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THE VIRTUAL CHOIRImagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone.（祈使句） You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video.1. perform（1）v. 演出，表演，演奏翻译：The blogger was amazed to know that he was chosen to perform onstage.（2）vt. 做；履行；执行搭配 perform an operation/an experiment 做手术 / 做实验perform one’s promise/ duty 履行某人的诺言/尽某人的职责翻译：电脑能同时执行多项任务。A computer can perform many tasks at once.派生词：performance n. 表演，演出；演技；表现These videos are uploaded（反义词：download） 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 （普通的）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.2 enable vt. 使能够；使可能搭配：enable sb. to do sth. 使某人能做某事This pass ______ me to travel half-price on trains.我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车。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.”3 prove v.（1）vt. 证明；展现搭配 prove that... 证明……It is proved that... 事实证实……翻译：你如何能证明你会让我幸福？How can you prove that you will enable me to be happy 事实证明，他的表演很一般。It is proved that his performance is ordinary.The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer（备受赞誉的） and conductor Eric Whitacre.4 award n. & vt.（1）n. ［C］奖；奖品；奖金搭配：win/receive/get an award（for sth.）（因某事）获奖翻译：I always dream of winning an award in the TV performance competition.我一直梦想着在电视表演大赛中获奖。（2）vt. 授予；奖励；判给搭配：award sb. sth. = award sth. to sb. 把某物颁发给 / 判给某人裁判授予我一等奖。The judge awarded me first prize.=The judge awarded first prize to me.Born 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 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 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.5． fall in love with sb（1）fall in love with sb. “爱上某人”，表示动作，是非延续性动词短语，不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。（2）be in love with sb. “与某人相爱”，表示状态，是延续性动词短语，可与表示一段时间的状语连用。他们已经相爱好几年了。They have fallen in love with each other for years. （×）They have been in love with each other for years. （√）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 has received millions of views on the Internet. Since 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.6 stage n.时期；阶段；舞台the early stage of a child’s development 儿童成长的早期the first stage of the scientific experiment 科学实验的第一阶段reach/get to a stage 到达某一阶段go through a stage 经历某一阶段at this/that stage 在这个 / 那个阶段at an early/a late stage 在初期 / 后期【误区警示】stage 用作先行词，且定语从句中缺少状语时，如果作“舞台，领域”讲，定语从句常用 where 引导，stage 在这里表示抽象的地点。类似的词还有 situation，point，case 等。They developed their friendship to a stage _____ they often sharedsorrows and happiness. 他们的友谊已发展到了同甘共苦的地步。7 altogether adv.（1）总共（=in all）The architect has been to twenty countries altogether，such as Denmark，Canada and Argentina.这位建筑师总共到过二十个国家，如丹麦、加拿大和阿根廷。（2）完全地（=completely）The boy took careful aim but he missed the target altogether.这个男孩小心瞄准，但是完全没有打中目标。（3）总之（=all in all）Altogether，our achievements are very great.总之，我们的成绩是很大的。

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