Country-Western Music

季晓茹

Music from the United States， Canada， Ireland， and Great Britain makes up country-western music.

In South America， many people came from Ireland， Scotland， and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kinds of music. They used guitars， violins， and harmonicas. They also used instruments from their homes， like bottles and cans. When they visited their friends on holidays， like Thanksgiving， they usually sang and played country music.

Country-western music describes life. It talks about， jobs， home， and money. People in many parts of the world like country-western music because everyone knows something about these ideas， also， many fans of this kind of music wear western clothes and dance together to country- western music. Many bands all over the world now play country-western music.

I. 词语拓展。

用下列词语的适当形式完成句子。

make up 组成; harmonica 口琴; describe 描述; part 部分; band 樂队

1. This is a . Its little and beautiful.

2. I am a  of the basketball team and I love my team.

3. The committee （委员会） is  of six women.

4. What is your favorite ？

5. Lucy  her mother as a beautiful and young woman.

II. 阅读练习。

判断正（T）误（F）。

1. Many People like country-western music because they like wearing western clothes.

回答问题。

2. Where did the country-western music come from？

3. What instruments did people use to play country-western music？