【Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportancetheartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist.Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Toooftenitisviewedasentertainmentbutcertain】

　　Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportancetheartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist.Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Toooftenitisviewedasentertainmentbutcertainlynotaneducationpriority(优先).Thisviewisshortsighted.Infactmusiceducationisbeneficialandimportantforallstudents.

　　Musictellsuswhowearebecausemusicisanexpressionofthebeingswhocreateititreflectstheirthinkingandvaluesaswellasthesocialenvironmentitcamefrom.RockmusicrepresentsalifestylejustassurelyasdoesaSchubertsong.ThejazzinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintroducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefromAmericanmusicaltraditions.Musicexpressesourcharacterandvalues.Itgivesusidentityasasociety.

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

　　Theartsareformsofthoughtaspowerfulinwhattheycommunicateasmathematicalandscientificsymbols.Theyarewayswehumanbeings“talk”toeachother.Theyarethelanguageofcivilizationthroughwhichweexpressourfearsourcuriositiesourhungersourdiscoveriesourhopes.Theartsarewayswegiveformtoourideasandimaginationsothattheycanbesharedwithothers.Whenwedonotgivechildrenaccesstoanimportantwayofexpressingthemselvessuchasmusicwetakeawayfromthemthemeaningsthatmusicexpresses.

　　Scienceandtechnologydonottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman.Theartsdo.Musicisanimportantwayweexpresshumansufferingcelebrationthemeaningandvalueofpeaceandlove.

　　Somusiceducationisfarmorenecessarythanpeopleseemtorealize.

　　【小题1】AccordingtoParagraph1students ____ .

　　A．regardmusicasawayofentertainmentB．disagreewiththeirparentsoneducationC．viewmusicasanoverlookedsubjectD．prefertheartstoscience【小题2】InParagraph2theauthorusesjazza