Unit5Beforeyoulistentothetape,discussthesequestionsingroupsoffour.1Doyouoftenlistentomusicwhilestudyingathome?2Ifyoudo,whatkindofmusicdoyouusuallylistento?Whatkindofeffectdoesthemusichaveonyou.Listentothetapeagainandwritedownwhatthe“Mozarteffect”meanstoyou.Listeningtoclassicalmusic,especially,Mozart,helpsimproveyourmemory.SomethingaboutclassicalSomethingaboutclassicalmusicmusicClassicalmusicdoesnothaveClassicalmusicdoesnothavewords.Ittriestodescribewords.Ittriestodescribefeelingswithnotesandfeelingswithnotesandinstruments.Itiscalledinstruments.Itiscalledclassicalmusicbecauseitwasclassicalmusicbecauseitwaswrittenatatimewhentherewrittenatatimewhentherewasnocountry,poporrockwasnocountry,poporrockmusic.Themusichadtobeverymusic.Themusichadtobeverycarefullycomposedtofitacarefullycomposedtofitaspecialpattern.Onlythespecialpattern.Onlythecleverestmusicianscouldcleverestmusicianscouldcomposebeautifulmusicwithcomposebeautifulmusicwiththispattern.thispattern.1.Listeningtoclassicalmusicimprovesyourmemory.2.The“Mozarteffect”meanslisteningtoMozart’smusic.3.Toimproveyourlongtermmemoryyouneedtostudymaths.4.ScientiststhinktheMozarteffectworkswithallkindsofmusic.5.Listeningtomusicmakesyoumoreintelligent.TrueorFalse?ListeningListeningTextTextDoyouworryaboutexams?OfDoyouworryaboutexams?Ofcourse,everyonedoes.Doyoucourse,everyonedoes.Doyoufinditdifficulttorememberfinditdifficulttorememberwhatyoustudy?Well,everybodywhatyoustudy?Well,everybodyhastroublerememberingthingshastroublerememberingthingsfromtimetotime.Doyouknowfromtimetotime.Doyouknowmusiccanhelpyouremembermusiccanhelpyourememberthingsbetter?Scientistshavethingsbetter?ScientistshaveshownthatifyoulistentoshownthatifyoulistentoclassicalmusicandespeciallyclassicalmusicandespeciallyMozartwhileyouarestudying,itMozartwhileyouarestudying,ithelpsyourmemory.Itiscalledhelpsyourmemory.Itiscalledthe“Mozarteffect”.the“Mozarteffect”.ItwouldbeusefultoknowItwouldbeusefultoknowifthe“Mozarteffect”workswithifthe“Mozarteffect”workswithallkindsofmusic.Certainlyallkindsofmusic.Certainlyscientistshavedonesomescientistshavedonesomeexperimentstofindout.Theyexperimentstofindout.Theyhavetriedplayingotherkindsofhavetriedplayingotherkindsofmusic(suchaspopmusic)whilemusic(suchaspopmusic)whilestudentsarestudying,butitstudentsarestudying,butitdoesn’twork.doesn’twork.ItseemsthattheregularrhythmsofItseemsthattheregularrhythmsofclassicalmusichelpdevelopone’sclassicalmusichelpdevelopone’smemory.However,thisimprovementmemory.However,thisimprovementonlylastsforashorttime.onlylastsforashorttime.IfyouwanttoimproveyourIfyouwanttoimproveyourintelligence,Whatshouldyoudo?intelligence,Whatshouldyoudo?ScientiststhinkthatlearningamusicalScientiststhinkthatlearningamusicalinstrumentishelpful,especiallyforinstrumentishelpful,especiallyforimprovingmathsskills.improvingmathsskills.ThisisbecausemathsandThisisbecausemathsandmusicbothusethesamepartmusicbothusethesamepartofthebrain.Soifyouwanttoofthebrain.Soifyouwanttobegoodatmaths,perhapsbegoodatmaths,perhapsyoushouldgotoamusicyoushouldgotoamusicclass!class!Beforeyoulisten,makealistofBeforeyoulisten,makealistofanyclassicalcomposersthatyouanyclassicalcomposersthatyouknowof.Shareyourlistwithyourknowof.Shareyourlistwithyourpartner.partner.mathematicalpatternjazzmathematicalpatternjazzfolkcomposerschoralfolkcomposerschoralmovingbeautymovingbeautyListentothetapeagainandfillintheListentothetapeagainandfillinthechartbelow.chartbelow.ListentothetapeagainandfillinthechartListentothetapeagainandfillinthechartbelow.below.InformationonBachInformationonBachWhodidheWhodidhewritefor?writefor?WheredidheWheredidheplayit?playit?WhataretheWhatarethefamousofhisfamousofhismusic?music?WhattypeofWhattypeofmusicdidhemusicdidhewrite?write?WhyisheWhyisherememberedrememberedtoday?today?God.Inthechurch.Mathematicalandwithaspecialpattern.Choralmusic.Forthebeautyofhismusicalpatterns.Themainideaof“Cat’sinthecradle”.1.Whenhissonisgrowingup,hisfatherisoftenawayandverybusy.Butthesonwantstocopyhisfather.2.Attenthefatheristoobusytoplaywithhisson,butthesonstillwantstocopyhisfather.3.Homefromcollegethe3.Homefromcollegethesonistoobusytotalktohissonistoobusytotalktohisfather.father.4.Nowthefatherisoldand4.Nowthefatherisoldandretired,hefindshissonisretired,hefindshissonistoobusytoseehim.Henowtoobusytoseehim.Henowrealizesthathissonhasrealizesthathissonhasgrownupjustlikehim.grownupjustlikehim.
