【推荐1】There are many kinds of music in the world, pop music, classical music, folk music and so on. Do you know country music? It's a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.

Country music usually talks of everyday life and feeling. It's like the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple. Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops or death. The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.

When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is well-known and people still play it today.

【推荐2】The British are famous as animal lovers, and in a nation of about 60 million people, there are about 27 million pets! The most popular pets are dogs and cats.

Many British people say that the main reason they have a pet is to keep them company(陪伴他们). According to a recent report, 60% of people who live on their own have a pet as company. A lot of pet owners treat their pet just like one of the family. Many cat owners make holes in their doors so their cats can come and go as they please. Dog owners spend a lot of time walking their dogs.

Another reason to own a pet is for protection, especially dogs. Most thieves would think twice about breaking into(闯入) a house if they could hear a large dog barking inside. Some people choose their pets because of their beauty. The most beautiful animals can win prizes at pet shows!

In the UK, some pet owners think that nothing is too good for their animal! Some people take their pet to the animal doctor more often than they visit their own doctor. They might even take a day off work to care for a pet when it is sick. Many people talk to their pets, and some talk to them over the telephone. And of course, they mustn’t forget to celebrate the animal’s birthday!

【推荐3】DIY, also called Do It Yourself, started in America in the 1960s. People were worried, because at school and at university they learned lots of academic sills like new languages, how to write essays and how to think about science, but gained very few practical stills. They were worried that they would lose the ability to use their hands to create things. School and university taught them how to plan things on paper, but they wanted to create something real that they could feel proud of. Many people also started doing DIY because they wanted to be special. They wanted to make their homes, clothes or cars look different from everyone else’s. Other people started doing DIY because they wanted a feeling of achievement. Rather than just buying furniture from a shop, they wanted to make something themselves that was completely their own.

In the 1970s, people learned how to do DIY from books and magazines, and by joining local DIY clubs. By the 1980s, you could buy videos to show you how to do things like building walls or making furniture, and there were regular TV shows about DIY. In the 1990s and even today, people go to night school after work to learn how to do these things. People learn how to make clay pots, how to make their own tools, and even how to build computers by themselves.

Nowadays, we have many more tools to help us take on even bigger DIY challenges and flat﹣pack DIY furniture is common. You can also find advice of almost any project on the Internet. Perhaps the biggest change has been the type of things people call DIY now. Fifty years ago people planned and built gardens, and joined clubs, now they plan and build websites, and join online communities.

【推荐2】What’s the most popular Winter Olympics design with kids and teenagers? It must be the mascot (吉祥物). Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell (壳), was chosen as the official mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games back in 2019. Now you can find this mascot in the form of fluffy (毛茸茸的) toys and models. Bing Dwen Dwen is cute and liked by 9-year-olds. The idea first came from a traditional Chinese snack bingtanghulu. It is a baby panda instead of an adult one inside. Its body has the same length (长度) as its head.