Period2ReadingandThinking

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Whatdoyouknowaboutchoir/kwa??/?HowcancomputersandtheInternethelpusexperiencemusicdifferently?ComputersandtheInternetGiveusaccesstomoresongsfromawiderrangeofgenres(kinds)HelpuscreatethesoundofanorchestraonourhomecomputerHelpuschangemusictosth.new

Let’swatchananothertypeofchoir

Lookatthetitleandthepicture.Whatwillbeincludedinthepassage?

1.Listentotheaudioandreadbyyourself,underlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.2.Summarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.3.Finishyourhandoutin10minutes.1

ScanningScanatexttofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbers,andnames1.Themanwhocameupwiththeideaofvirtualchoir3.Thenameofhissong.2.TheplacewherehestudiedmusicalcompositionEricWhitacre(p2,L2)UniversityofNevada(P2,L2)“WhatIf”(P3,LASTLINE)

GeneralReading.2.Themainidea:Thetextmainlytalksaboutthedefinition,founder,______________and___________ofthe_____________.developmentinfluencevirtualchoir3.Themainideaofeachparagraph:Para.1______;Para.2______;Para.3______;Para.4_____.Whocreatedit?WhatisaVirtualChoir?Whatinfluencediditbringtous?Howwasitcreated?BADC1.Thispassageisa/an_______A.narration B.argumentation C.expositionC

DetailedReading.Part1-Para1:Imaginehavingtheopportunitytosingtogetherwithhundredsofotherpeoplewhileyouareathomealone.Youcandothisinavirtualchoir.Virtualchoirmembersrecordthemselveswhiletheyperformaloneonvideo.ThesevideosareuploadedontotheInternet,andthentheyareputtogetherintoonevideothatyoucanseeonline---avirtualchoir.Anyonecantakepartinavirtualchoirfromanywhere---allyouneedisavideocameraandanInternetconnection.Youdonotevenneedastudio.1.What’sthefunctionofthefirstsentence---“Imaginehaving...alone”?A.Introduc