【英语写作II】范文两篇.doc

请大家打印、阅读如下两篇范文并带到周五（4月3号）课堂。 The Sometimes Silent Partner To see how important music was to me, I tried going without it for an entire day. There were no songs playing on my alarm clock to wake me. There was no music on in the car while I drove to school. I went through the entire day without listening to a single CD. Did I survive? Of course I did. Was I miserable? You bet. I was alternately stressed out and bored. It felt like Lent, where I have to give up something I really enjoy. Music is a necessary and integral part of our lives, so much so that we may not recognize its value. From the most insignificant to the most important moments in our lives, music helps make our experiences complete. Music also helps up remember and celebrate our heritage as part of rituals and in everyday events. One place music plays an important role is in movies. Many of us think that background music reflects the action of a scene, which it does, but it also helps create the emotions we feel when we are watching that action. For example, would the shark-attack scenes in Jaws be as suspenseful without the famous “Ta-Dum, Ta-Dum” of the theme song? Would we be as likely to shed a tear in a sad movie without the swelling of violins in the background? Sound directors use this music to trigger a viewer’s emotional reaction to a movie. The beauty of a good movie soundtrack is that you don’t notice it. The next time you put a tape in the VCR, try spending a few minutes watching the movie with the sound off. Chances are that your experience of the movie during those few minutes will be flat and maybe even boring. On the other hand, certain pieces of music have become all-important to us over time and have come to symbolize certain events. Can you imagine going to a baseball game and not singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game?” For me, this song and the six clear notes before the crowd yells “Charge!” are at the heart of enjoying the game. In other cases, a certain piece of music is central