UNIT 5 Music
Reading and Thinking
【教材原文】
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 ①put together into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—②all 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 ③close 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.④As 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.⑤Born 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 ⑥when he sang for the university choir.⑦Moved by this music, he said , “It was like seeing color for the first time.”He graduated from university in 1995, and then received a master's degree in musical composition from 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 ⑧a girl who was singing one of his works.⑨Inspired, 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 has received millions of views on the Internet. ⑩Since 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.
【语法注解】
①此句中that引导定语从句，修饰video；a virtual choir作one video的同位语。
②you need是定语从句，修饰all，关系词在从句中作need的宾语被省略了。
③who引导的定语从句，修饰 friends or contacts, contact在此处是名词，意为“熟人”。
④As one virtual choir member said是as引导的方式状语从句。
⑤过去分词短语Born in…在句中作时间状语。
⑥when he sang for the university choir 是 when引导的时间状语从句。
⑦Moved by this music是过去分词短语，在句中作原因状语。
⑧who was singing…是who引导的定语从句，修饰a girl，who在从句中作主语。
⑨此句中的过去分词作原因状语；which引导非限制性定语从句，对videos进行补充说明。
⑩since then“从那时起”，常与完成时连用。
which was first seen…是which引导的非限制性定语从句，对the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF进行补充说明。
不定式短语to sing…作定语，修饰way。the way to do sth“做某事的方法”，不定式作后置定语。
【参考译文】
虚拟合唱团
想象一下，独自在家时，你可以和几百个人一道引吭高歌。虚拟合唱团能够让你的想象成为现实。虚拟合唱团的成员们把各自的歌唱视频录制下来，上传到互联网上，然后这些视频被合并成一个你可以在线观看的视频——虚拟大合唱。任何人，无论身在何地，都可以参加虚拟合唱团——你只需要一部摄像机，并且能够上网。你连工作室都不需要。虚拟合唱团将普通人联系起来。1.许多人没有亲密的朋友，也没有志趣相投的私交，还有很多人没有机会参加本地的合唱团。虚拟合唱团让他们能够与其他人一起欢歌，成为全球社区的一部分。事实证明，虚拟合唱团对许多人的生活产生了积极的影响。正如一位虚拟合唱团成员所说：“音乐帮助我……忘记我的烦恼。音乐，让我脱胎换骨。”
虚拟合唱团是获奖作曲家兼指挥家埃里克·惠塔克的创意。2.惠塔克于1970年1月2日生于美国，1988年进人内华达大学学习音乐。在大学合唱团期间，他就爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。他被这段音乐打动了，他说：“那种(兴奋的)感觉就如同第一次看见色彩一样。”他1995年大学毕业，随后于1997年获纽约茱莉亚音乐学院音乐创作硕士学位。在接下来的十年间，惠塔克的原创作品深受合唱团和歌手的欢迎，这促使他创建了虚拟合唱团。
2009年，惠塔克收到了一个女孩演唱他创作的一部作品的视频。受此启发，惠塔克邀请粉丝们录制视频，然后他将这些视频拼接成一场演出。他创办首个虚拟合唱团“金色之光”，拥有来自12个不同国家的185名歌手。该合唱团在互联网上的点击量已超过百万次。3.自此，虚拟合唱团风靡全球。惠塔克的第二个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会“虚拟青年合唱团”，该团于2014年7月23日在英国首次登台演出，总共有来自80个国家的2 292名青年参与演唱惠塔克的歌曲《假如》。
虚拟合唱团提供了一种美妙的方式，让世界各地的人们能够同声歌唱，世界因此变得更加美好。
【核心突破】
1. classical music 古典音乐
2. come up with 提出；想出；赶上
come up走近；上来；被提出(无被动形式)
3 imagine doing 想象做。。。
4．have an opportunity to do sth 有机会做
seize/ miss an opportunity 抓住/错过时机
5．put on /give a performance 演出；表演
6. be composed of / be made up of= consist of 由... 组成
7. enable sb to do 使某人能够做。。。
8．prove （to be）+ n/adj 证明是。。。
It’s proved that 已经证实
9．win/receive/get an award for sth. 因某事而获奖
award sb. sth. (for sth.)因…颁发奖项给某人
sb. be awarded sth. (for sth.) 因…某人被授予奖项
award sth. to sb. 授予某人奖项
10. receive a master’s/doctor’s degree 获得硕士/博士学位
13. be popular with/ among sb 受......欢迎
14. be absorbed in sth./sb.；专心致志
15．be capable of sth./doing sth.有能力做
16. cure sb. of sth.治好某人的病
a cure for...……的疗法
17．be previous to sth.在……之前；先于……
18. aim for 追求，力争达到
aim at / sth be aimed at 目的，旨在
aim to do 目的在于做.....
19．to one's relief令某人感到宽慰的是
with/in relief宽慰地，如释重负地
20 a piece of equipment 一件设备
equip...with...= be equipped with用…装备/配备/武装…
21．have a talent /gift for be talented/gifted in在…方面有天赋
22．fall in love with爱上
23．a sense of satisfaction 满足感
to one's satisfaction令人满意的是
be satisfied with对……感到满意
24．a variety of＝varieties of各种各样的
25. react to对……做出反应
in reaction to对……做出反应
26 set sth. up安装好(设备或机器)；建立； 设立，准备，安排
try out 试验；测试
try out for参加选拔
in addition(to sb./sth.)除……以外(还)
27 have an impact /effect/ influence on 对……有影响
28 from (then) on从(那)时起
from now on从现在起
29 make oneself done 让自己被别人...
30 get through(设法)处理UNIT 5 Music
Reading and Thinking
【教材原文】
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 ①put together into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir.Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—②all 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 ③close 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.④As 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.⑤Born 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 ⑥when he sang for the university choir.⑦Moved by this music, he said , “It was like seeing color for the first time.”He graduated from university in 1995, and then received a master's degree in musical composition from 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 ⑧a girl who was singing one of his works.⑨Inspired, 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 has received millions of views on the Internet. ⑩Since 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.
【语法注解】
①此句中that引导____________，修饰video；a virtual choir作one video的____________。
②you need是____________，修饰all，关系词在从句中作need的____________被省略了。
③who引导的____________，修饰 friends or contacts, contact在此处是名词，意为“____________”。
④As one virtual choir member said是as引导的____________。
⑤过去分词短语Born in…在句中作____________。
⑥when he sang for the university choir 是 when引导的____________。
⑦Moved by this music是过去分词短语，在句中作____________。
⑧who was singing…是who引导的____________，修饰a girl，who在从句中作____________。
⑨此句中的____________作原因状语；which引导____________，对videos进行补充说明。
⑩since then“从那时起”，常与____________连用。
which was first seen…是which引导的非限制性定语从句，对the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF进行____________。
不定式短语to sing…作____________，修饰way。the way to do sth“做某事的方法”，____________。
【参考译文】
虚拟合唱团
想象一下，独自在家时，你可以和几百个人一道引吭高歌。虚拟合唱团能够让你的想象成为现实。虚拟合唱团的成员们把各自的歌唱视频录制下来，上传到互联网上，然后这些视频被合并成一个你可以在线观看的视频——虚拟大合唱。任何人，无论身在何地，都可以参加虚拟合唱团——你只需要一部摄像机，并且能够上网。你连工作室都不需要。虚拟合唱团将普通人联系起来。1.许多人没有亲密的朋友，也没有志趣相投的私交，还有很多人没有机会参加本地的合唱团。虚拟合唱团让他们能够与其他人一起欢歌，成为全球社区的一部分。事实证明，虚拟合唱团对许多人的生活产生了积极的影响。正如一位虚拟合唱团成员所说：“音乐帮助我……忘记我的烦恼。音乐，让我脱胎换骨。”
虚拟合唱团是获奖作曲家兼指挥家埃里克·惠塔克的创意。2.惠塔克于1970年1月2日生于美国，1988年进人内华达大学学习音乐。在大学合唱团期间，他就爱上了莫扎特的古典音乐。他被这段音乐打动了，他说：“那种(兴奋的)感觉就如同第一次看见色彩一样。”他1995年大学毕业，随后于1997年获纽约茱莉亚音乐学院音乐创作硕士学位。在接下来的十年间，惠塔克的原创作品深受合唱团和歌手的欢迎，这促使他创建了虚拟合唱团。
2009年，惠塔克收到了一个女孩演唱他创作的一部作品的视频。受此启发，惠塔克邀请粉丝们录制视频，然后他将这些视频拼接成一场演出。他创办首个虚拟合唱团“金色之光”，拥有来自12个不同国家的185名歌手。该合唱团在互联网上的点击量已超过百万次。3.自此，虚拟合唱团风靡全球。惠塔克的第二个壮举是打造联合国儿童基金会“虚拟青年合唱团”，该团于2014年7月23日在英国首次登台演出，总共有来自80个国家的2 292名青年参与演唱惠塔克的歌曲《假如》。
虚拟合唱团提供了一种美妙的方式，让世界各地的人们能够同声歌唱，世界因此变得更加美好。
【核心突破】
1. ____________ 古典音乐
2. ____________提出；想出；赶上
come up走近；上来；被提出(无被动形式)
3 ____________ 想象做。。。
4．____________ 有机会做
seize/ miss an opportunity 抓住/错过时机
5．put on /give a performance 演出；表演
6. ____________ 由... 组成
7. ____________使某人能够做。。。
8．prove （to be）+ n/adj 证明是。。。
It’s proved that 已经证实
9．____________ 因某事而获奖
award sb. sth. (for sth.)因…颁发奖项给某人
____________ 因…某人被授予奖项
award sth. to sb. 授予某人奖项
10. ____________ 获得硕士/博士学位
13. ____________受......欢迎
14. ____________专心致志
15．____________有能力做
16. ____________治好某人的病
a cure for...……的疗法
17．____________在……之前；先于……
18. aim for 追求，力争达到
____________目的，旨在
aim to do 目的在于做.....
19．____________令某人感到宽慰的是
with/in relief宽慰地，如释重负地
20 a piece of equipment 一件设备
____________用…装备/配备/武装…
21．____________在…方面有天赋
22．____________爱上
23．____________ 满足感
to one's satisfaction令人满意的是
be satisfied with对……感到满意
24．____________各种各样的
25. ____________对……做出反应
in reaction to对……做出反应
26 ____________安装好(设备或机器)；建立； 设立，准备，安排
try out 试验；测试
____________参加选拔
in addition(to sb./sth.)除……以外(还)
27 ____________ 对……有影响
28 ____________从(那)时起
from now on从现在起
29 ____________ 让自己被别人...
30 ____________(设法)处理
