2008年11月15日 上午12點40分26秒Music 音乐

Music

     Music is a universal language. It influences people from all cultures, educational levels, and socioeconomic background. It relates to our work, our play, and our relationship with one another.

     The oldest music is probably vocal music. Almost every culture has work songs, lullabies, love sons and ballads in its folk music. Singing and dancing have always gone together for people of all ages.

    Eventually instrumental music emerged. Some instruments, such as the drum, are very old. Other instruments, such as the electronic keyboard, are very new. Even the piano is quite new compared to the flute or lute.

    Music can be performed individually or groups. Individual vocalist are called soloists. Groups are called duets, trios, quartets, choruses, choirs, etc. Instrumental groups are called ensembles, bands, or orchestras. Vocalists can perform with instrumental accompaniment, or they may perform a capella.

音 乐

        音乐是一种国际语言，人们受音乐的影响，不管他们来自何种文化、受过什么教育以及又怎样的社会经济背景。它关系到我们的工作、我们的娱乐，也与人们的相互交际有关。

        最古老的音乐可能是声乐。几乎每一种文化都有劳动歌曲、摇篮曲、情歌以及民谣，各个年龄段的人们聚在一起，唱歌跳舞快乐无比。

        后来出现了乐器。有些乐器，像鼓，非常古老，而有些乐器，如，电子键盘，是新的乐器，即是钢琴与笛子、琵琶相比也算是新的乐器。

          声乐可以单人演唱，也可以集体表演。单人演唱叫独唱。集体表演称之为二重唱、三重唱、四重唱以及大合唱等等。多人乐器组合叫合奏曲、乐队或管弦乐队。歌唱家可以伴着乐器演唱，也可以无乐器伴奏清唱。

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2008年9月13日 上午1點42分41秒The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋佳节

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar.

每年农历八月十五日，是传统的中秋佳节。这时是一年秋季的中期，所以被称为中秋节。 ...

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2008年8月16日 上午9點23分51秒Youth

Youth

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of lifeYouth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up ...

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