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  • Country music is very old.

  • It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain.

  • Country music is a mixture of music from all of these places.

  • In the American West, 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’s life was lonely and dangerous.

  • When he was alone in the desert with the cattle,

  • he drank strong coffee with lots of caffeine to stay awake at night.

  • He also sang to the cattle to calm them.

  • He sang about the stars and the moon,

  • about his family and his friends.

  • The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep.

  • They did not run away if he sang beautiful, peaceful music.

  • critical thinking:

  • In the American West, cowboys sang to calm cattle.

  • However, there is a Chinese proverb "dui niu tan qin"

  • , which means when you can't talk sense, it's like singing to cattle.

  • Do you think there is any chance that cattle can understand music?

  • If so, why?

  • How can you prove it?

Country music is very old.

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