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Music and the BrainMusic surrounds us and we wouldnt have it any other way. An exhilarating（令人兴奋的）[igzil?reiti?, orchestral [?:kestr?l] adj. 管弦乐的, 管弦乐队的 crescendo [kri?end?u] n. 声音渐增, 高潮, 顶峰 can bring tears to our eyes and send shivers [?iv?] v. 颤动 down our spines [spain] n. 脊柱, 脊椎, 书脊, 尖刺. Background swells [swel] v. （使）膨胀, （使）鼓起, （使）增长add emotive [im?utiv]adj. 感情的 punch [p?nt?] n. 感染力 to movies and TV shows. Organist [?:g?nist] n. 风琴手at ballgames bring us together, cheering, to our feet. Parents croon [kru:n] v. 低声歌唱soothinglyadv. 安慰地(缓和地, 减轻地, 减轻痛苦地)安稳的） to infants. 音乐围绕着我们,我们不会有任何其他的方法拥有它。令人激动的管弦乐演奏会使我们热泪盈眶并且带来神经深处的震撼。加入增强感染力的电影和电视节目。球类运动的风琴手们将我们彻底带到一起、欢呼。父母低声歌唱安慰自己的孩子。 And our fondness has deep roots: we have been making music since the dawn [d?:n] n. 黎明, 曙光, 开端, 破晓 of culture. More than 30,000 years ago early humans were already playing bone flutes [flu:t] n. 长笛, 凹槽vi. 吹长笛, 发出笛声vi. 吹长笛vi. 发出笛声vt. 刻凹槽, percussive [p?:k?siv, p?k?siv] adj. (乐器等)敲击的, 有强大冲击力的, 〈医〉叩诊的 instruments and jaw[d??:] n. 颚, 颌, 下巴, 钳口, 说教v. 喋喋不休, 教训 harps [hɑ:p] n. 竖琴v. 反复诉说, 唠叨--and all known societies throughout the world have had music. Indeed, our appreciation appears to be innate. [ineit, ineit] adj. 天生的, 固有的 Infants as young as two months will turn toward consonant [k?ns?n?nt] n. 辅音adj. 一致的, 符合的, 辅音的, or pleasant, sounds and away from dissonant [dis?n?nt] adj. 不一致的, 刺耳的, 不和谐的ones. And when a symphonys [simf?ni] n. 交响乐denouement [deinu:mɑ:?] n. (小说、戏剧等的)结尾, 结局gives delicious [dili??s] adj. 美味的, 可口的chills, [t?il] v. (使)变冷, (使)扫兴, [冶]冷淬n. 寒冷, 扫兴, 寒心, 着凉adj. 冷淡的, 寒冷的the same kinds of pleasure centers of the brain light up点亮, 照亮as they do when eating chocolate, having sex or taking cocaine. 我们的爱好有着很深的根源:在文化开始之初我们就创作音乐。30000多年前人类已经演奏骨笛、敲击的仪器和口琴——所有世界各地已知的社会都有音乐。事实上,我们的欣赏能力似乎是天生的。婴儿早在两个月将转向辅音,或者怡人的声音, 离开不和谐的声音。而当一个乐团的演奏出美味结局发冷,同一种类型的快乐中心的大脑照亮他们当吃巧克力,性交或服用可卡因。 Therein [e??rin, e??in] adv. 在其中, 在那里, 在那一点上 lies an intriguing [intri:gi?] adj. 吸引人的, 有趣的 bio