1、UNIT 5 MUSIC THE VIRTUAL CHOIR (P52) The Virtual Choir P52.mp3 Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with 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 uploa
2、ded 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
3、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 of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a pos
4、itive influence 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.” 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
5、 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
6、 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. In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he a
7、sked his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one 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. Whitacres next e
8、ffort 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 Whitacres song, “What If”. The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make t
9、he world a better place.The Virtual ChoirThe Virtual Choir Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with 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
10、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 toge
11、ther. 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 of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a positiv
12、e influence 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.” 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 mus
13、ic 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 fro
14、m the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre s original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he aske
15、d his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one 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. Whitacres next effo
16、rt 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 Whitacres song, “What If”. The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the
17、world a better place.Listening and Speaking (P50- 51) 新人教版Book 2 Unit 5 Music Warming-up When talking about When talking about music, what do you music, what do you think of? think of? Is there a piece of music, a song, a kind of musical instrument, or a musician that is very special to you? Please
18、share with us. Look at these pictures. How many music genres do you know? What is the difference between Jazz and Blues? DiscussionDiscussionDiscussionDiscussion Now lets learn them together. Pre-listening Look at the pictures below and discuss the question: What are they doing?What are they doing?
19、12 conducting an orchestra playing the guqin Pre-listening Look at the pictures below and discuss the question: What are they doing?What are they doing? 34 playing the guitarsinging or rapping into microphones Match the pictures with the correct types of music. A. Chinese traditional B. classical C.
20、 country music D. hip-hop 1234 1._2. _ 3._4. _ BA C D A reporter from the school newspaper is interviewing students about music. Do you like classical music? . Chinese traditional songs. classical music. hip-hop music. country music. dance to listen to play sing 1. The first student likes to 2. The
21、second student likes to 3. The third student likes to While Listening Listen to the interviews. Draw lines between the words to make complete sentences. Some words will not be used. While Listening The reporter paraphrased some of the answers the students gave him. Listen to the interviews again and
22、 complete the sentences with the words you hear. 1. A: Country music touches my heart. B: So you like music thats _ 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 Im sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature.
23、B: So to you, its _and _? fullfeeling dance peacefulbeautiful Paraphrase When you want to explain something difficult to somebody, it is helpful to use easier words with the same meaning. This will help you make it easier to understand. Listening Script Reporter: What kind of music do you like? Stud
24、ent 1: I like country music. I really love Billy James. Reporter: Why? Student 1: His music touches my heart. Reporter: So you like music that s full of feeling. Student 1: Yes thats what country music is all about. Reporter: Do you like hip-hop? Student 2: I love it! Reporter: What makes it so spec
25、ial to you? Student 2: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move! Reporter: Oh, so it makes you want to dance? Student 2: Thats right! I just cant stop. Listening Script Reporter: And what kind of music do you like? Student 3: I play the piano, so I like classical music. Reporter: What do you li
26、ke about it? Student 3: When I play, I get carried away. I feel like Im sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature. Reporter: So, to you, its peaceful and beautiful? Student 3: Yes. Post Listening Summary How to express reasons for liking music? touches my heart /soul makes me happy/want to d
27、ance gives me energy/hope helps me exercise/study sounds peaceful/beautiful reminds me of home/people I love Useful Expressions: Post Listening Discuss these questions with your classmate. 1. Do these types of music make you feel the same as the students? Why or why not? Classical music also makes m
28、e 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 dont like heavy metal music at all. Its too loud and fast. It gives me a headache! Pair WorkPair WorkPair WorkPair Work Do you know about the following instruments? D
29、o you love them? Why? Bagpipes wind instrument Pipa stringed instrument Interview each other about music. Use the pictures above for idea. You can talk about: Music type Reasons 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
30、 to it when I exercise. It gives me energy. Where words fail, music speaks.Where words fail, music speaks. Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen Pronunciation 1. Read the lyrics below from “Blown in the Wind” by Bob Dylan. Notice how the plosives are pronounced. How many roads must a man wa
31、l(k) down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a whi(te) dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times mus(t) the cannon balls fly Before theyre forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowinin the wind The answer is blowinin the wind. Pronunciation Yes, and how many ye
32、ars can a mountain exist Before its wash(ed) to the sea? Yes, and how many years can some people exist Before theyre allow(ed) to be free? Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he jus(t) doesn(t) see? The answer, my friend, is blowinin the wind The answer is blowinin the wind. 2
33、. Repeat after the recording. Thank you!Unit 5 此处增加本单元单词和短语表达部分, 旨 在帮助学生对已学的单词及短语进行复习 回顾，从而加深记忆。 对单词进行复习，使学生在新课学习 中没有单词障碍。 通过朗读，使学生熟练掌握单词的正 确发音。 所呈现单词均出自课本单词表中的词 汇。 classical hip-hop techno energy soul bagpipes stringed adj. 古典的；经典的 n. 嘻哈音乐；嘻哈文化 n. 泰克诺音乐（一种节奏快、 通常无歌声相伴的音乐） n. 能量；能源；精力 n. 灵魂；心灵 n. 风笛
34、 adj. 有弦的 Words review stringed instrument virtual virtual choir composition opportunity perform performance 弦乐器 adj.很接近的；事实上的；虚拟的 虚拟合唱团 n. 成分；（音乐、艺术、诗歌的） 作品 n. 机会；时机 vi. & vt. 表演；履行；执行 n. 表演；演技；表现 Words review performer onto studio ordinary enable prove award n. 表演者；演员 prep. （朝）向 n. 演播室；（音乐的）录音棚； 工
35、作室 adj. 普通的；平凡的 vt. 使能够；使可能 vt. 证明；展现 vt. 授予 n. 奖品 Words review composer conductor fall in love with original phenomenon stage n. 作曲者；作曲家 n. （乐队、合唱团等的）指挥； （公共汽车的）售票员 爱上 adj. 原来的；独创的；原作的 n. 原件；原作 n. (pl. phenomena)现象 n. （发展或进展的）时期； 阶段；（多指剧场中的）舞台 Words review altogether thus band rap nowadays gradual
36、capable adv. （用以强调）全部；总共 adv. 如此；因此 n. 乐队；带子 n. 快速敲击；说唱音乐 vi. & vt. 敲击；（说唱歌中的） 念白 adv. 现在；目前 adj. 逐渐的；渐进的 adj. 有能力的；有才能的 Words review relief cure absorbed in sth/sb previous n. （焦虑的、痛苦的）减轻或消除 ； （不快过后的）宽慰、轻松或解脱 vt. 治愈；治好（疾病）；解决（ 问题） n. 药物；治疗；（解决问题；改善 糟糕情况的）措施 被吸引住；专心致志 adj. 先前的；以往的 Words review unemp
37、loyed romantic album impact aim adj. 失业的；待业的 adj. 浪漫的 n. 浪漫的人 n. 相册；集邮簿；音乐专辑 n. 巨大影响；强大作用；冲击力 n. 目的；目标 vi. & vt. 力求达到；力争做到； 瞄准 vt. 目的是；旨在 Words review set sth up equipment try out talent piano assume addition in addition (to sb/th) 安装好（设备或机器） n. 设备；装备 参加选拔（或试演） n. 天才；天资；天赋 n. 钢琴 vt. 以为；假设 n. 添加；加法；增
38、加物 除以外（还） Words review disease ache treatment from (then) on lean get through moreover satisfaction being n. （疾）病 vi. & n. 疼痛 n. 治疗；对待；处理 从（那）时起 vt. (leant/leaned)依靠；倾斜 （设法）处理；完成 adv. 而且；此外 n. 满足；满意；欣慰 n. 身心；存在；生物 Words review various somehow rhetorical metaphor personification repetition simile out
39、line adj. 各种不同的；各种各样的 adv. 以某种方式（或方法）； 不知怎么地 adj. 修辞的 n. 暗喻；隐喻 n. 拟人；人格化；化身 n. 重复；重做 n. 明喻 n. & vt. 概述；概要 Words review reaction Eric Whitacre Nevada Mozart Lux Aurumque UNICEF Las Vegas John A. Logan n. 反应；回应 埃里克惠塔克 内华达州（美国） 莫扎特 金色光芒（歌曲名） 联合国儿童基金会 拉斯维加斯（美国城市） 约翰洛根 Words review Music When I hear musi
40、c, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. -Henry David ThoreauUNIT 5 MUSIC THE VIRTUAL CHOIR (P52) The Virtual Choir P52.mp3 Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are home alone. You
41、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
42、 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
43、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 influence 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.” The virtual cho
44、ir 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 Mozarts classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like
45、seeing color for the first time.” He graduated from university in 1995, and then received a masters degree in musical composition 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
46、 the creation of the virtual choir. 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 first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had 185 singers from 12 different countries. It
47、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 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing W
48、hitacres 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.The Virtual ChoirThe Virtual Choir Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are home alone. You can
49、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 no
