Background of Chicago 电影芝加哥的背景.ppt

ofChicago 第一页，编辑于星期三：四点 四十六分。 The story happened in the 1920s in America, so-called the roaring twenties, or the Jazz Ages. It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire。这是一个奇迹的时代，一个艺术的时代，一个挥金如土的时代，也是一个充满嘲讽的时代。-----The Jazz Age by Francis Scott Fitzgerald Jazz Ages 第二页，编辑于星期三：四点 四十六分。 1920s was a special age, when the first world war just ended , the great depression had not come yet. In this period, America was highly thrived, especially in economy (enough wealth from the war and precious opportunity to develop the economy in the aftermath of the war). Economy great economic growth widespread prosperity 第三页，编辑于星期三：四点 四十六分。 Demobilization(复员) After the World War I , the U.S. economies rebounded as returning soldiers consumed goods, re-entered the labor force and thus factories were retooled to produce new goods. Economic policies laissez faire economics(自由放任经济政策) New products and technologies Mass production (批量生产)made technology affordable to the middle class.The automobile, movie, radio, and chemical industries skyrocketed during the 1920s. 第四页，编辑于星期三：四点 四十六分。 During the 1920’s new dances, new music, new games and other new ways of fun swept the country. New Ways of Life Womens suffrage in 1920, it gave women the right to vote. Equality at the vote marked a vital moment in the womens rights movement. 第五页，编辑于星期三：四点 四十六分。 Flappers Young women known as flappers rebelled against the traditional ways of thinking and acting. short skirts bobbed their hair listened to the new jazz music excessive makeup drinking smoking treating sex in a casual manner 第六页，编辑于星期三：四点 四十六分。