Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.

Adult(成年人) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places. Once people all over the country hear the popular singer, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever(无论哪里) the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become an outstanding star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music(民间音乐). It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

①Simon, a 28-year-old German student, rode 5,800 kilometers in China for his trip blog (博客). He wanted to learn about the Chinese Dream.

②“What’s your Chinese Dream?” This is the question he interviewed every stranger he met on his 100-day trip.

③Simon came to China for the first time in 2011. After a year in China, he was able to speak Chinese. Because of his interest in Chinese culture, he went to Zhejiang University in 2017.

④Simon learned “Chinese Dream” in 2013, and now it has become one of the hottest phrases in China. To learn the true meaning of it among Chinese people, he started his trip in May 2018.

⑤Simon believes that riding across China is natural. And it is also environmentally friendly (环保的). During his trip, he found that people in the cities usually follow their hearts. What’s more, older generation (一代) of Chinese cares more about social stability (社会的稳定) but the young generation cares more about education and environment.

⑥“People look for their ways to make their dreams come true. They all believe that a strong country is the most important,” Simon said.