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1.  V ariety show--- Who ’ s the Murderer 2.  V ariety show is a kind of entertaining TV program, which can bring joy to people. 3. The cultural significance of variety show is to   express something powerful and positive to us.  With the fast-speed life, e veryone has stress whatever he is a student, seller, manager, or boss. W e all want to find some ways to release our negative mood. Now not only TV series, movie, and music can make us feel comfortable, but  variety show  also  can make us laugh.  4.  The example I want to show is a program that stars work together to reason who is the murderer. The English name is Who ’ s the Murderer. I want to use PowerPoint and Youtube video to share. 5. I chose this topic because  this TV show is so popular in China that we have real games in our real life. And the younger is crazy about this kind of games. It has already developed a industry chain in our country, expecially some big cit...

Reflection of Learning Music From the text of Same Old Song, I have learned that in the beginning, pop music targeted at the youth, not for adults. Parents did not like pop music so much and limited their kids to listen. However, pop music became more violent and sexual and dominated the Billboard charts today. Different generations have their own pop music. The old one becomes a fad and the new one is created. From the text of Scientists Just Discovered Why All Pop Music Sounds Exactly the Same, I have learned that pop music is more and more similar now. Besides, the top songs also sound the same. The pop music styles are not various and the musicians sing with similar skills. From the text of Blues, I have learned that the blues is originated from American traditional music, African Americans ’  work songs, and spirituals. It was created and widely spread by African Americans. The forms of the blues have country blues, classic blues, urban blues, and rhythm and blues. Besides,...

                     Blues was created by African Americans in South of the United States in the late 1800s. During the slave trade, millions of Africans had to leave their homeland. They were only allowed to continue their traditions in the few places where they worked and the churches. In order to communicate with each other, enslaved Africans created work songs because they were not allowed to talk while working.           After slavery was abolished, more musical instruments were available to African American. However, there was no set form for the Blues. They still sang work songs and created a folk ballad style. Later, African Americans got more freedom to create songs that began to focus on all aspects of life, which Blues was born.           The earliest form of Blues is Country Blues, whose singers were mostly men. And anothe...

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              The song of Wherever I Go by Miley Cyrus touched me a lot. This song left such a strong impression on me because   I was so impressed with the American TV series named Hannah Montana w hen I was young .  So I watched it again during my university. This time I watched it from the first episode to the ending, including the movie. I so love Hannah Montana and Miley’s songs. I knew the whole story about Hannah Montana. So when I heard Wherever I Go in the last part of the TV series, I was touched by the story and the song. I think the lyrics moved me, which is about friendship. Hannah needs to leave her best friend Lily because of her personal reason. And she cannot attend to the university with Lily, but together go to the same university is their dream. So this song expresses that Hannah cannot go with Lily, but they still stay along like before wherever Hannah goes. A short departure is for a better reunion. Every time I h...

            Reggae is a general term for a variety of Jamaican dance music. It incorporates some of the musical elements of Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, and Mento. It is noted for its tradition of social criticism and religion in its lyrics. Reggae started in 1960s in Jamaica and popularized in 1970s and 1980s. The dominant singer is Bob Marley , who led the popularity of Reggae.

Reflection of Learning Movies    From the text of Tyler Perry’s Money Machine, I have learned that the themes of Perry’s movies are about love, fidelity, family, and religious. The main actors or actresses, directors, writers of Tyler Perry are African American, which is completely different from Hollywood. Besides, from the text of Why We Crave Horror Movies, I have known that Stephen King who is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels, has been described as the “King of Horror” through making researches. I have learned that people like horror films because they are mentally ill. And if we watch horror movies, we will dare the nightmare. We are not afraid of watching horror movies just like that we can ride the roller coasters. We like horror movies because we can get fun. Moreover, through studying genre, I have learned that the eight main categories of film are action, comedy, crime, horror, melodramas, musicals, romance...

                Film noir is a kind of movie that is low-tone, low-angle night scene.  It usually has a beautiful and sexy female leading role whose ending is often tragedy and they will become victims.  The character is always obscured by lots of shadows, forming a despairing atmosphere.       The famous movie is Kiss ME Deadly. It was born in 1955. It is considered to be one of the most important and influential black films in history.  The director is Robert Siodmak, who is famous for making a series of fashionable, simple Hollywood black films in the 1940s. 

Review of Out of Tune   Out of Tune is a comedy and tragedy movie with music. It is a Danish movie, which was produced by Frederikke Aspöck. The story is about a successful businessman named Markus who is in prison. He is so popular among people in the prison. In the beginning, he doesn’t adapt to stay here. He was beaten. After listening to a security’s suggestion, he joins in a choir, where has a experienced leader named Niel. When Markus joins in, Niel asks him to sing their song, using their skill. However, Markus has his own idea and he wants to change the song and style. He even wants to be the leader. Due to Markus’s desire to control the choir, he takes advantage of people in prison to help him replace Niel. Markus becomes the new leader, however, his ambition is found by others and they advocate Niel again. In the end, Markus is released from prison and writes a book about his life in prison. And he becomes famous again.   I think the special moment i...