This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
Twenty-five-year-old Rick Aggeler says he discovered early in life that music is magic.
25岁的瑞克·艾格勒（Rick Aggeler）很早就发现音乐的神奇。
RICK AGGELER: "Music made me feel like anything was possible."
艾格勒：“音乐让我们感觉到凡事皆有可能。”
At the age of seven, a medical condition required him to have a brain operation. It also prevented him from playing sports. So his mother suggested that he learn to play drums instead.
在他7岁的时候，由于身体状况做了一个脑部手术。这个手术使得他无法参加体育运动，所以，他母亲建议他学击鼓。
RICK AGGELER: "I started playing drums with Ronit Glick. She was my elementary teacher. I remember just the joy it brought to me. It was my favorite thing. Sixth grade was a new school to me and I had a hard time kind of getting along with all the kids. And Ms. Glick just took me in and I had so much fun at the program. It just felt great all the time."
艾格勒：“我开始和若尼特·格里克（Ronit Glick）学习击鼓。她是我的启蒙老师。我只记得击鼓带给我的喜悦，那是我最喜欢做的事。我6年级到了一所新学校，然而我和所有孩子相处都有点困难。格里克夫人接纳了我，在学习击鼓上我找到很多乐趣。击鼓一直以来都让我感觉很棒。”
Rick Aggeler graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, in two thousand seven. While there, he volunteered as a music teacher at a youth center in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.
2007年，艾格勒从马萨诸塞州的波士顿伯克利音乐学院毕业。那时，他自愿到波士顿附近多切斯特市的一个青少年中心做一名音乐老师。
He helped create a small music club within the center. The Music Clubhouse at the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club quickly grew.
他帮助在青少年中心建了一个小型音乐俱乐部。蓝山男孩女孩俱乐部（Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club，该青少年中心的名字）的音乐俱乐部（Music Clubhouse）迅速发展起来。
Young people come to the Music Clubhouse after school and during summer break. The club provides a safe environment to learn to play instruments and to perform together in bands. The club even has its own recording studio.
年轻人在放学后和暑假期间来到音乐俱乐部。俱乐部为他们学习乐器、组乐队演出提供一个安全的环境，该俱乐部甚至有自己的录音棚。
The club has released two albums. "Super Hero" is one of the songs from the second album, "Because of You."
该俱乐部已经发行了两张专辑，《超级英雄》是第二张专辑《因为你》中的一首。
Fourteen-year-old Javon Martin performs under the name Yung Fresh. He joined the Music Clubhouse three years ago.
14岁的嘉文·马丁（Javon Martin）以Yung Fresh的艺名进行演出，他是三年前加入了这个音乐俱乐部。
YUNG FRESH: "It has impacted my life in a big way because I never thought I would be doing this. We now give shows. I'm on the radio. People are actually starting to see me as like an artist."
Yung Fresh：“该俱乐部对我的人生产生了极大的影响，我从来没想过我能做这个。我们现在演出，上电台。人们开始把我当做艺术家来看待。”
Ten-year-old Akheylah Hunter joined the club last year but did not play an instrument. Now, she plays piano and sings in a band. What she likes best, she says, is performing.
10岁的Akheylah Hunter是去年加入俱乐部的，但是没有演奏过乐器。现在，她在一个乐队做钢琴手和歌手。她说她最喜欢的就是演出。
AKHEYLAH HUNTER: "We performed in different places like at Berklee College of Music. We go on trips, like we went to the House of Blues and we went on stage and we performed, and it was very fun."
Akheylah Hunter：“我们在不同的地方演出，例如伯克利音乐学院。我们四处演出，像去蓝调之屋（House of Blues），我们登台演出，这都非常有趣。”
The Music Clubhouse opened three years ago and has served almost five hundred young people. Rick Aggeler says preparing and performing is good for them.
该音乐俱乐部三年前开设，已经为近500个年轻人提供了服务。艾格勒称，筹备和演出对这些年轻人非常有好处。
RICK AGGELER: "I can see what it does for them, and it just develops confidence. It's also an escape. A big problem we have in the neighborhood is obviously gangs, and family dynamics. And we have a lot of challenges. We can have those conversations and then they can write, too. They can rap about it and kind of let it out a little bit."
艾格勒：“我可以看到筹备和演出对他们的影响，这树立了他们的信心，同时也是一种释放。我们在社区遇到的最大的问题就是帮派和家庭暴力，同时我们也面临诸多挑战。我们可以进行那样的交流，然后他们能够写成歌，唱出来。从而得到发泄。”
Rick Aggeler says he is happy but not surprised by the results of the Music Clubhouse at the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club.
艾格勒称，他对蓝山男孩女孩俱乐部的音乐俱乐部的成果感到高兴，但是并不惊讶。
RICK AGGELER: "As much fun as I do have drumming and performing live, it's definitely more rewarding and more fun, watching these kids grow up and develop."
艾格勒：“就像我在击鼓和现场演出中找到乐趣一样，见证这些孩子的成长和进步，肯定会有更多的回报和乐趣。”