In the UK
在英国
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·加洛韦。在50年代，我爸爸在工厂工作，我妈妈则在家照看我和妹妹。我们住在一个有小花园的小房子里。我和妹妹住一个房间。我们没有中央取暖系统，我们的卧室冬天非常寒冷潮湿。我们在床上都穿袜子保暖！我们那时候没有冰箱、洗衣机和电话。我记得我们常常在晚上听收音机，不过后来，1959年我们有了一台电视！电视节目是黑白的，晚上11点就没有节目了。我和姐姐周末常常去看电影。那时候的电影和音乐主要都来自美国。我们有一个磁带播放器，我们用它播放我们最喜欢的录音带。
In the US
在美国
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.
我叫汤姆·翰墨。在50年代，我们住在一个有大花园的房子里。在一个干燥的夏日，我爸爸做了一个树屋，我的朋友们都过来到树屋里玩耍。我记得非常清楚。我过去常常跟我的朋友们一起坐在树屋里。我们喝冰柠檬茶，吃妈妈做的饼干。当我16岁的时候，我上了驾驶课。我爸爸给我一辆二手车平时开去上学。在周末，我经常开车和朋友一起玩，去电影院或快餐店。我是一个棒球迷，我过去常常在我朋友家里看棒球赛。我们到1962年才有彩色电视。
