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Animals are important in Indian culture and are treaded in a special way. For example, a lot of elephants aren’t 1. . they are domesticated(驯养). They aren’t kept as pets, but as working animals. Every working elephant 2. its own keeper. An elephant and its keep meet for the first time when they are both young, and they grow up together. In fact, their relationship continues for the rest of the elephant’s 3. perhaps 40 years. Lots of elephants work in the forest, moving heavy 4. when they are cut down. Some give rides to tourists, or 5. people during celebrations and festivals. Keepers take excellent care of their elephants , feeding them 6. and giving them a bath at the end of the working day.
7. special animal in India is the cow. Cows are protected animals, 8. they aren’t kept on farms or killed for food, although people do use their milk. So in India you can often see cows walking around towns and cities, and nobody tries 9. them. If they sit down in the middle of the road, people 10. drive around them! Do you think it’s interesting?
1. Countries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz. 2. And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping(说唱) competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.
3. It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone(话筒) and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I
hated it. I preferred jazz.
4. Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.
The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa. 5. I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.
A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop. B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go. C. I was writing a book about African-Americans. D. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children. E. These styles all started in poor African-American areas. F. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA. G. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words. |