БАГАТО БАЛІВ АНГЛ ▸ Grammar in Focus
Complete the gaps with the correct words. Then put the words in brackets into the correct form. Entertainment during the Great Depression
During the Great Depression in the 1930s in the USA, one person out of every three 1)......…... unemployed and wages were low. But even then, people 2)... (enjoy) themselves.
• There 3) ........ (be) no televisions in the 1930s, but around 50% of homes had a radio; and a record player cost just $9. The big sound of the 30s was 'swing, 4)...... was a fast kind of jazz music.
• For just 21 cents, you could sit and watch a four- or five-hour programme at the cinema. A typical one started with 5) ..... news, a 'short' (a film of around 30 minutes) and a cartoon. Then came the feature' and 'second the 'main feature? 6) ........ were full-length films.
• Over 96% of the US population were 7) ......... to read, but books were not as popular 8)...... newspapers, which sold millions every day.
By 1933, many Americans 9).........(stop) going to plays. Many simply could not afford it. In fact, 10) ........ many stage actors and writers were unemployed that President Roosevelt started the Federal Theatre Project to put them back to work. ​