TheFunctionsandEffectsofMusic讲义.ppt

The Functions and Effects of Music School of Chemistry and Materials Science Sun xiaomei The Impact of Recordings on Our Perceptions [8] Whatever the direct effects of musical recordings on our attitudes and behaviors, they are certainly an ever-present (=everlasting) and important part of our communication environment, and they contribute to the realities in our heads. [8]无论音乐对我们的态度和行为产生什么样的直接影响，可以肯定的是它在我们的交流环境中是时刻存在的，并发挥着重要作用。音乐还能使我们联想真实世界。 No one who listened to popular music during the 1980s could escape (=avoid) the perception that drugs were a major factor in the lives of many people. Popular music of the early 1970s contributed to (=led to) the belief that most people opposed the war in Vietnam. 听过上世纪80 年代流行歌曲的人都有这样的感觉：毒品在当时许多人的生活中占据主要地位。 70 年代早期的流行音乐内容主要涉及反对越南战争。 这些信息通过我们周围的背景音乐渗入到我们的意识当中，成为我们交流多元化的一个重要组成部分，如同今天我们听到的音乐传达的信息所起的作用一样。 These messages, sneaking into consciousness from the background music around us, formed an important part of our communication mosaics, just as the messages in todays music form an important part of our present communication mosaics. The Role of Music in Identification and Rebellion [9] Popular music has two other major functions or effects. It provides each generation of young people a common and cherished (=valued) experience. Years later, the sound of that music can bring strangers together and stimulate memories of that earlier era . 多年以后，熟悉的音乐能使陌生人团聚在一起，激起对往日的美好回忆。 流行音乐还有另外两个主要功效。 它为每一代青年人提供了平凡而珍贵的体验。 XiaoHuDui bring a generations good memory and memories. Believe that generation to hear more than a song, but also that year of good memories. Vivid evidence of the meaningfulness of such experiences can be seen by watching the tourists who are attracted to Graceland, Elvis Presleys former home and now the site of his grave in Memphis. A common sight there is the middle-aged married couple bringing their children to see and, they hope, to feel