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Picture this: you sit down to study, put on your favourite playlist, and suddenly two hours fly by. Sound familiar? Many people listen to music for fun, but music can do much more than entertain us. It can change the way our brains and bodies work. Welcome to Music and Mind. Today, I'm going to talk about how to get more out of music.
First, use music to relax. Listening to music lowers the level of stress chemicals in your body. It also lowers your blood pressure and heart rate. This can put you in a better mood and help you feel ready for work or study. For example, some Olympic athletes listen to music before their events begin. This helps them get ready to compete.
Second, use music to help you focus better when you work or study. Avoid music with lyrics, however. Your brain may focus on the words instead of on what you are doing. Different study tasks may need different styles of music. Soft music is best for reading. But if you need to memorize something, upbeat music can actually help.
Third, use music to give you energy. With music, you can exercise for longer without feeling as tired. Most people enjoy running or working out to the beat of the music, and this helps them keep moving. For exercise, upbeat and fast music is often better than soft and slow music.
So there it is: music can help us relax and focus, and it can also give us energy. Since it has these benefits, you should make music a bigger part of your life.
Join me next week on Music and Mind. We'll talk about earworms and why some songs get stuck in your head.
| Benefits | How |
|------------------------|-|
| Help you relax | • Lower the level of stress chemicals, blood pressure and heart rate.
• Put you in a (1)
for work and study. |
| Help you focus better | • (2)
with lyrics.
• For reading: (3)
is best.
• For memorizing: upbeat music can help. |
| Give you (4)
| • People can exercise for longer without (5)
.
• Music’s beat helps people (6)
.
• Upbeat and fast music is often better for exercise. |
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我们对照原文内容逐一匹配每个空的对应依据：
1. 定位原文第二段"This can put you in a better mood and help you feel ready for work or study."，可得出第1空答案；
2. 定位原文第三段"Avoid music with lyrics, however."，可得出第2空答案；
3. 定位原文第三段"Soft music is best for reading."，可得出第3空答案；
4. 定位原文第四段"Third, use music to give you energy."，可得出第4空答案；
5. 定位原文第四段"With music, you can exercise for longer without feeling as tired."，介词without后接动名词结构，可得出第5空答案；
6. 定位原文第四段"Most people enjoy running or working out to the beat of the music, and this helps them keep moving."，可得出第6空答案。
