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Do you like to listen to music when you feel blue? Do you like to sing songs in the shower? Music is everywhere. But in many 1 (country), music classes in school are losing 2 (they) place.
These days, 3 of the bad economy(经济) in the US, some schools fired music teachers. 4 some students don’t have the chance to learn music. In China, there are no exams for music. So many students choose to make use of their time and study subjects 5 science and maths.
But do you know that 6 (learn) music helps children grow? Playing music is like doing different things all together, said Gottfried Schlaug at Harvard Medical School. For example, when playing the piano, people see the music notes. And they decode(解码) them. At the same time, they use their finger 7 (make) sounds. You do all these things at the same time.
8 (science) say that music helps with science too. Einstein played the violin. And German physicist(物理学家) Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.
Music is also 9 very valuable thing. It makes you 10 (interesting) in things, and it makes you happy, according to US National Science Foundation.
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