配套新教材-高中英语-必修第二册-人教版-UNIT 5 Reading and Thinking.pptx

UNIT 5 MUSIC Reading and Thinking;Music is quite important in our lives. What are the ways for people to experience music?;Have you ever heard of virtual choir? Whats it?;The Virtual Choir;Activity 1 Before you read，discuss the question in groups. How can computers and the Internet help us experience music differently? Computers and the Internet can help us experience a wide range of musical genres. The Internet gives us access to millions of songs from many different genres，so we can find exactly what we like. Computer technology today can also help us create the sound of an orchestra on our home computer! They can also help us change music to something new. ;Activity 2 Look at the picture on Page 52 and tell its difference from the traditional concert.;THE VIRTUAL CHOIR Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at 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 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 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 wi