Howimportantismusic？Whentheyareaskedthisquestion，studentsandparentsusuallyanswerthatmusicisnice，butnotveryimportant．Itisoftenconsideredonlyasentertainment，butnotthefirstchoiceforeducation．Thisopinionissho

　　Howimportantismusic？Whentheyareaskedthisquestion，studentsandparentsusuallyanswerthatmusicisnice，butnotveryimportant．Itisoftenconsideredonlyasentertainment，butnotthefirstchoiceforeducation．Thisopinionisshortsighted．Infact，musiceducationisnecessaryandimportantforallstudents．

　　Musictellsuswhoweare．Musicreflectsthecreators'thinkingandvalues，aswellasthesocialenvironmentitcamefrom．Forexample，justasMozartmusicrepresentsalifestyle，rockmusicrepresentsalifestyle，too．ThejazzinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintroducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefromAmericanmusicaltraditions．

　　Musicprovidesakindofabilitytoknowtheworldinadifferentway．Scienceexplainshowthesunrisesandsets．Musicexplorestheemotivemeanings．Weneedeverypossiblewaytodiscoverandresponsetoourworldbecausenoonewaycangetitall．

　　Musicisaformofthought，aspowerfulasscience．Itisawaywehumanbeings"talk"toeachother．Throughthelanguageweexpressesourfeelings，ourdiscoveries，ourideas，ourimaginationandourhopessothattheycanbesharedwithothers．Whenwedonotletourchildrenreceivegoodmusiceducation，wetakeawayfromthemthemeaningsthatmusicexpresses．Sciencedoesnottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman．Musicdoes．

　　Somusiceducationismuchmorenecessarythanpeoplegenerallyrealize．

　　Title：Musiceducationisof （36）___

　　Passageoutline DetailedinformationIntroductionShortsightedopinion：Musicisonlyawayofentertainment，notthetopchoiceforeducation．

　　Truth：Musiceducationisnecessaryandimportantforallstudents．

　　MainBodyAwaytotellwhoweare：

　　Musicnotonlyreflectsthesocialenvironmentitcamefrombutalsoexpressespeople'sthinkingand （37）___Awaytoknowtheworld：

　　Wecan'tdiscoverandrespondtoourworldinjustoneway．

　　Scienceexplainshownature（38）___．

　　Musicexplorestheemotivemeaningsofnature．