In the UK
在英國
My name is Sheila Galloway. In the 50s, my dad worked in a factory but my mum stayed at home to look after me and my sister. We lived in a small house with a tiny garden. My sister and I shared a room. We didn't have central heating and our bedroom was very cold and wet in winter. We wore socks in bed to keep warm! We didn't have a fridge, a washing machine or a telephone in those days. I remember we use to listen to the radio in the evening but then, in 1959, we got a TV! The programmes were in black and white and finished at eleven o'clock at night. My sister and I used to go the cinema at weekends. The films and music in those days were mainly from the US. We had a record player and we player and we played our favorite records on it.
我叫希拉·加洛韋。在50年代,我爸爸在工廠工作,我媽媽則在家照看我和妹妹。我們住在一個有小花園的小房子里。我和妹妹住一個房間。我們沒有中央取暖系統,我們的臥室冬天非常寒冷潮濕。我們在床上都穿襪子保暖!我們那時候沒有冰箱、洗衣機和電話。我記得我們常常在晚上聽收音機,不過后來,1959年我們有了一臺電視!電視節目是黑白的,晚上11點就沒有節目了。我和姐姐周末常常去看電影。那時候的電影和音樂主要都來自美國。我們有一個磁帶播放器,我們用它播放我們最喜歡的錄音帶。
In the US
在美國
My name is Tom Harmer. In the 50s, we lived in a house with a big garden. On a dry summer day, my dad built a tree house and my friends came round to play in it. I remember that very well. I used to sit in the tree house with my friends. We drank cold lemon tea and ate Mom's cookies. When I was sixteen, I had driving lessons. My dad gave me a second-hand car to go school on weekdays. On weekends, I used to drive around with my friends and we went to movie theaters or fast-food restaurants. I was a baseball fan. I used to watch baseball games at my friend's home. We didn't have a color TV until 1962.
我叫湯姆·翰墨。在50年代,我們住在一個有大花園的房子里。在一個干燥的夏日,我爸爸做了一個樹屋,我的朋友們都過來到樹屋里玩耍。我記得非常清楚。我過去常常跟我的朋友們一起坐在樹屋里。我們喝冰檸檬茶,吃媽媽做的餅干。當我16歲的時候,我上了駕駛課。我爸爸給我一輛二手車平時開去上學。在周末,我經常開車和朋友一起玩,去電影院或快餐店。我是一個棒球迷,我過去常常在我朋友家里看棒球賽。我們到1962年才有彩色電視。