City people usually think they are a lot smarter than country people. They often laugh at simple country 1 . But people do not laugh at 2 music. It is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Perhaps country music is so popular in the United States because it is about3 but strong human feelings and4 —love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real－life stories and5 the way people really talk. As life becomes more and more complicated, it is good to hear music about6 people. Country music7 two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the eastern United States.8 is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they 9 using electric guitars. At first city people 10 country music was lowclass. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War Ⅱ， thousands of11 went to the Northeast and Midwest to12 in the factories. They took their music with them.13 from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They 14 to like country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country. Today country music is popular 15 in the United States and Canada—in16 towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among17 and uneducated people. About 1,200 18 stations broadcast country music twenty－four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their19 . The music that started with cowboys and 20 Southerners is now popular all over the world.
