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初升高英语每日打卡阅读
每日阅读打卡 DAY 5-6
Day5
Hip-Hop Planet
Hip-hop started in New York City in the 1970s but has become popular all over the world. Today, many countries have their own local hip-hop scenes.Artists from different backgrounds rap about everything from cars and designer clothes to social issues. Here are two examples.
The Czech Republic
Europe is home to 10-12 million Roma—a group of people often called“gypsies." Many Roma are poor. In some places, they also face discrimination.
Now some Roma teenagers are using hip-hop to teach tolerance. In the Czech Republic,Roma teens meet for a hip-hop class called "Rap for Peace Hip-Hop." Their instructor is Ella Williams. She is a member of the all-female rap group Godessa, from South Africa.In the lessons, the teens learn to write rap music and use it to teach others about Roma culture.These teens,Williams believes. can use music to change their lives and other people's attitudes.
Dakar, Senegal
Mike loves hip-hop music.He grew up in a small fishing village in Senegal. For a time, he was popular as a DJ in clubs in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal.
Today, Mike lives in his village again. He formed a rap group with other family members. They rap about their lives as village fishermen and about working long, hard days and earning almost no money. Many people in their audience can understand these things.
“Rap,"Mike says, "doesn't belong to American culture.It belongs here. It has always existed here, because of our pain and our hardships . . ."
Mike dreams of having a better life.He wants to make a CD and help his family. Despite his hardships, the music gives Mike hope.
【词义推测】
Match the two words with the same meaning.
Scene A.尽管
Background B.场景
Discrimination C.存在
Tolerance D.歧视
Instructor E.背景
Earn F.属于
Belong