Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtorate(排名)subjectsaccordingtotheirimportancetheartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist.Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Toooftenitisviewedasonlyentertainment

　　Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtorate(排名)subjectsaccordingtotheirimportancetheartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist.Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Toooftenitisviewedasonlyentertainmentbutcertainlynotaneducationpriority(优先).Thisviewisshortsighted.Infactmusiceducationisbeneficialandimportantforallstudents.

　　Musictellsuswhoweare.Becausemusicisanexpressionofthepeoplewhocreateititreflectstheirthinkingandvaluesaswellasthesocialenvironmentitcamefrom.RockmusicrepresentsalifestylejustassurelyasdoesaSchubertsong.ThejazzinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintroducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefromAmericanmusicaltraditions.Musicexpressesourcharacterandvalues.Itgivesusidentity(身份)asasociety.

　　Musicprovidesakindofperception(感知)thatcannotbegainedanyotherway.Sciencecanexplainhowthesunrisesandsets.Theartsexploretheemotive(情感的)meaningofthesamephenomenon(现象).Weneedeverypossiblewaytodiscoverandrespondtoourworldforonesimplebutpowerfulreason:Noonewaycangetitall.

　　Theartsareformsofthoughtaspowerfulasmathsandscience.Theyarewayswehumanbeings“talk”toeachother.Theyarethelanguageofcivilization(文明)throughwhichweexpressourfearsourcuriositiesourhungersourdiscoveriesourhopes.Theartsarewayswegiveformtoourideasandimaginationsothattheycanbesharedwithothers.Whenwedonotgivechildren someimportantwayofexpressingthemselvessuchasmusicwetakeawaythemeaningsthatmusicexpressesfromourchildren.

　　Scienceandtechnologydonottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman.Theartsdo.Musicisanimportantwayweexpresshumansufferinghappinessthemeaningandvalueofpeaceandlove.

　　Somusiceducationisfarmorenecessarythanpeopleseemtorealize.

　　【小题1】AccordingtoParagraph1students

　　A．regardmusicasawayofentertainmentB．disagreewiththeirparentsoneducationC．viewmusicasanoverlooked(被忽视的)subjectD．prefertheartstoscience【小题2】InParagraph2theauthorusesjazzanexampleto