American People and the Pop Music
Pop music is very popular with American students.Students carry small radios w______ earphones and listen to music before class,after class,and at lunch.Students with cars buy loud speakers and play the music l_______ as they drive along the street.
Older people listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the n______,sports information,the weather,and programmes about life in America.Most of the radio programmes play music.
Pop or popular music s_______ can make a lot of money.They make a CD or tape.Once people hear the singers all over the country,young people buy their CDs.If a lot of young people like their music,they become national stars.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans.Folk music(民歌) t______ stories about the life of common people.Western or country music is a______ kind.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.