导言：千禧年前后出生的你有没有听过《Take Me Home Country Roads》，《Hotel California》或者《Don't Cry for Me Argentina》？如果没有，那你的歌曲循环列表里一定出现过Taylor Swift的名字吧？领略过country music魅力的你知不知道它的起源和历史呢？一起来简单了解一下吧！
Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in the rural regions of the Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas.
The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States.
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Phrases and Expressions
genre ['ʒɑnrə] |
n. 类型，种类；体裁，样式 |
originate [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt] |
v. 起源于，来自 |
extensively [ɪk'stensɪvlɪ] |
adv.广大地，广泛地 |
ballad [ˈbæləd] |
n.民谣，尤指叙事歌谣 |
accompany [əˈkʌmpəni] |
v. 陪伴，陪同；为…伴奏 |
popularity [ˌpɒpjuˈlærəti] |
n. 普及；流行；名气 |
encompass [ɪnˈkʌmpəs] |
v. 围绕，包围；包含或包括某事物； |
evolve [iˈvɒlv] |
v.发展；[生通过进化进程发展或发生 |
parallel [ˈpærəlel] |
adj.平行的；相同的，类似的 |
commute [kəˈmju:t] |
n.通勤来往；通勤来往的路程 |
consist of |
由…组成；由…构成 |
in preference to |
优先于 |
rush hour |
（上、下班的）高峰期 |
1. country music 乡村音乐
2. banjo [ˈbændʒəʊ] 班卓琴；五弦琴
3. acoustic [əˈku:stɪk] guitar原声吉他; 木吉他
4. fiddle小提琴
5. harmonica [hɑ:ˈmɒnɪkə] 口琴
6. hillbilly music乡村音乐
编稿：杨燕
更多相关信息也可参阅：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music
