Student's Book - Page 40 - 2

Student’s Book - Page 40 - 2

Listen again and answer the questions.

The Cadillac series 62 was built in 1955. It was very popular in America. The Cadillac series 62 was a very big car. It was almost 6 m long and it was very heavy. It had a really big engine and of course it used lots of petrol. But people weren’t worried about petrol in the 1950s. It came in lots of colors, even in pink. Young people over 16 loved to borrow their parents Cadillac and spend hours driving around along the main roads of their towns on Saturday and Sunday evenings,

Rock ‘n’ roll influenced what teenagers wore in the 50s, Swing skirts became popular with girls, Girls would stand in front of a large mirror and practice swinging their skirts, When they danced rock ‘n’ roll. They looked spectacular in their swinging skirts, But often parents were not happy with what their daughters were wearing and most of them didn’t like the music their children loved,

The jukebox was very popular in the 50s. It was a machine that played songs, It held from 50 to 120 records. This was before CDs were invented. The jukebox had lists of the titles of songs and next to each song, there was a letter and a number. People selected the song they wanted to hear. They put some money into a slot and then pressed the buttons with the letters and the numbers of the song they wanted to hear,