阅读理解阅读理解。Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportancetheartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist．Musicisnicepeop

　　阅读理解

　　阅读理解。

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

　　Musictellsuswhoweare．BecausemusicisanexpressionofthebeingswhocreateititreflectstheirthinkingandvaluesaswelladthesocialenvironmentitcameinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintroducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefromAmericanmusicaltraditions．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．

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　　AccordingtoParagraph1students________．

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