Number two, Exercise two.0:03
Listen to the text the Roaring Twenties and write which of the facts in your activity book are true, false or not stated in the text.0:06
The roaring twenties.0:28
The years between 1920 and 1929 are often called the roaring twenties.0:33
Perhaps that is because of the way the 1920s came roaring to life.0:41
Right after World War I, daily life began to move faster than it ever had before.0:46
Trains raced across the quiet countryside.0:53
Automobiles were taking the place of horses and buggies.0:56
Airplanes began to flash across the sky.1:00
The modern age was above all an age of noise and speed.1:03
The new age was reflected in changes in daily living, too.1:09
Clothing styles changed to meet the faster pace of life.1:13
Even jazz, the popular music of the 20s, seemed to show the influence of noise and speed.1:17
The graceful waltz was replaced by such dancers as the Charleston.1:25
People began to go out to watch moving pictures.1:29
The pictures in those days were black and white, and there was no sound with a picture until the late 20s.1:33
What the actors said was flashed on the screen in writing.1:40
In many theatres, a man sat near the screen and played the piano to set the mood.1:44
He played sad music for sad scenes and fast music for storms, fights and races.1:51
At home, more and more people began to enjoy a new invention called radio.1:58
The listener needed a high aerial and earphones to pick up the broadcast.2:04
Later, a speaker was put on top of the radio so that several people could hear the program at the same time.2:09
By 1920, people knew that the automobile was here to stay in Europe and America.2:18
They began to build roads suitable for auto traffic.2:24
These highways were soon filled with thousands of cars.2:28
The cars were not comfortable by modern standards.2:32
They bounced around terribly.2:36
The early cars ran at safer speeds than they do today in the United States.2:38
The most important political event of the 1920s was acceptance of the 19th amendment guaranteeing to women the right to vote.2:44
This came about after a long and hard fought campaign by many women.2:54
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