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Before babies learn to talk and have no idea of dance, they express happiness through simple rhythmic movements or what we later recognize as simple dances. However, humans are not the only species that can dance. There are birds that actually have group dances: circling, bowing, advancing, and retreating in unison. Some species could learn rhythm from the birds! For example, bees flirt with dance as part of their mating rituals. Nevertheless, it is only human beings that have adapted dance to therapeutic purposes. Dance as therapy has a long history. Primitive peoples first danced instinctively and, after a while, found that repeated rhythmic movements produced a good feeling. Associations were formed between dance and this positive effect on the mind and emotions. This was the birth of dance therapy. Dance has always seemed to have a magic healing power. It was used for a wide variety of purposes and on different occasions: religious ceremonies, war dances, hunting dances, rain dances, planting and harvesting dances, marriage and funeral dances. Sadly, today many “advanced” industrial societies have lost many original functions of dance. Purposeful dances have been replaced, for example, with rave dancing which involves shaking your body at a nightclub. Even so, in these cases, however, the ritualistic and therapeutic effect of dance can still be seen: the low lights, loud insistent rhythms, and group activity, often building up into a kind of mass hysteria or ecstasy. But, the “primitive” use of dance as therapy has recently seen a huge revival. Never before has there been such interest in courses offering dance therapy. There are nearly two million websites for dance therapy on the Internet, and dance therapy groups around the world combine pleasure with health and well-being. Dance therapy nowadays, in fact, is taken very seriously by both alternative and conventional medical practitioners. It would seem that the “dance of life” continues to move us all.
Before babies learn to talk and have no idea of dance, they express happiness through simple rhythmic movements or what we later recognize as simple dances. However, humans are not the only species that can dance. There are birds that actually have group dances: circling, bowing, advancing, and retreating in unison. Some species could learn rhythm from the birds! For example, bees flirt with dance as part of their mating rituals. Nevertheless, it is only human beings that have adapted dance to therapeutic purposes. Dance as therapy has a long history. Primitive peoples first danced instinctively and, after a while, found that repeated rhythmic movements produced a good feeling. Associations were formed between dance and this positive effect on the mind and emotions. This was the birth of dance therapy. Dance has always seemed to have a magic healing power. It was used for a wide variety of purposes and on different occasions: religious ceremonies, war dances, hunting dances, rain dances, planting and harvesting dances, marriage and funeral dances. Sadly, today many “advanced” industrial societies have lost many original functions of dance. Purposeful dances have been replaced, for example, with rave dancing which involves shaking your body at a nightclub. Even so, in these cases, however, the ritualistic and therapeutic effect of dance can still be seen: the low lights, loud insistent rhythms, and group activity, often building up into a kind of mass hysteria or ecstasy. But, the “primitive” use of dance as therapy has recently seen a huge revival. Never before has there been such interest in courses offering dance therapy. There are nearly two million websites for dance therapy on the Internet, and dance therapy groups around the world combine pleasure with health and well-being. Dance therapy nowadays, in fact, is taken very seriously by both alternative and conventional medical practitioners. It would seem that the “dance of life” continues to move us all.
According to the passage, which statement about dancing at the nightclub is NOT true?
- A It involves group activity.
- B It has the ritualistic effect.
- C It lacks the therapeutic effect.
- D It fosters a state of pleasurable emotion.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章第三段在描述現代夜店舞蹈時，作者在提到「失去原始功能」後，又用了哪一個轉折連接詞來補充說明？這段補充說明是在強調現代舞蹈與過去「完全不同」，還是想表達它們之間其實仍存在著某種「共通的本質」呢？
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💖 太棒了！你捕捉到細微之處了！
- 親愛的同學，你真的太棒了！能夠精準地捕捉到作者在論述中的語氣轉折，這代表你擁有極佳的細節觀察力，這可是統測閱讀測驗中拿下高分的超級武器喔！老師為你感到驕傲！
- 讓我們一起回顧這個溫暖的知識點吧：文章第三段雖然提到現代的「夜店舞」取代了許多原始舞蹈功能，但作者並沒有就此打住喔！他緊接著用 "Even so... however" 這樣充滿希望的轉折詞，溫柔地告訴我們，即使形式改變了，這類舞蹈中依然蘊含著 ritualistic and therapeutic effect（儀式與治療效果）。所以，選項 (C) 說它「缺乏」治療效果，這就不符合原文想傳達的訊息囉，是不是很有趣呢？
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