学生啦：课时作业（四）Unit 2 Section I Welcome to the unit ReadingASinging has always made Stephen Dunn,64,of Melbourne,feel joyful.He occasionally sangwith bands in the past.When he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease two years ago,heremembered that his father,who'd also had the condition,lost his ability to sing as the diseaseprogressed.Hoping to prevent a similar fate,Stephen joined ParkinSong last year,a local group ofParkinson's patients who meet monthly with a music therapist )They sing together andleam skills to help preserve their singing and speaking voices."The session involves vocal exercises,breathing exercises,correct posture and that sort ofthing,”he says.“Our vocal cords(声带)are like any other muscle in our body..If you don't useit,you lose it.”Helping Parkinson's patients maintain their voices is just one way that music therapy benefitspeople.A variety of music programmes can improve the mental or physical health of people withnumerous diseases and conditions.There are no potential side effects,except,perhaps,getting asong stuck in your head.When therapy is needed to relieve pain or maintain or restore function to the body,differentoptions are available.Physical therapy can be effective,but repetitive exercises may be boring.Music can add an element of fun to therapy.Music is an ideal motivator,because people have deep emotional responses to it on manylevels;researchers and music therapists latch onto this to create treatments that can be as effectiveas,or more effective than,traditional therapies."Music's so multi-dimentional,says Jeanette Tamplin,a music therapist and researchfellow at the University of Melboume who's involved with ParkinSong."It can be veryfunctional.Like you're getting people to walk in time to music.Or it can help them to accessemotions and process grief(悲伤)and adjustment through songs.”Doctors recommend music therapy to treat certain conditions,and researchers are working toexpand the reach of treatments.1.What's the purpose of Stephen Dunn's joining ParkinSong?A.To train his vocal cord.B.To leam more singing skills.C.To meet people with Parkinson.D.To stop himself losing his ability to sing.2.What can be inferred from the passage?A.Music motivates people to express all their feelings.B.Music has the best effect on restoring the function of body.C.Music therapy brings patients more fun than traditional one.D.Music therapy helps maintain people's voice in a limited way.3.What will probably be talked about in the following paragraph?