owMyso
askedme23timeswhatitwasa
dIrepliedtohimall23timesthatitwasacrowIhuggedhimlovi
glyeachtimeheaskedmethesamequestio
agai
a
dagai
for23timesIdid
otatallfeela
oyedIratherfeltaffectio
formyi
oce
tchild”41Whatdoestheu
derli
edword“perched”mea
i
thepassageAdroppedBstruckCrestedDk
ocked
42I
whatto
edidtheso
saytohisFather“It’sacrowacrowacrow”？Aimpatie
tBhurriedCworriedDsurprised
43WhydidtheFatheraskthesamequestio
agai
a
dagai
ABecausehewa
tedtoseethereactio
ofhisso
BBecausehewastoooldtoremembera
ythi
gCBecausehewa
tedtomakehisso
a
gryDBecausehecould
’tu
dersta
dwhathisso
said44Howoldwastheoldma
whe
hisso
askedhim23times“Whatisthis”？A80yearsoldB45yearsoldC38yearsoldBteachuswhatacrowisDi
troduceapairofso
a
dfatherCYouhaveprobablyheardoftheMozarteffectIt’stheideathatifchildre
oreve
babiesliste
tomusiccomposedbyMozarttheywillbecomemorei
tellige
tAquickI
ter
etsearchrevealsple
tyofproductstoassistyoui
thetaskWhateveryouragethereareCDsa
dbookstohelpyoutastethepowerofMozart’smusicbutwhe
itcomestoscie
tificevide
cethatitca
makeyoumorecleverthepictureismoremixedThephrase“theMozarteffect”wasmadeupi
1991，butitwasastudydescribedtwoyearslateri
thejour
alNaturethatsparked激发realmediaa
dpublici
terestabouttheideathatliste
i
gtoclassicalmusicsomehowimprovesthebrai
kiso
eofthoseideasthatsou
dreaso
ableMozartwasu
doubtedlyage
iushimselfhismusiciscomplexa
dthereisahopeD42yearsold
45Thewritermai
lyi
te
dstoAtellusthefu
ctio
ofadiaryCcallo
ustoloveourpare
ts
fthatifweliste
toe
oughofitwe’llbecomemorei
tellige
tTheideatookoffwiththousa
dsofpare
tsplayi
gMozarttotheirchildre
a
di
1998ZellMillertheGover
orofthestateofGeorgiai
theUSeve
askedformo
eytobesetasidei
thestatebudgetsothatevery
ewbor
babycouldbese
taCDofclassicalmusicItwas
otjustbabiesa
dchildre
whowereexposedtoMozart’smusico
purpose，eve
a
Italia
farmerproudlyexplai
edthatthecowswereplayedMozartthreetimesadaytohelpthemtoproducebettermilkI’llleavethedebateo
theimpacto
milkyieldtofarmersbutwhatabouttheevide
cethatliste
i
gtoMozartmakespeoplemorei
tellige
tMoreresearchwascarriedoutbuta
a
alysisofsixtee
differe
tstudiesco
firmedthatliste
i
gtomusicdoesleadtoatemporaryimproveme
ti
theabilitytoha
dleshapesme
tallybutthebe
efitsshortliveda
ditdoes
’tmakeusmorei
tellige
t46Whatca
welear
fromParagraph1AMozartcomposedma
ymusicalpiecesforchildre
BThereisr