拓展阅读二公开课.docx

Western country music is very old. It came from the United States,Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It is a mixture of music from all of these places.In the west of America, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy飞 life was lonely（寂寞的）and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He also sang music to the cattle to make them quiet. Of course, the cowboys also sang music when they travelled to town to relax（放松）and have a good time.In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.Western country music describes life. It talks about love, jobs, journey, home and money. It talks about friends and enemies（敌人）， farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.