研究生精读教程（第三版）PPT下册Unit 9 Is Rock Music Rotting Our Kids Minds.ppt

Part Summary Summary of [1]-[2] In these two paragraphs Allan Bloom has described American childrens addiction to rock music, an output of modern society. By characterizing rock music Allan Bloom refers to it as one that deprives children of their verbal communication with others. Part Summary Summary of [3] Here Allan Bloom talks about his concern with the effects of rock music on education. In his opinion, rock music presents children with models having no relation to their future life. He believes that rock music ruins the imagination of young people and makes it very difficult for them to have a passionate relationship to the art and thought that are the substance of liberal education. The issue deserves more attention when it involves children at their nascent sensuality whose sensuous experiences are decisive in determining the taste for the whole of life. Part Summary Summary of [4] Allan points out that the effects of rock music will follow the children into their adulthood. At this stage they will expect nothing but a living out of their lifes activities, which is against the belief of liberal education that the good life is the pleasant life and that the best life is the most pleasant life. Text Summary Bloom is concerned with rock musics effect on education. According to Bloom, music contributes to psychological health. However, in that respect rock music is a depriving factor. He refers to rock music as one that arouses sexual desire. Bloom feels that rock music ruins the imagination of young people. As a consequence, it is difficult for youth to have a passionate relationship with art and thought that are the substance of liberal Text Summary education. In his opinion education is providing a natural continuity between what they feel and what they can and should be. However, that art is lost since rock music encourages passions and provides models that have no relation to any life the young people can possibly lead. According to Bloom rock music prov