高中英语 备战高考 外刊精度与练习专题 17 （教案）.pdfVIP

备战2020年高考 外刊精度与练习专题 17 （教案） Happy or sad:What type of music do you like? 悲伤还是快乐 —— 你喜欢哪种音乐？ 语篇导读： 一项新研究表明，悲伤的音乐现在越来越受人们的欢迎。为什么人们选择听悲伤的音乐？在听 这类音乐时，人们的大脑和身体中在发生着什么变化？本期 “随身英语” 围绕这项研究，浅谈为 什么悲伤的音乐能让我们中的一些人感到快乐。 Vocabulary词汇表 emotions词汇表 comforting 令人安慰的 emotion 情绪 downbeat 低调的，悲观的 memory cheer sb.up …… …… 记忆 使 高兴起来，使 振作 move 打动，感动 trigger 引起，引发 （坏事） depressed 消沉的，抑郁的 comfort 安慰，慰籍 sob 抽泣 enjoyment 愉悦感 hooked 入迷的，上瘾的 melancholic 忧郁的 hormone 荷尔蒙 theblues 忧伤，悲哀 prolactin 催乳素 musictoyour ears 好消息 Step 2 Reading and understanding What would life be like without music? Songs and tunes fill our lives, affecting our emotions, bringing back memoriesand sometimesmakingusdance.There isa song for everyone and for every occasion,but it seemsthat it’s sadmusicthatmovesusmost. Sad music certainly does its job in making us depressed, emotional, and causing us to sob – it’s something we might listen to after a break-up, for example. And a recent study has shown why some people are hooked on sad music. Professor David Huron from Ohio State University conducted the research and looked at the differencebetween peoplewho loveto listen to sadmusic andthosewho can’t standit. He told the BBC radio programme The Why Factor that it comes down to a naturalhormonecalledprolactin.He says:“asyou mighthave guessed from thename,itsassociatedwith ‘lactation’frombreast-feeding.Whenpeoplecry,they alsoreleaseprolactin.And,there are circumstances in which prolactin seems to have this comforting effect.” It seems that people who like sad