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A Godfather of Soul exits world stage The music world is in mourning after one of its greatest showmen, the ＂Godfather of Soul＂ James Brown, died yesterday at 78. The R＆B pioneer, whose half-century career inspired funk, disco and rap, had been admitted to hospital in Atlanta with pneumonia. He grew up in a slum and started his first group behind bars, but went on to become a huge influence on popular music in the 20th century.     

The pedagogical value of art and music in the past and the present

Pedagogical theory and research practice tend to confine themselves to study the cognitive aspect of a child＇s personality and to focus on his/her productivity, while forgetting about other dimensions. The ability to experience artistic contents and the creative capacity of our society are decreasing. People are in a continuous search for spiritual balance and therefore the task of the contemporary school is to help people get out of this crisis and pay more attention to the realization of educational tasks and goals as well as individual school subjects. Art has always played the role of purposefully influencing the experiencing, feeling, creating and enjoying of beautiful things. It therefore provides a counterbalance to the rationalized world of today. Especially music plays a special role in all periods and all human societies, however, not because it encourages various experiences or notions in the listener or a pleasant atmosphere, but because it presents a challenge to the development of spiritual perception that does not occupy an important, enough place in the present school system. Based on different historical understandings of the pedagogical value of music, the author tries to determine what pedagogical value was ascribed to music in the past and what pedagogical value it is being ascribed today     

On Plato's Allegory of The Cave

In the seventh book of "The Republic",Plato puts forward a famous image and metaphor of the Cave.This is a philosophical story about people’s ascendance from the darkness to light,from blindness to wisdom,from the world of ontos on to the world of pos on.The direct significance the Cave allegory lies in its emphasis on the differences between the educated men and the uneducated ones.In this allegory,some metaphorical objects are involved,including inside and outside of the Cave,the Sun and the fire,the ascendance and enlightenment of the freed prisoner and his descendance to the Cave.It reveals to human beings a world of reasons,reality,and the Good.     

Through Musical Communication to Development of Competence in Culture Awareness and Expression

This study presents an example of a music workshop which brought together pupils and students of different music schools, students of musicology, composition and classroom teaching, teachers, professors and composer on the common topics in contemporary music. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage an active and creative participation of everybody involved in a way that went beyond the usual practice used in cultural activities in education. In this respect, the workshop emphasised the importance of the creative expression of experience, ideas and emotions in the field of music. The results of the interview, which were conducted by some of the workshop participants, point out the complex occurrence of various indicators, which at the level of personal and social factors have determined the nature of communication through contemporary music and indirectly influenced the development of competence in cultural awareness and expression. Challenges identified included students＇ lack of musical experiences for contemporary music at all educational levels, the low priority given to contemporary music in schools as well as teachers＇ lack of professional knowledge in this field. The study highlights the need for more experience in contemporary musical language in general and music professional schools.     

The effective teaching of comparing Orff music method with traditional music approach for music reading and melodic patterns singing for 3rd grade elementary students in Taiwan

The Orff music method has been internationally practiced and recognized as one of the leading music methods in the past fifty years. The success of this approach is that this method encourages all students participating in the designed music activities in the music class to interact with the teacher and other classmates using the Orff approach rather than the traditional one-way music learning approach in the traditional music classroom in Asia. While the children are situated within an environment where music activities and bodily movements are stimulated, the children＇s aesthetic music knowledge can be influenced significantly （Carlson, 1990）. In this study, there were a total number of 180 3rd graders from three elementary schools in Taiwan who participated in this research. The control group which consisted of three classes with a total number of 90 students was the class using the traditional music method taught by a regular classroom teacher, while the experimental group, which consisted of another three classes with a total number of 90 students, was the class taught using the Orff music method by the researcher. The study was controlled in the sense that the six music classes were ascertained to be of equal ability in their understanding of music before the experimental factor was applied. As well, there were no significant differences in age or mental capacity, while the difference in genders was only minimal. The results of this research revealed that not only did the students who had the Orff music method training perform better than the traditional music method on both melodic patterns dictation and music reading tests, but the Orff training also helped the experimental students to have a solid understanding of rhythmic structures and basic music knowledge.     

Should music evoke emotion?-Review on Deep Concern in New Horizon College English

Deep Concern in New Horizon College English (Reading and Writing Book1) describes a generation gap in an American family. In the text, the parents worry about their daughter’s listening to rock music for it may bring negative impact on her. Nowadays there is definitely music with unwholesome or depraved thoughts that may mislead listeners. Should people therefore refuse to listen to music or refuse the influence of music on emotion? The essay will focus on the issue to have a review on the relationship between emotion and music.     

Tibetan Opera (AchaLhamo) Studies in English World

Tibetan drama, called"Ache Lhamo"in Tibetan, is a comprehensive performing art evolved from Tibetan folk oral art, music, dance and religious rituals.For a long time, Ache Lhamo has attracted worldwide attention, it not only is one of the hot topics of Tibetan studies in China, but also attracts many scholars in other countries, including scholars in English world. In the early nineteenth century, in the western world, some scholars had mentioned Ache Lhamo in their research, Ache Lhamo story texts'translation has gradually ap- peared and recently scholars conduct academic research on Ache Lhamo, whose research findings are fruitful and meaningful. There- fore, the author chooses Ache Lhamo study in the Anglophone world as the research object. This thesis studies on the translation works and research of Ache Lhamo produced in English world based on more than 30 relevant articles and translation works. With the advan- tages of western scholars drawing on exotic cultural backgrounds and rich theoretical knowledge, they inevitably adopt western academic perspectives and methodologies. For these reasons above, this thesis attempts to utilize the variation theory to explore Ache Lhamo study in the English world.     

An analysis of The Last Emperor from the perspective of Post-colonialism

The Italian film The Last Emperor has strong color of post-colonialism,therefore,my paper will analyze the film from the perspective of post-colonialism.The two important terms in post-colonialism theory closely related to the film are "Orientalism",and "the other".My paper focus on analyzing the China’s image in European films from the angles of "Oriental ism" and "the other".My paper reveals that the China’s image in European films can’t break away from Orientalism,and the western world describe the oriental world according to its own imagination and think itself as a savior to the oriental world.Therefore,what we Chinese should do is being initiative to describe ourselves to shape a new image of real China.     

论《乐记》的“中和思想”(英文)

The idea of"neutralization" has a far-reaching influence on the development of our national ancient musical aesthetics and the shaping of solid music theory.It is also the supreme realm that Con~cianism has been pursuing.From the standpoint of Confucianism.the"Records of Music in Book of Rites'clearly reveals this important aes吐ledc characteristic of China's ancient music in the aspects of the music neutralization,the neutralization of ritual and music,the neutralization of music and politics,the intgnty of humanity and nature.     

Loving Music of the Americans

James Feni more Cooper,an early Americanwriter,once said,“The Americans are almost igno-rant of the art of music.”If that was once true,youwould never know it today.Most Americans—eventhose without a musical bone in their bodies—havea favorite style of music.Many people enjoy clas-sical and folk music from around the world.Butother popular music styles in America were“madein the U.S.A.”Country and western music lies close to theheart of many Americans.This style originatedamong cou…     

A Tentative Analysis of Soft Power and its Usage in US Foreign Policies

The term "soft power" is coined by a noted American scholar Joseph Nye. It means a nation’s ability to get others to do what it wants without either coercive military or economic pressures, or material inducements. It is the attractiveness and seduction, the resources of which include culture, values, political ideas and policies. During the past two decades, the soft power concept has gained widespread acceptance and usage. In a global information age and in a multi-polarized world, the US government has all along attached much importance to the exercise of soft power in foreign policies. It goes to great lengths to advance its universal culture and values, promote public diplomacy, and shape the world order by helping establish the international institutions and norms. The US government draws on the resources of soft power to improve the national image and thus promote its popularity across the world with a view to serving the national interests. The idea of soft power improves the traditional concept of power, enriches the practice of the US diplomacy. However, we shouldn’t fail to see that it is based on US superiority with the ultimate goal of achieving US hegemony. But still we can learn something from the concept and introduce it into our policies.     

The Singer of the Elephant

The film Elephant is novel not only in its narrative style and abundant use of long shots, but also in its selection of two pieces of piano music. What the movie lenses hope to express is the same thing that the will of piano music does. Alex is not only a player of the two pieces of piano music but also a singer of the elephant.The thesis applies Schopenhauer’s will theory in music to analyze Alex’s song《For Elise》and《Moonlight Sonata》and to anatomize his mental activity and brewing of thought. By using the power of piano music this thesis aims at digging out how he becomes the singer of the elephant.     

An empirical study on teaching urban young children music and English by contrastive elements of music and songs

The purpose of the study is to teach urban young children music concepts and English by composing creative music and songs with contrast elements. The subjects were seven urban young children aged from three to four in a Taiwan kindergarten. The duration was twenty-four weeks, with two sessions per week. The teaching contents included Hello Song, Musical Movement, Music Appreciation and Goodbye Song. The study applied the thematic music elements to the teaching content. The main methodology was a qualitative study and quantitative data used to receive objective support. Assessment included a pre-test at the beginning, a post-test and participation observation at the end of the study. The head of the kindergarten, the classroom teacher and a parent completed activity feedback forms to obtain social validity. The results show that through the use of creative music pieces of contrast and song activities, urban young children＇s understanding of music concepts was progressive and English ability was improved. The study findings are： （1） Using contrastive music pieces is a good method for teaching very young urban children to understand music concepts; （2） Creating simple target objective songs with contrast elements is a good way for urban young children to learn simple English; （3） Music with contrastive elements could motivate urban young children to do movement spontaneously and learn the spoken language simultaneously; and （4） Contrastive music could be used for pre-classical music learning.     

Analysis on the Technique of Expression of Electronic Music in Yanni’s If I Could Tell You

New Age Music, which appeared in late 1920 s, is unstylish, non-classical and practical. It is called The Third Voice.Yanni is a world famous composer, performer and master in trendy music. The song which is included in Yanni's album—If I Could Tell You(2000) —is analyzed in this paper to explore the technique of expression and the characteristics of New Age Music.     

Intercultural Communication From an Interdisciplinary Perspective

The need for effective communication among the people of the world has never been more pressing than it is at the start of the 21 st century in this post-911 world. Recent breakthroughs in the fields of transportation, computing and telecommunications have combined to increase the ease and frequency of communication among members of different cultures. At the same time, developments in world politics have made the need for meaningful communication among different people a necessity for the survival of everyone on the planet. This paper describes a course that prepares students for global citizenship. The course helps students develop an informed understanding of global challenges and the skills to address those challenges. The paper offers specific teaching strategies and assignments that can be adapted to many disciplines.     

Sounds

The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to cool music and news reports. And it＇s all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds.     

Analysis of James Joyce’s Araby

Araby by James Joyce is much more than a story of first love;it is a portrait of a world that defies the ideal and the dream.The writer concentrates on character rather than on plot to reveal the ironies by using the Setting and atmosphere,and furthermore reinforces the theme and characters in Araby.     

Adaptive audio watermarking based on SNR in localized regions

In this paper, a novel localized audio watermarking scheme based on signal to noise ratio （SNR） to determine a scaling parameter a is proposed. The basic idea is to embed watermark in selected high inflexion regions, and the intensity of embedded watermarks are modified by adaptively adjusting a. As these high inflexion local regions usually correspond to music edges like sound of percussion instruments, explosion or transition of mixed music, which represent the music rhythm or tempo and are very important to human auditory perception, the embedded watermark is especially expected to escape the distortions caused by time domain synchronization attacks. Taking advantage of localization and SNR, the method shows strong robustness against common problems in audio signal processing, random cropping, time scale modification, etc.     

Doris Lessing's Frame-Shifting in The Memoirs of a Survivor

Through the study of The Memoirs of a Survivor,This paper attempts to analyze her magnificent frame-shifting narrative technique,unifying the author’s vision and the real world.Chapter one briefly introduces Lessing’s background,including her scholarship,recent studies on her book and the arguments about it.Chapter two explains the narrative theory of frame-shifting and its application in The Memoirs of a Survivor.Chapter three focuses on the magic gate between the two worlds- the "wall" playing a space-time medium.This internationally renowned writer,with her amazing words and dramatic writing skills,brings us into her imaginative world and imbues us with her glamorous thoughts.     

E-mail（初三适用）

Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it? With e-mail you can just do that. Electronic mail (e-mail) is a way of sending messages to other people. Using a computer you can send e-mail quickly and easily. The post is much slower and dearer than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds.