在英國 , 歌唱幫助有特殊需求的未成年學生

 Singing helps special needs pupils in UK

By Sarah Jewell
THE GUARDIAN , LONDON
Saturday, Mar 06, 2010, Page 9

Singing helps children outside mainstream education to develop, become more confident and integrate with their peers, says a new study from the national singing program for England and Wales called Sing Up. The report, “Beyond the Mainstream,” is a comprehensive assessment of the success of their 14 pilot programs across the two countries that were designed to reach more than 800 children with different needs who are schooled outside of mainstream primaries.

一項來自英格蘭和威爾士稱為”開懷高歌”的國際歌唱計畫最新的研究顯示 ， 唱歌能幫助兒童發展主流以外的教育， 使其更加自信地融入他們的同儕團體。 “超越主流” 的報告，他們的14個領航計劃是一個橫跨兩個國家成功的綜合性評估,被設計的目的是觸及超過 800多名受過主流之外的基礎教育訓練之不同需求的兒童。

青年人期望能增加儲蓄

Young adults expected to boost savings

ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: Almost 90 percent of survey respondents in the 18 to 30 age bracket were concerned about saving money, the highest of any age group

經濟的不確定性 : 18 至30歲年齡組別的受訪者中有百分之九十幾乎都很關注儲蓄，是受訪年齡組群最高的

爵士樂 Jazz

原文

Jazz has been called America's classical music, and for good reason.

Along with the blues, its forefather, it is one of the first truly indigenous musics to develop in America, yet its unpredictable, risky ventures into improvisation gave it critical cache with scholars that the blues lacked. At the outset, jazz was dance music, performed by swinging big bands. Soon, the dance elements faded into the background and improvisation became the key element of the music. As the genre evolved, the music split into a number of different styles, from the speedy, hard-hitting rhythms of be-bop and the laid-back, mellow harmonies of cool jazz to the jittery, atonal forays of free jazz and the earthy grooves of soul jazz. What tied it all together was a foundation in the blues, a reliance on group interplay and unpredictable improvisation. Throughout the years, and in all the different styles, those are the qualities that defined jazz.

爵士樂有其適當的理由被稱為美國的古典音樂。與它的前身藍調一樣，它是第一個真正的在美國發展的本土音樂形式之一，但其調性莫測，大膽不假思索的即興創作正是藍調樂手們所缺乏的樂風速寫。爵士樂發展初始，是由搖擺大樂隊演奏的跳舞音樂。不久，舞蹈元素蛻變為幕後襯景，即興演繹成為樂曲關鍵的音素。隨著流派演變，音樂分成多個不同風格，從快感，重打擊樂節奏的咆踍爵士及輕鬆悠閒柔美和聲的酷(冷)爵士 到以顫抖、無調的打擊樂嘗試為主的自由爵士和樸實意味濃烈的靈魂爵士，它是以藍調為基底。一組相互影響演奏團體和無法預測的即興表演組合而成。行之多年後，融合所有迥異風格，確立了爵士樂的特質。 (Charlene Yeh)