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Music affects us as profoundly as anything we experience. Very many people say that music is a big part of their everyday life. We can hear evidence of this in the blurring car radio and see the jogger with his personal stereo. That is the new portability of music. That brings it everywhere people live, play and work.
There are different kinds of music , for all tastes – classical, pop, rock, rap, jazz, folk – each culture has its own style. Different parts of the body resonate to different sounds and pitches, and most significantly, certain kinds of music resound powerfully in the human spirit.?

We can listen to music anywhere and everywhere.

Listening to music can change your mood – sometimes dramatically. Sometimes, if you’re feeling low, it’s tempting to play slow sad music, but this would make you feel worse. An uplifting tune or cheerful song can instantly improve your energy levels and your emotional well being.?

Music in film and television shows us how music can affect mood. A romantic drama would have a very different film score to a thriller. The old “silent” films originally had a pianist in the cinema playing along, trying to strike the right mood. At times, when watching a film or TV programme, you know what’s about to happen because of the music being played – you can anticipate the terror, such as in “Jaws”. There’re many times when I’ve turn down the sound during a TV programme and use subtitles because the music unsettles means so much.

Playing Mozart when studying is said to increase our IQ. A recent study has showed that children who learn a musical instrument are much quicker at developing spatial awareness and problem solving skills.

Relaxation music has a slow rhythm. Sounds are often synthesised and there may be added natural sounds, such as whalesong, birdsong, waves or gentle rain to help produce a feeling of calm and relaxation.

點(diǎn)評：這 是一篇關(guān)于各種音樂與人之間的關(guān)系的文章。音樂在現(xiàn)今社會因?yàn)橐苿?dòng)終端設(shè)備而變得在生活中無時(shí)不在，無處不在。不同的音樂對人的精神和情緒影響也各有不 同。悲傷時(shí)，如果我們聽慢調(diào)而悲傷的音樂，我們會更悲傷。而那些快樂的歌曲則能讓我們的情緒迅速恢復(fù)過來。電影和電視劇中的音樂同樣能夠影響我們的情緒， 例如恐怖片和浪漫愛情片的音樂是如此不同，另外還舉了默片時(shí)代的音樂以及看電影電視劇時(shí)我們配著背景音樂時(shí)會做出的一些反應(yīng)。最后談到研究表明音樂能提高 智商。舒緩的音樂節(jié)奏緩慢。同時(shí)，音樂中越來越多地加入原生態(tài)、大自然的元素來幫住人們獲得更多平靜和放松。

文章屬于考生日常生活中都會接觸到的娛樂休閑類的話題，正如文中所說，音樂在我們現(xiàn)今的社會無時(shí)、無處不在，相信考生對文中談及的音樂及其作用都感同身受，從而能夠比較輕松地完成這篇聽寫題目。