Unit 2 The universal language Background 课件.ppt

Unit 2 The universal language Background 课件 名言佳句 In music one must think with heart and feel with the brain. —Victor Hugo 音乐要用心灵去听，用头脑去感觉。 ——维克多·雨果 Music has charms to smooth a savage breast，to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak. —William Congreve，British dramatist 音乐有着抚慰粗野的胸怀、软化顽石或使千年老树弯腰的魅力。 ——英国剧作家康格里夫W 音乐是潺潺的清泉，音乐是澎湃的大海，音乐是世界上最美妙的语言。 Picture yourself sitting lazily in a lounge bar, having your favorite drink along with a few of your friends. You let off a few jokes, discuss the latest news and trends and let your soul and body relax from the everyday 类文欣赏 style of urban working.Now imagine all this without music! Feel out of place? I bet you do.Even if you don’t recall a single melody or flow of notes, still your subconscious has been catching all the music played in the background. Slowly easing and swaying to the rhythm, you enjoy the atmosphere that is created around. Music is called the universal language of the world for many reasons.First and the foremost, music is made up of 7 main notes. No matter what part of the world you are in, and what instrument you play, all the music created is one of the 7 notes.There may be different names for all 7 notes in different parts of the world, but for the performer, they are still the same. Secondly music, being a form of art, can reach the deepest part of your heart and soul.You don’t have to be a patient or a psychologist to understand music.As long as any melody and rhythm make you feel yourself, it is the best doctor a person can find, and best remedy anyone can recommend.Thirdly music, like any other language, can express any and every type of emotion.But where it scores more is where the words fall short of expressing, music can go on and on voicing all that you ever want to say. Music therapy is even effective on animals and plants.There have been studies carried out and research done on this and findings show that plants and trees that grow in company of good music show a growth p