And here I am in a hot air balloon. W: When did you do that? I’ve always wanted to go up in a hot air balloon. M: It was two years ago, in August, in California. W: What are your plans for the next holiday? M: I’m thinking of deep sea diving in Australia. Do you ...
One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round: put on some Mozart(莫扎特).When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners spent more. Fast music hurried diners out. Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender(薰衣草)stayed ...
Composer David Cope invented a program called Experiments in Musical Intelligence, or EMI. Not only did EMI create compositions in Cope’s style, but also that of the most revered classical composers, including Bach, Chopin and Mozart. Audiences were moved to tears, and EMI even fooled ...
Thy cities shall with commerce shine; All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles, thine. (Chorus) The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coasts repair. Blest isle! with matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guard the fair. ...
the fact that you can give expression to theImago Deiand theImago Christiis the most sacred, significant thing about you. If there were a heavenly news-reel, your simple, heart-felt actions would make the highlights. More than ever, cities like Charlotte need the hands-and-feet expressions ...
defends his study. One reason he gives is that people who perform poorly in the initial test get the greatest boost from Mozart, but Steele didn" t separate his students into groups based on ability. "We"re still at the stage where it needs to be examined," Shaw says. "I suspect that...
I'm so excited,also a little nervous (紧张的)!I will be off on a trip by myself.Yes!Alone!I am feeling so brave and can't wait to start.I am going to Europe to see some cities I really want to visit.It is great because I can choose what I want to ...
isn't confined to books. It’s the same with music. Mozart lived less than 250 years ago. Kings, queens, and the wealthy elite commissioned him to create original scores and entertain them with his musical abilities. Then they paid entire orchestras to gather together and perform for them....
You know, I understand that Boston is considered one of the really musical cities in this country and I have no doubt it is so. But I do doubt that you could find more than 600 people in this city who would enjoy and be interested in listening to a work like Pierrot Lunaire. I say...
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger? Perhaps not.Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years,and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages...