“I couldn’t survive without music,”says fifteen-year-old Steve.In the morning, Steve wakes up to his favorite 1 radio station.He listens to rock on the radio while he eats his 2 .He puts on his personal stereo before he leaves the house and 3 his cassette player on the bus to school.
“Last week I put my headphones on in the math 4 .”admits Steve.“The teacher was really 5 .She took my headphones away and I couldn’t use them for a week.It was 6 .”At home Steve does his homework to music---loud music.
“My mother 7 shouts'Turn it down!’”says Steve.“She can’t 8 how I can work with music on, but music 9 me to fix my attention upon my studies.”Steve would like to make music himself.“I’m learning to play the guitar. 10 , it doesn’t sound too good at the 11 .But I’m going to keep 12 !”
For 13 like Steve, music is a very important part of 14 .Music is social; it brings people together at discos, parties and concerts.Fast and 15 music is full of energy; it helps people to 16 their problems and have 17 .Music talks about love, freedom and imagination.There are always new songs and new styles.
18 Steve’s mother agrees that music brings some problems.“Steve is a sensible(明智的)boy,”she says.“I don’t think he would ever take drugs hearing rock.But I 19 worry about his hearing with all that loud music.And it 20 me crazy!”