26.Country music is very old.It came from the USA,Canada,Ireland and Great Brjye.aiain.It is a mixture(混合物)of music from all these places. In the west of America,cowboys had to take care of the cattle(牛).They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away.A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle,he drank strong coffee to make himself stay awake .He also sang music to the cattle to make them quiet.He sang about the stars and the moon,his family and his friends.The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep.They would not run away he sang beautiful and peaceful songs 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.They used guitars,violins and harmonicas(口琴),too.When they visited their friends and families on holidays they usually sang and played country music. Country music describes life.It talks about love,jobs,home and money.It talks about friends and enemies,trucks and highways,farms and crops.People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.Also,many country music fans wear western clothes and dance together.Many people around the world now perform country music.
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27.暑假是旅游的好時(shí)機(jī),你一定也去過不少地方了吧?請以"The best place I've been to"為題,寫一篇短文,向我們介紹一下你到過的某個(gè)城市或旅游景點(diǎn)。 提示:Where is it? Why do you think it's a good place? What can people enjoy (visit,eat,buy... ) there? Which is the best season to go there?Why? 參考詞匯:tourist spots 旅游景點(diǎn) 要求:所提示的內(nèi)容要全部用上,可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮;文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名;不少于90 個(gè)單詞,開頭已給出,不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。 The best place I've been to Have you ever been to ?I have.I think it's the best place I've been to.It_________.