How important is music? When students and parents are asked this question, they usually 【小题1】 that music is nice, but not very important. Often, it is only considered 【小题2】 entertainment (娱乐), but not the first choice for education. In fact, music education is necessary and important for all the 【小题3】.
Music reflects people’s thoughts and values as well as the social environment. For example, just as Mozart music represents a lifestyle, rock music represents a lifestyle, too. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is American because it 【小题4】 from American musical traditions.
Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different 【小题5】. Science explains 【小题6】 the sun rises and sets. Music explores the emotive (情感的) meanings. We need every possible way to discover and response (回应) to our world because no one way can get it all.
It is a way that we human beings “talk” to each other. Through the language, we express 【小题7】 feelings, discoveries, ideas, imaginations and hopes so that they can be shared with others. When we do not let our children receive good music education, we take them away from the meanings that music expresses. Science does not tell us what it means to be human, but music does.
So music education is 【小题8】 necessary than people generally realize. So it is important for us to pay more attention to music education.