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Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes: 1 Here, we look at two examples.
A recent study by researcher Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability. 2 The people in the first group were musicians, while those in the second group had no musical training. The musicians were able to hear the talking person more clearly.
3 Think about violinists in an orchestra (管弦乐团). When the violinists play with the group, they hear their own instrument and many others, too. But the violinists must listen closely to what they are playing, and pay no attention to the other sounds. In this way, musicians are able to focus on certain sounds, even in a room with lots of noise.
Schlaug, a doctor at Harvard Medical School, works with stroke (中风) patients. Because of their illness, these people cannot say their names, addresses, or other information normally. However, they can still sing. 4 Why does this work? Schlaug isn't sure. Music seems to make different parts of the brain work, including the damaged (损坏的) parts. This might help patients to use that part of the brain again.
Music improves concentration (注意力), memory, listening skills, and our overall language abilities. 5 Playing an instrument or singing can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp (敏锐的) as we get older. Music is not only enjoyable; it's also good for us in many other ways.
Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes:
A recent study by researcher Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability.
Schlaug, a doctor at Harvard Medical School, works with stroke (中风) patients. Because of their illness, these people cannot say their names, addresses, or other information normally. However, they can still sing.
Music improves concentration (注意力), memory, listening skills, and our overall language abilities.
| A．It can even help sick people get better. |
| B．Music improves certain language abilities in the brain. |
| C．Musicians hear better because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds. |
| D．Schlaug was surprised to find that singing words helped his patients to speak. |
| E．In his study two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room. |
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【知识点】 音乐与舞蹈
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【推荐1】What are most 14-year-old boys doing? Going to school, playing sports with friends and doing their homework. But life is much more colorful for the young TFBOYS members.
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Many people are interested in TFBOYS. After all, its members are still junior school students. During the weekdays they study at school with their classmates. On weekends and holidays they have singing classes, dancing classes and other trainings. In fans’ eyes, the group has a healthy and friendly image (形象). Most of their fans are also teenagers. “We are of similar age,” teens say, “They feel like friends to us and we love their songs!”
1. TFBOYS is a singers’ group.2. Wang Junkai is the youngest of the three boys.
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【推荐2】Every student in America likes popular music. Students carry small radios(收音机) with earphones(耳机) and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器) and play the music as they drive on the street.
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Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news(新闻) about sports, the weather, the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes(节目) are music.
Pop music singers make much money. Once the popular singer is famous all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes(磁带). Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her.
There are other kinds of music. They are important to Americans. One is folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is western(西部的) or country music. This kind of songs started by cowboys watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl we call western or country music.
1. When do students in America listen to pop music?
| A．Only after class. |
| B．Only at home. |
| C．Only when they are driving. |
| D．Before class, after class and at lunch. |
| A．On the car radio. |
| B．By cellphone. |
| C．By CD player. |
| D．By small radios with earphones. |
| A．students. | B．Adult drivers. |
| C．All the young people. | D．All girls. |
| A．The common life of Americans. |
| B．The love between a country boy and his girl. |
| C．The city life. |
| D．The life of working people. |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
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【推荐3】A writer can write many songs. Sometimes a writer’s favorite song isn’t his most successful one. “Walkin’ in the Sun” is a good example. It’s not my most successful song but it is very meaningful to me.
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1. “Walkin’ in the Sun” is the writer’s _______.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the writer’s father?
3. The underlined words “that day” refer to the day when the writer _______.
4. The underlined word “negative” is closest in meaning to _______.
5. The writer writes this passage mainly to _______.
My father was blind since he was about 6 years old. He was an insurance broker (保险经纪人). He did most of his work at home in Brooklyn, New York. Most of his sales were done on the phone. And he was really good at it. Sometimes, though, he had to go to the offices in Manhattan.
One day, when I was about 13, I went to the offices in Manhattan with him. We were on the way to the subway station and I remember it was the end of the day. It was a little cold. My dad asked if the sun was out on the other side of the street. I said, “Yes.” He said, “Let’s walk on that side of the street.”
Many years later, when I was probably 30, I was writing songs for myself. I had an office at A&M Records and they wanted me to record (录制) some of my songs. I thought about that day and “Walkin’ in the Sun”. It’s very simple. It says that when things are very negative, you need to know when they get better. At the end of the song, it says: Even a blind man can tell when he’s walkin’ in the sun.
I was the first person to record it but I’m very moved (感动的) because it’s also been sung by many famous singers. I think people like it because they can tell it comes from a place of sincerity (真诚).
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1. “Walkin’ in the Sun” is the writer’s _______.
| A．first song |
| B．favorite song |
| C．most successful song |
| D．most surprising song |
| A．He couldn’t see or hear. |
| B．He showed great interest in music. |
| C．He wanted the writer to be a singer. |
| D．He worked at home most of the time. |
| A．recorded his first song |
| B．called an insurance broker |
| C．took the subway to visit his father |
| D．went to Manhattan with his father |
| A．common |
| B．special |
| C．bad |
| D．good |
| A．show his love for his father |
| B．show his success as a song writer |
| C．explain the birth of “Walkin’ in the Sun” |
| D．ask more famous singers to sing his song |
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