Unit 5 Music readingand thinkingppt课件-（2019）新人教版高中英语必修第二册 (4).pptx

1、Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking Topic of music, art and culture1. Its important to celebrate music, arts and world cultures because sharing cultural heritage is important to keep it alive for future generations.2. This music helps me remember how much I miss her. 3. .helps me remember all the grea

2、t times we had.4. If you struggle to find the words that help you, music can be your guide.5. Sometimes words cannot describe what we are feeling, but music can.6. As Hans Christian Andersen once said, Where words fail, music speaks.安徒生曾经说过：语言力不能及时，音乐可以表达。7. Music is like a special language that eve

3、ryone can understand. 音乐是人人都能懂的语言，Sing the song together: Warming-upMusic is quite important in our lives.What are the ways for people to experience music?Experience musicLive concertCD/videoCompose music.SingPlay instrumentIn modern times, Computers and the Internet connect everyone in the world. H

4、ow can they help us experience music differently?Computers/the Internet access more songs from different stylescreate the sound of an orchestra on our home computerchange music to something newPre-readingHave you heard of the virtual choir? It is a new product of the Internet.Watch and think:In a vi

5、rtual choir, people can sing together with hundreds of others while they are at home alone. SkimmingOrganization Part 1 (Paragrph 1)The definition and advantages of the virtual choirPart 2 (Paragrph 2&3)The creation and performances of the virtual choirPart 3 (Paragrph 4)Conclusionargumentationespos

6、itorynarrationScan and circle the information in the text.1. The man who came up with the idea for a virtual choir.Eric Whitacre (second paragraph, first line)University of Nevada (second paragraph, second line)2. The place where he studied musical composition.3. The name of his song.“What If ”(thir

7、d paragraph, last line)Scan a text to find important information such as dates, numbers, and names.ScanningMake difference between the virtual choir and the reality choir.Virtual choirReality choirFormlivePlacestage of music hallIdentity of singersNumber of singerslimited to the required programmeIn

8、fluence on singersmany people as singers (becoming part of the global community)videoInternet (home/anywhere)ordinary peopleprofessionalsmusiciansnot limited only those who have the competence or opportunity to give performanceRead the text again and answer the questions.1. How is a virtual choir di

9、fferent from other choir? Who can take part in it?A virtual choir is different from other choirs because you dont need to be together and you dont need a studio. This means anyone can take part anywhere.2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? What gave him the inspiration

10、to make his first virtual choir?He fell in love with classical music when he was moved by Mozarts music at university for the first time.He was inspired to create the virtual choir by a video in which a girl sings one of his works.Find numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.2 January 19_ Eric Whi

11、tacre was born. 19_-1995 Whitacre attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 19_ Whitacre got a masters degree from the Julliard School in New York2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used _singers from _ different countries; received _views on the Intern

12、et._July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. _ youngpeople from_ countries sang What if”.70889718512millions of232,29280Try to introduce Eric Whitacre according to the timeline.01/02/197019881995200907/23/2014born1997the University of Nevada, Las Vegasmaster degree in.got the id

13、ea for., used., received.the Virtual Youth Choir for., “What if”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 oppotunity1. Last night I went to se

14、e my friends 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.performstageremindsoriginallyordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love enable stage studio original pro

15、ve onto oppotunity3. I m so happy! My favourite singer just won a music _. This _ that all the _ she put into her work was worth it.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 son

16、g 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.awardproveseffortfell in loveenabledoppotunitystudioo

17、rdinaryontoindividuals1. What are the advantaged and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir?2. Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not?Post-reading:critical thinkingThe advantages of being in a virtal choir are that it is very easy to get lots of people in diffe

18、rent places together quickly and cheaply. However, a disadvantage of not having everyone in the same place is that singers cannot react to each other in the same way as they can in person. Although a virtual choir doesnt bring people togethere pyysically, I think it stil helps bring people togetther. Thats because they can be from different countries and cultures, but sill join togcher easily to share the love of music.