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CULTURE Britain in the 1960s
I can plan and give a presentation about the Noughties.
1
1 Look at photos A and B and answer the questions. 3 Read the text again and answer
the questions.
A
B
1 Who are these people?
2 Who or what do you think
they are looking at?
1 What do you think this
person’s job is?
2 Why do you think people
chose her for the job?
2 1.19 Read and listen to the text. Check your answers to
exercise 1.
Life in Britain after the Second World War wasn’t easy. During the 1940s, food
was rationed, which meant that people could only buy small amounts of food
such as butter, meat and sugar. Clothes were also rationed until 1949 because
there wasn’t enough material to produce new ones. However, at the start of
the 1960s things started to change. Rationing had ended in 1954 and by the
end of the decade the economy was recovering. There were plenty of jobs
and more goods in the shops than ever before. There was a general mood
of hope and optimism in the country and this increased when England won
the football World Cup for the first time in 1966. Britain had become a vibrant
and exciting place and the centre of a provocative new youth culture. The new
fashions symbolized these changes. Clothes became more brightly coloured
and fun, and the miniskirt and the bikini arrived on the scene. Trendy new
boutiques opened on London’s King’s Road and Carnaby Street. They sold
very fashionable clothes to a new generation of stylish young people. This was
also the era of Lesley Hornby, who became the fashion icon of the 60s with
her boyish looks. Her childhood nickname was ‘Twiggy’ because she was so
thin and she became the world’s first supermodel at the age of sixteen.
There was also a revolution in British music in the 1960s. American rock and
roll had dominated the music scene in the 1950s, but suddenly The Beatles,
a band from Liverpool, became the latest craze. Wherever they went there
was hysteria, which people called ‘Beatlemania’. People screamed so loudly at
their concerts that they could hardly hear the music! Beatlemania reached the
USA, too. When The Beatles sang live on TV there in 1964, around 74 million
viewers watched – that was about half of the population. The 1960s became
known in Britain as ‘the swinging sixties’ – a time when the country was at the
centre of the world for fashion, pop music and culture.
1 What did rationing mean for
people?
2 How many times had England
won the football World Cup
before 1966?
3 How did fashion change in
the 1960s?
4 Which parts of London were
famous for clothes shops?
5 What was Twiggy famous for?
6 What did some people do at
The Beatles concerts?
7 Did people in the USA like The
Beatles? How do you know?
4 YOUR CULTURE Answer the
questions.
1 Which people in your country
were famous in the 1960s?
2 Has the football World Cup
ever taken place in your
country? When?
3 What fashions were popular
in your country in the 1960s?
4 What music was popular in
your country in the 1960s?
5 Are The Beatles popular in
your country?
5 TASK Give a presentation about
the Noughties.
1 Work in groups of three or
four and list a few important
events which took place
during the Noughties.
2 Make notes about the
following things:
music, bands, singers
3 Give your presentation to the
rest of the class.
4 Vote for the best presentation.
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