英语经典背诵文章10篇.pdf

1. The Functions of Music in Daily Life Music is everywhere. We can hear it in restaurants, airports, railway stations, supermarkets, department stores, banks, hospitals, and many other public places. Music of all kinds is now available, and tapes and CDs are not very expensive. Music plays an important role in our everyday lives. Music can give us a better feeling about ourselves and about everything around us. It can change our attitudes toward many things. When we feel sad, music can cheer us up. When we are tired and bored, music can make us relaxed. When we are working or studying, music can provide us with a pleasant environment so that we can work or study more efficiently. Music can make people work faster and with more energy. Music can lull babies to sleep and can even make cows produce more milk. In a word, life without music would be boring and monotonous. 2. Four Words to Make Life Worthwhile Over the years as I ’ve sought out ideas, principles and strategies to life ’s challenges, Iour simple ’ words that can make living worthwhile. First, life is worthwhile if you learn. What you don ’ alone succeed. Life is worthwhile if you learn from your own experiences — negative or positive. We learn to do it right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positive negative. We also learn from other people positive and negative. Second, life is worthwhile if you try. You can ’t just learn; now you have to try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference, try to make some progress, try to learn a new skill, try to learn a new sport. It doesn do everything, but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try. Try y