On a recent morning, one group was stationed in the hallway singing “Frère Jacques” in Mandarin; in a classroom, another group was imitating the sound of rain on a giant drum (it was pouring outside).

在最近一天的一个早上，有一个组被分配站在走道中用汉语唱《雅克兄弟》；在教室中，另外一组用一个巨大的鼓模仿下雨的声音（外面也确实正在下雨）。

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Like the mochi in your bowl sticking to everything, this macho singing group has latched onto every branch of the pop-culture tree.

就像是碗的饭团一样，这支男子演唱团体几乎与所有的流行文化都挂上了钩。

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The team has found that ordinary mice that grew up with singing mice emitted fewer ultrasounds than others, which could indicate that communication methods can spread in the same group like a dialect.

这个研究组已经发现，和这种会唱歌的老鼠一起长大的普通老鼠，能够发出几个与一般鼠的叫声不同的声音，这证明了“唱歌”这种交流方式在小组范围内是可以传播的，就好像方言一样。

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He was five years old when he began singing with his brothers in a group called the Jackson 5.

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When the group broke up, Bing started singing alone in nightclubs and on the radio.

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(SINGING) Dr.Ana Mara Tekina-eir Maynard leads the group in song.

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Gilmore left school at 14 to become an actor and after leaving National Service in the early 50s, he joined up with a singing group and starred in some musicals with little success.

BBC: Onedin Line actor Peter Gilmore dies aged 81

"We could say Busted broke with that trend of the all-singing, all-dancing boy group that was around, and remains a force in the industry, but less so, " he says.

BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | How Busted rocked the pop scene

On the other hand, the group I saw singing "Toujours" at the French ambassador's residence in Washington a few weeks ago didn't look like anyone I knew in college.

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