirtualchoir.Readthetext

toknowmore.

While-readingScanandfindtheinformationinthetext.1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir.Scanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.Bornin

theUSAon

2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Moved

bythis

music,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin

1995,

andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchool

inNewYork

in1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopular

amongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.2.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition.3.Thenameofhissong.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.Bornin

theUSAon

2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Moved

bythis

music,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin

1995,

andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchool

inNewYork

in1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopular

amongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneof

hisworks.Inspired,heasked

hisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtual

choir,“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre'snexteffortwastheVirtualYouth

ChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoined

intosingWhitacre’ssong,“WhatIf”.Readandlocate.Whocreatedit?Howwasitcreated?Howdiditaffectus?WhatisaVirtualChoir?ThedefinitionThefounderThecreationTheinfluencePara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Readparagraph1andmakedifferencebetweenthevirtualchoirandtherealitychoir.VirtualchoirRealitychoirFormlivePlacestageofmusichallIdentityofsingersNumberofsingerslimitedtotherequiredprogrammeInfluenceonsingersmanypeopleassingers(becomingpartoftheglobalcommunity)videoInternet(home/anywhere)ordinarypeopleprofessionalsmusiciansnotlimitedonlythosewhohavethecompetenceoropportunitytogiveperformanceReadfordetails.ThedefinitionReadparagraphs2-3andanswerthefollowingquestions.Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWhitacre.Bornin

theUSAon

2January1970,WhitacrebeganstudyingmusicattheUniversityofNevadain1988.HefellinlovewithMozart’sclassicalmusicwhenhesangfortheuniversitychoir.Moved

bythis

music,hesaid,“Itwaslikeseeingcolorforthefirsttime.”Hegraduatedfromuniversityin

1995,

andthenreceivedamaster’sdegreeinmusicalcompositionfromtheJuilliardSchool

inNewYork

in1997.Overthenext10years,Whitacre’soriginalcompositionsbegantobecomequitepopular

amongchoirsandsingers.Thisledtothecreationofthevirtualchoir.In2009,Whitacrereceivedavideoofagirlwhowassingingoneof

hisworks.Inspired,heasked

hisfanstomakevideos,whichhethenjoinedtogetherintooneperformance.Hisfirstvirtual

choir,“LuxAurumque”,had185singersfrom12differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen,thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Whitacre'snexteffortwastheVirtualYouth

ChoirforUNICEF,whichwasfirstseenonstageon23July2014intheUK.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoined

intosingWhitacre’ssong,“WhatIf”.WhatcausedEricWhitacretofallinlovewithclassicalmusic?Whatgavehimtheinspirationtomakehisfirstvirtualchoir?Thefounderandcreation2January19___

EricWhitacrewasborn.

19___-1995WhitacreattendedtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas19____Whitacregotamaster’sdegreefromtheJulliardSchoolinNewYork2009Whitacrefirstgottheideaforthevirtualchoir.Hisfirstvirtualchoirused___singersfrom____differentcountries;received_________viewsontheInternet.___July2014WhitacreformedtheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEF._____youngpeoplefrom___countriessang“Whatif”.70889718512millionsof232,29280Readparagraph2-3andfillintheblanks.RetellEricWhitacre’slifetimeaccordingtothetimeline.01/02/197019881995200907/23/2014born1997theUniversityofNevada,LasVegasmasterdegreein...gottheideafor...used...received...theVirtualYouthChoirfor...“Whatif”Readparagraph4andanswerthefollowingquestion.Thevirtualchoiris

awonderfulwayforpeople

aroundtheworldtosingwithonevoiceand

thusmaketheworldabetterplace.What’sthewriter’sattitudetowardsthevirtual

choir?Thewriterfeelspositiveaboutthevirtualchoir.TheinfluenceaworldwidephenomenonawonderfulwaytosingmaketheworldabetterplaceWhat’stheinfluenceofthevirtualchoir?Activity1What

are

the

advantages

and

disadvantages

of

being

a

member

of

a

virtualchoir?People

from

every

corner

of

the

world

can

upload

their

videos

onto

the

Internet,

which

is

like

a

wonderful

stage

where

people

come

together

to

sing.Differentpeoplesingtogetherandsharesimilarinterestsandvalues,whichmakesthemfeellikeafamily.Intheglobalcommunity,peoplecanexchangefeelingsandthoughtswitheachotherlikereallifeommunication.TheInternetissodevelopedthatitmakesvirtuallifenodifferentfromreality.Advantages

Post-readingAvirtualchoircannothavepeopletogetheronstagewherepeoplecancommunicateinperson.Avirtualchoirreliestoomuchontheuseoftechnology.Avirtualchoirissomewhatunrealbecauseitisjustsomethingmadeup.Avirtualchoirconcertcan'thaverealactor-audienceinteraction,whichwillleadtothelackofaudienceinvolvement.DisadvantagesActivity1What

are

the

advantages

and

disadvantages

of

being

a

member

of

a

virtualchoir?DebateDoesavirtualchoirreallybringpeopletogether?Whyorwhynot?Activity2Musicistheuniversallanguageofmankind.—HenryWadsworthLongfellowUnit5Music

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課文回顧：Learnmoreaboutmusicbycompletingthesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrase.ordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity1.LastnightIwenttoseemyfriend’snewrockband______on_____atasmalllocalmusicfestival.2.Thisnewpopsong______meofanoldsongthatwas_________sungbyBillyWhitebutlatermadepopularbyanothersinger.performstageremindsoriginally3.I’msohappy!Myfavouritesingerjustwonamusic_____.This_____thatallthe_____sheputintoherworkwasworthit.4.I_________withrapmusicwhenIwasateenager.Listeningtoit_______metorelaxandforgetaboutmyproblems.5.Fiveyearsago,hewasfinallygivena(n)_________torecordhissongata(n)_____.Eversince,hissuccesshasshowntheworldthateven_______peoplecanbecomefamous.6.Nowadaysmillionsofmusicalperformancesareuploaded____theInterneteverydaybydifferent_________whomayormaynotbeprofessionalmusiciansorsingers.awardproveseffortfellinloveenabledopportunitystudioordinaryontoindividualsordinaryremindperformawardeffortindividualfallinloveenablestagestudiooriginalproveontoopportunity例2：他想像不出比這更幽靜的場(chǎng)景。Hecouldnotimagine____________scene.Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouarehomealone.1句意：想象一下，獨(dú)自在家時(shí)，你可以和幾百人一道引亢高歌。amorepeaceful例1：你能想象帶著它到處旅行么？Canyouimagine_______aroundwithit?travellingimaginev.想象；猜想imaginationn.想象力【句型】imagine+n.imagine+doingimagine+that/what/when從句例2：我有機(jī)會(huì)讓我嘗試所做的一切都?jí)粝氤烧?。Ihavetheopportunity_______(make)thedreamofwhatI'mtryingtodocometrue.例1：好運(yùn)就是當(dāng)機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)臨時(shí)，你早已做好了準(zhǔn)備。Goodluckiswhen____________comesalongandyou'repreparedforit.tomakehavetheopportunitytodo有做某事的機(jī)會(huì)opportunityn.機(jī)會(huì)[C,U](pl.opportunities)anopportunityImaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouarehomealone.1ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline---avirtualchoir.2句意：這些視頻會(huì)上傳到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上，然后被合并成一個(gè)你可以在線觀看的視頻——虛擬大合唱。ontoprep.（朝）向，在......之上intoprep.到......里面【辨析】in，into，on，onto靜態(tài)介詞動(dòng)態(tài)介詞他們正坐在房間里。Theyaresittingintheroom.剛才他跑進(jìn)了房間。Heranintotheroomjustnow.onthesofa在沙發(fā)上getonto

ahorse

騎到馬上jumpontothestage跳到臺(tái)上

Avirtualchoirenablesthemto

addtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.3句意：虛擬合唱團(tuán)讓他們能夠與其他人一起歡歌，成為全球社區(qū)的一部分。例：聽音樂(lè)使我得以放松并忘記我的煩惱。Listeningtomusic_______me______andforgetaboutmyproblems.enablev.使能夠；使成為可能【句型】enablesbtodosth.enablestorelax【拓展】ableadj.有能力的，能干的unableadj.不會(huì)的，不能的abilityn.能力，才能disabilityn.無(wú)能，殘疾，無(wú)資格addv.增加，添加addsth.tosth.

把......加到......里addup把......加起來(lái)addupto

加起來(lái)總計(jì)......(不用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)）Inaddition(to...)

除......外還......①如果茶太濃了，再加點(diǎn)開水。Iftheteaistoostrong,addsomemorehotwater.②把你所有的得分加起來(lái)看看是否超過(guò)500分。Addupallyourmarkstoseeiftheyadduptomorethan500.Avirtualchoirenablesthemto

addtheirvoicestothoseofotherindividualsandbecomepartoftheglobalcommunity.3Ithasprovedtobeapositiveinfluence

onthelivesofmanypeople.4句意：事實(shí)證明，虛擬合唱團(tuán)對(duì)許多人的生活產(chǎn)生了積極的影響。provev.證明；展現(xiàn)prove(tobe)+n./adj.證明是，原來(lái)是provesb(tobe)+n./adj.

證明某人是......provesth.tosb.向某人證明某事prove+that從句證明......Itisprovedthat...據(jù)證明例1：結(jié)果證明這種藥的療效令人滿意。Themedicineprovedsatisfactory.例2：已經(jīng)證明如果沒(méi)有氧氣，大腦就會(huì)死。Ithasbeenprovedthatthebrainwildiewithoutoxyen.influencen.影響,勢(shì)力；v.影響；改變influenceon/oversb./sth.對(duì)......的影響改錯(cuò)：Thefactthatheisrichandfamoushadnoinfluenceinourdecision.例3：這足以證明誠(chéng)實(shí)守信的大有人在。Itjustproves(that)therearehonestguysoutthere.onIthasprovedtobeapositiveinfluence

onthelivesofmanypeople.4【辨析】affect,influenceaffect&influence意義相近affect一般指生理、物質(zhì)上的改變influence較多用于指感覺、態(tài)度上的改變

例1：喝酒會(huì)影響你的駕駛能力。Drinkingcan_____yourabilitytodrive.affect例2：電視廣告影響了我對(duì)酒后駕車的態(tài)度。TheTVadvertisementshave_________myattitudetowardsdrinkinganddriving.influencedIthasprovedtobeapositiveinfluence

onthelivesofmanypeople.4Thevirtualchoirwastheideaofaward-winningcomposerandconductorEricWh