13-02-24 Sending your child to piano or violin lessons in a bid to boost their academic achievement is a waste of money, according to scientists. 科学家称，为了提高孩子的学习成绩而把孩子送去学弹钢琴或拉小提琴，纯属浪费钱。 Although research has shown that yo...

13-02-18 Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has found. Associate Professor Neil McLachlan from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences sa...

13-02-03 Vicars are buying karaoke-like machines to play music during their services to solve the difficulty of finding an organist. 为解决琴手难招这一问题，英国牧师开始购买卡拉OK等设备，用来在礼拜仪式上演奏。 The 'electronic hymnals' have a vast repertoire...

13-01-20 瑞典一位音像器材店主设计了一款带有内置扬声器的棺材，扬声器连着远程播放器，逝者的亲友可以随时在网上更新播放器中的曲目。这样不但可以帮助逝者的亲人寄托哀思，也能让逝者在地下继续享受音乐。 A Swedish man has designed a coffin with built-in speakers linke...

13-01-10 一项最新研究显示，开车时收听的歌曲选择可能会影响驾驶安全程度。快节奏的音乐会使人心跳加快，从而导致驾驶者将主要的注意力集中在音乐上，并倾向于不断加速以便跟上音乐的节奏。 The choice of CD for a long car journey has long been the cause of family fricti...

12-12-23 Endless loops of songs like All I Want For Christmas in shops during the festive season don't just drive us mad - they also make us more careless with our money, academics have warned. 学者警告说，圣诞节期间商店里不断循环播放的像《圣诞节我只要你》这...

12-12-10 Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera has died in a plane crash in northern Mexico, her father has confirmed. 美籍墨西哥歌手珍妮里维拉在一场坠机事故中丧生，该事故发生于墨西哥北部地区。 Jenni Rivera has sold more than 15 million records of traditional...

12-09-28 Soul music is a style of pop music developed by African-Americans combining elements of gospel（福音的） music and rhythm and blues. The term was first used in the 1960s to describe a combination of rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, and rock music. Ch...

12-09-20 I was thirtyseven then, strapped in my seat as the huge 747 plunged through dense cloud cover on approach to the Hamburg airport. Cold November rains drenched the earth and lent everything the gloomy air of a Flemish landscape: the ground crew ran g...

12-09-13 Can I see my baby? the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born...