[2018年职称英语理工类阅读判断习题及答案thebiology,of,music]2018职称英语考试时间.pdfVIP

[2018 年职称英语理工类阅读判断习题及答案 The,Biology,of,Music]2018 职称英语考试时间 The Biology of Music Humans use music as a powerful way to municate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does itwork its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers. What are two things that make humans differentfrom animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that someanimals can sing （and many birds sing better than a lot of people ）。 However ，the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is alsotrue that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.1 Music is strange stuff.It is clearly differentfrom language.However,people can use music to municate things — especiallytheir emotions.When music is bined with speech in a song,it is a verypowerful form of munication.But,biologically speaking,what is music ？ If music is truly different from speech,then weshould process music and language in different parts of the brain.Thescientific evidence suggests that this is true. Sometimes people who suffer brain damage losetheir ability to process language.However,they dont automatically lose theirmusical abilities.For example,Vissarion Shebalin,a Russian poser ，had a stroke in 1953.It injuredthe left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.Hecould,however,still pose music until his death ten years later.On theother hand，sometimesstrokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speakand understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and languageseparately. By studying the physical effects of music on thebody ， scientistshave also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why doesmusic have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answe