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Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportance,theartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist.Musicisnice,peopleseemtosay,butnotimportant.Toooftenitisviewedasmereentertainment,butcertainlynotaneducationpriority(优先).Thisviewisshortsighted.Infact,musiceducationisbeneficialandimportantforallstudents.
Musictellsuswhoweare.Becausemusicisanexpressionofthebeingswhocreateit,itr eflectstheirthinkingandvalues,aswelladthesocialenvironmentitcameinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintr oducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefromAmericanmusicaltr aditions.Musicexpressesourcharacterandvalues.Itgivesusidentityasasociety.
Musicprovidesakindofperception(感知)thatcannotbeacquiredanyotherway.Sciencecanexplainhowthesunrisesandsets.Theartsexploretheemotive(情感的)meaningofthesamephenomenon.Weneedeverypossiblewaytodiscoverandrespondtoourworldforonesimplebutpowerfulreason:Noonewaycangetitall.
Theartsareformsofthoughtaspowerfulinwhattheycommunicateasmathematicalandscientificsymbols.Theyarewayswehumanbeings“talk”toeachother.Theyarethelanguageofcivilizationthroughwhichweexpressourfears,ourcuriosities,ourhungers,ourdiscoveries,ourhopes.Theartsarewayswegiveform.toourideasandimaginationsothattheycanbesharedwithothers.Whenwedonotgivechildrenaccesstoanimportantwayofexpressingthemselvessuchasmusic,wetakeawayfromthemthemeaningsthatmusicexpresses.
Scienceandtechnologydonottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman.Theartsdo.Musicisanimportantwayweexpresshumansuffering,celebration,themeaningandvalueofpeaceandlove.
Somusiceducationisfarmorenecessarythanpeopleseemtorealize.
A.regardmusicasawayofentertainment
B.disagreewiththeirparentsoneducation
C.viewmusicasanoverlookedsubject
D.prefertheartstoscience
正确答案：A上一篇 Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that . A.they look like young cuckoo
下一篇 Accordingtothepassage,theartsandscience.A.approachtheworldfromdifferentanglesB.explored
