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Unit 5
Music
Reading and Thinking
Language Competence
Master vocabulary related to music, and summarize the text about virtual choirs in terms of key details and overall ideas.
Learning Ability
Employ reading strategies and extract information from the text to enhance their autonomous reading capacity.
Cultural Awareness
Recognize the diversity and global influence of music, and understand how music can break cultural boundaries.
Thinking Quality
Analyze the development of virtual choirs in the text, and develop critical thinking to form personal views on music-technology integration.
Learning Objectives
Teaching Focus
Master music-related vocabulary and grasp the structure and main content of the text about virtual choirs, while understanding the language expressions used to describe musical art and cultural communication.
Teaching Challenges
Enable students to deeply understand the significance of virtual choirs in promoting cultural integration, and guide them to use critical thinking to analyze the impact of technological development on the art of music.
Teaching Focus and Teaching Challenges
Part 1
Listening & Speaking
Activity 1
Before you listen, discuss the question in groups.
1 What are the people doing in the pictures below
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2
3
4
The man is conducting an orchestra.
The woman is playing the guqin.
The man is playing the guitar.
The men are singing or rapping into microphones.
Activity 2
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2
3
4
A. Chinese traditional B. classical C. country music D. hip-hop
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2
3
4
B
A
C
D
Match the pictures with the correct types of music.
Activity 3
A reporter from the school newspaper is interviewing students about music. Listen to the interviews. Draw lines between the words to make complete sentences. Some words will not be used.
1. The first student likes to
2. The second student likes to
3. The third student likes to
dance to
listen to
play
sing
Chinese traditional songs.
classical music.
hip-hop music.
country music.
Activity 4
The reporter paraphrased some of the answers the students gave him. Listen to the interviews again and complete the sentences with the words you hear.
1 A: Country music touches my heart.
B: So you like music that’s of
2 A: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move!
B: So it makes you want to .
3 A: Classical music makes me feel like I’m sitting beside a quiet stream and
enjoying nature.
B: So to you, it’s and
feeling
full
dance
peaceful
beautiful
Activity 5
Discuss these questions with your classmates.
1 Do these types of music make you feel the same as the students Why or why not
Classical music also makes me feel relaxed because I also find it peaceful and beautiful.
2 What type of music do you not like, and how does it make you feel
I don’t like heavy metal music at all. It’s too loud and fast. It gives me a headache!
Activity 6
Talk in pairs. Interview each other about music. Use the pictures below for ideas.
EXAMPLE
A: What kind of music do you like
B: I like techno music.
A: What makes it so special to you
B: I like to listen to it when I exercise.
It gives me energy.
Pipa
stringed instrument
Bagpipes
wind instrument
Part 2
Reading
什么是合唱？為什么要合唱？
Look at the title and picture. What's a virtual choir
The virtual choir is an assembly of geographically dispersed (分散的) singers performing choral works (合唱作品) together through web technology.
Skimming for the main idea of the each paragraph.
The definition: What is a Virtual Choir
The founder: Who created it
The creation: How was it created
The influence: How did it affect us
Read para.1 and find the information.
Process
A virtual choir is a group of people singing ________ but connected together through the .
Place
Member
a video camera and
______themselves; ______the videos onto the Internet; put many videos together into one.
Definition
Equipment
________
alone
Internet
record
upload
________
anyone
anywhere
The virtual choir
Internet connection
Significance
help connect ordinary people together
enable them to add their voices to those of other individuals
become part of the global community
be a positive influence in the lives of many people
Read para.2-3 and find the information.
2 January 19__ Eric Whitacre was born.
19__—1995 Whitacre ______________ in the University of Nevada.
19__ Whitacre got __________________________________ from the Juilliard School in New York.
2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir.His first virtual choir used _____ singers from ____ different countries；received more than _____________ views on the Internet.
__ July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. Altogether, ________ young people from ____ countries sang “what If”.
185
12
millions of
2,292
80
studied music
a master’s degree in musical composition
70
88
97
23
Read para.4 and answer the question.
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.
Q1: What’s the writer’s attitude towards the virtual choir
The writer feels positive about the virtual choir.
Q2: Is there any other evidence from the text to support this idea
As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to...forget my problem. With music, I become someone else.”
Further thinking
Discuss in groups
The virtual choir has gained worldwide popularity.
Find supporting evidence(支撐例證) in the text.
A
B
C
D
Eric's enthusiasm(熱情) & capability for music
The development of the Internet & technology
The inspiration & support from music lovers
The desire & love of music sharing
Learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase.
ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love
enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity
1. Last night I went to see my friend's 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. I'm so happy! My favourite singer just won a music _______. This _________ that all the _________ she put into her work was worth it.
perform
reminds
originally
stage
award
effort
proves
ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love
enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity
4. I _____________ with rap 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 musical performances are uploaded _________ the Internet every day by different ____________ who may or may not be professional musicians or singers.
fell in love
enabled
opportunity
ordinary
onto
studio
individuals
Part 3
Language Points
prove vt. 證明；展現
prove sth. (to sb.) / prove (to sb.) + 從句 （向某人）證明……
prove sb. / oneself (to be) + n. / adj. 證明某人是……
It is proved that ... 證明是……
prove beyond doubt 確鑿證明）
prove useful/helpful 證明有用 / 有幫助）
proof n.證據，證明 v.證實，證明
練習：The evidence ________ beyond doubt that he was innocent.
proved
award vt. 授予 n. 獎品
win / get / receive an award (for sth.)
（因某事）贏得/獲得/得到獎項
give sb. an award 給某人頒獎
an award presentation / ceremony 頒獎；頒獎儀式
award sb. sth. (for...) / award sth. to sb. (for...)
（因……）授予/獎勵某人某物；（因……）把某物判給某人
練習：The _______ ceremony will be held next month.
award
opportunity n. 機會；時機
opportunity to do sth. 做某事的機會
opportunity of / for... ……的機會
offer /get / miss / lose / seize an opportunity
提供 / 得到 / 錯過 /失去 / 抓住機會
take the / this opportunity to do sth. 利用這個機會做某事
create/generate opportunities 創造機會
練習：You should take this ___________ to showcase your talent.
opportunity
perform v. 演出，表演，演奏
vt. 做；履行；執行
perform an operation/an experiment 做手術 / 做實驗
perform one’s promise 履行某人的諾言
perform one’s duty 盡某人的職責
perform on stage 登臺表演
perform well/badly 表現好 / 差
performance n.表演；表現
練習：The robot can _________ complex tasks independently.
perform
enable vt. 使能夠；使可能
enable sb. to do sth. 使某人能夠做某事
enable sth. 使某事成為可能；促成某事
technology enables 技術使…… 成為可能
enable access to 使能接觸到 / 使用到
enable communication 促進交流
enabled adj. 啟用的；能夠的
練習：Education _________ people to pursue their dreams.
enables
Part 4
Exercise
Sample
1. New technology has ________ (使能夠) development of an online “virtual library”．
2. At least give him the __________ (機會) of explaining what happened.
3. It has been ________ (證明) that eating vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious illnesses in later life.
4. There is solid _________ (proof) linking him to the crime.
5. She ____________ (award) the prize for both films last year.
6. I want to have the opportunity ___________ (attend) the meeting.
7. This is the best ____________ (perform) they have ever seen.
proved　
opportunity　
was awarded
performance
enabled　
to attend
proof　
Homework
1. Summarise what we have learnt in this lesson;
2. Prepare for the next lesson
See you next time!

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