Topic(题目)：
Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? All students should be required to studyart and music in secondary school. Use specificreasons and details to support your opinion.
Model Essay(范文)：
I agree that all students should be required to studyart and music in high school. I’ve read that youngchildren who study art and music in grade school dobetter in their other studies. That argument aside, we should study art and music for its sakealone. We should study art and music to learn more about ourselves, our culture, and ourworld.
Both art and music feed students’ imaginations and help them express themselves. There’s areason our ancestors in caves drew on the walks and make music with drums. Wanting toexpress ourselves is natural. It gives us an ? for our emotions and fears. It may not always bemusic other want to hear or art others will appreciate, but the activity itself is enjoyable. Itshouldn’t matter if the end of result isn’t perfect. In the process, we learn what we like anddislike.
Studying art and music means more than drawing or playing an instrument. Student usuallygo to art galleries and concerts, too. By studying the pictures on the museums walls or byreading the program notes at a recital, students will learn what society has decided is worthyof praise. They learn what is important in their own culture.
Students may also learn about other cultures by looking at art and listening to music from othercountries. When they do that ,they ‘ll see similarities and differences with their own. They’lllearn about what is important in other societies. Student will also learn how the art and musicof other societies. Students will also learn how the art and music of other cultures affect ourown.
By studying art and music in high school, students begin to understand themselves as well astheir own culture and other culture. What could have more value than that?
重点单词 全部解释
appreciate[ə'pri:ʃieit]vt. 欣赏，感激，赏识
vt. 领会，充分意
affect[ə'fekt]vt. 影响，作用，感动
dislike[dis'laik]v. 不喜欢，厌恶
n. 不喜爱，厌恶，反感
understand[.ʌndə'stænd]vt. 理解，懂，听说，获悉，将 ... 理解为，认为<
statement['steitmənt]n. 声明，陈述
recital[ri'saitl]n. 背诵，吟诵，详述 n. 独奏会，独唱会
disagree[.disə'gri:]v. 不一致，有分歧，不适应，不适宜
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
instrument['instrumənt]n. 乐器，工具，仪器，器械
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