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Unit 5 Music
The Virtual Choir
--Reading and Thinking
The Virtual Choir
reality choir
virtual choir
Lead-in
conductor
The Virtual Choir
What's the virtual choir

Who created it

What’s the difference between virtual choir and reality choir

How was it created

What do we need to join a virtual choir

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Tick what are mentioned in the text and in which paragraph.
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Predicting
P1
P2
P3
P1
Scanning
Who are the members of virtual choir
Where do they perform
How to make a virtual choir
What are needed
Reading (P1—What)
Reading (P1—What)
Who
Where
How
What
anyone (ordinary people)
anywhere (on the Internet)
1. record
a video camera + an Internet connection
2. upload
3. put …into one
What are the benefits of being in a virtual choir
help connect…together;
enable…to…; become part of global community
proves to be a positive influence on…
give/offer … an opportunity/a chance to…
forget one’s problems
was ___ in the USA
began _________
music at the University of Nevada
_______
a master’s degree in Julliard School
_______
from university
of
Nevada
become quite _________
among …
on 2 Jan,1970
in 1988
in 1995
in 1997
Over the next
10 years
Reading (P2—Who)
born
studying
graduated
received
popular
He fell in love with Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “ It was like seeing color for the first time.”
Reading (P2—Who)
singing Mozart’s classical music in a choir
amazement; thrill; excitement;
I was very excited then.
simile (明喻)
“In my entire life I had seen in black and white, and suddenly everything was in shocking Technicolor(鮮艷的色彩). ----Eric Whitacre
metaphor (暗喻)
A.
B.
Transitional sentence(過渡句)
Who created it
How was it created
Reading (P3—How)
2.Was Whitacre successful in creating virtual choirs How do you know
185; 12; 2292; 80
receive millions of views on the Internet
become a worldwide phenomenon
a fact in nature B. a great success
1. What gave him the inspiration to make his
first virtual choir
was inspired by…
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Further thinking
What makes Eric Whitacre successful in creating the virtual choir
success of the virtual choir
Whitacre's professional background
Whitacre's passion/love for classical music
the popularity of his original compositions
the support from the fans
the inspiration from a girl
the development of the technology
his continuous efforts
What makes Eric Whitacre successful in creating the virtual choir
A. positive B. negative
What is the writer’s attitude towards the virtual
choir
a wonderful way to sing with one voice
make the world a better place
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Influence
Reading (P4)
Why is the virtual choir a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice
Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere.
A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together.
A virtual choir enables them to add their voice to those of
otherindividuals and become part of the global community.
“Music helps me to…forget my problem. With music, I
becomesomeone else.”
convenience
connection
new experience
positive influence
a wonderful way
Further thinking
P2
P1
P3
P4
What is a Virtual Choir
Who created it
How was it created
How does it influence us
The definition
The founder
The creation
The influence
Conclusion
Which one do you prefer, the virtual choir or the reality choir Why
help connect…together;
become part of (global) community/group
enable…to…;
forget one’s problems
have a positive influence on…
give … an opportunity to…
a wonderful way to …
make the world a better place
Post-reading--Discussion
Discussion
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir
The Internet is so developed that it makes virtual life no different from reality.
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.
Different people sing together and share similar interests and values, which makes them feel like a family.
In the global community, people can exchange feelings and thoughts with each other like real life ommunication.
Advantages
Discussion
A virtual choir concert can’t have real actor-audience interaction, which will lead to the lack of audience involvement.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir
A virtual choir cannot have people together on stage where people can communicate in person.
A virtual choir relies too much on the use of technology.
A virtual choir is somewhat unreal because it is just something made up.
Virtual is virtual, which can never be real in any way.
disadvantages
1. Music is a universal language!
——Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2. Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
——Pat Conroy
Appreciation
Homework
Write a passage to give your choice (the virtual choir or reality choir) and give reasons(at least 2).
Thank you!
Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with
imagine doing sth. have the opportunity to do sth.
hundreds of other people while you are 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 the Internet, and then they are put together into one video (that you can see online---a virtual choir). Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere---all 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. Many 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
enable sb. to do sth. voices
of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a positive influence on the
It has proved to be +n./adj.
lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said,
正如 As he put it, (正如他所說)
“Music helps me to ... forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.”
The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He fell in love with Mozart’s 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 in1995, and then received a master’s degree in musical composition from
a degree in literature/economics
the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s original compositions began to become quite popular among/with choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir.
create v.-creation n.-creative adj.-creatively adv.-creativity n.
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
he joined videos together into one performance
performance. His first 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. Whitacre's next
effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF, which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre’s song, “What If”.
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.
B2U5 Reading
imagine doing sth.
have the opportunity to do sth.
be uploaded onto the Internet
are put together into one video
all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection
have close friends or contacts
join a local choir
enables them to add their voices to
those of other individuals
9. It has proved to be a positive
influence on the lives of many people.
10. As he put it
想象做某事
有機會做某事
上傳到互聯網上
被合并在一個視頻中
你只需要一個攝像機和互聯網連接
有親密的朋友或聯系人
加入當地合唱團
使他們能夠把自己的聲音添加到其他人的聲音中
事實證明，這積極地影響了許多人的生活。
正如他所說
11. an award-winning composer
and conductor
12. fell in love with
13. be moved by this music
14. graduated from
15. a degree in literature/economics
16. original compositions
17. become quite popular among/with
18. led to
19. creativity n.
20. be inspired by
21. has become a worldwide phenomenon
22. be on stage
B2U5 Reading
一位屢獲殊榮的作曲家和指揮家
愛上了
被這音樂感動
畢業于
文學/經濟學學位
原創作品
變得在…中很受歡迎
導致
創造力
受到啟發
已成為一種世界性現象
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