Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps in the text, using suitable words from the list. Life in the 21st century is and ruled by mobile phones, the Internet and , so it’s easy to understand why some people long to go back to the simpler times of the past. Meet Joanne Massey who is living in a 1950s time ! The 1950s were an era of colourful homes, clothes and , black and white TVs, rock and roll music, and traditional values. Joanne Massey, from Birmingham, England, not only these times, but has also chosen to live as people did back then! Her home is just like a 1950s time with retro décor and second-hand appliances. Her cooker, which she bought from a farmer for £32, her radio, bright pink telephone, and metal kitchen units are all 1950s . Joanne also loves 1950s fashion and never leaves the house without her 50’s-style bright on. “I only ever wear 1950s clothing, such as pencil skirts, with a white blouse and a wide belt,” she says. While Joanne’s husband Kevin (whom she met at a for 50s fans) has to wear modern clothes for work, he too likes to relax in a suit and hat at the weekends. Joanne and Kevin can also be seen driving around in a 45-year-old Ford Anglia! But why do Joanne and Kevin live this way? “I feel I was born in the wrong time,” says Joanne. “When I was young I’d watch all the old stars in the cinema and dream that I could be like that one day. Everything modern just seems bland in .” Joanne says that she also really respects the of the 50s, the “make do and mend” that is so different from our age of throwaway fashion and technology. “I do think the 50s were happier times,” she says. “Everyone knew everyone else and they all looked after each other.” Joanne tries hard to bring this into the 21st century; she bakes cakes for friends and does shopping and collects for elderly neighbours. Joanne also can’t shopping in supermarkets and she doesn’t read newspapers as she finds them too . While Joanne says she’s happy to be a traditional 50s housewife, she doesn’t spend all day at home baking biscuits. She has a singing career touring the UK as a 1940s-style singer called Lola Lamour and she writes a blog giving 40s and 50s-style shopping and cleaning ! She to owning some 21st century , too, though. Joanne and Kevin have a , a microwave, a DVD player and a washing machine, although Joanne tries to keep all these things out of sight so that they don’t the 1950s feel. Even modern TV is inside a 1950s cabinet and they only watch things like Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Poirot! “I admit I am in from the 21st century,” Joanne says. “When I look at the of the world today, with all the , greed and materialism, I . I don’t want to live in that world. Living like this makes me happier.”

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Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps in the text, using suitable words from the list.

Life in the 21st century is ... and ruled by mobile phones, the Internet and ... , so it’s easy to understand why some people long to go back to the simpler times of the past. Meet Joanne Massey who is living in a 1950s time ... !
The 1950s were an era of colourful homes, clothes and ... , black and white TVs, rock and roll music, and traditional values. Joanne Massey, from Birmingham, England, not only ... these times, but has also chosen to live as people did back then! Her home is just like a 1950s time ... with retro décor and second-hand ... appliances. Her cooker, which she bought from a farmer for £32, her radio, bright pink telephone, and metal kitchen units are all ... 1950s ... . Joanne also loves 1950s fashion and never leaves the house without her 50’s-style bright ... on. “I only ever wear 1950s clothing, such as ... pencil skirts, with a white blouse and a wide belt,” she says. While Joanne’s husband Kevin \(whom she met at a **\.\.\.** for 50s fans\) has to wear modern clothes for work, he too likes to relax in a ... suit and ... hat at the weekends. Joanne and Kevin can also be seen driving around in a 45-year-old Ford Anglia! But why do Joanne and Kevin live this way? “I feel I was born in the wrong time,” says Joanne. “When I was young I’d watch all the old ... stars in the cinema and dream that I could be like that one day. Everything modern just seems bland in ... .” Joanne says that she also really respects the ... of the 50s, the “make do and mend” ... that is so different from our age of throwaway fashion and ... technology. “I do think the 50s were happier times,” she says. “Everyone knew everyone else and they all looked after each other.” Joanne tries hard to bring this ... into the 21st century; she bakes cakes for friends and does shopping and collects ... for elderly neighbours. Joanne also can’t ... shopping in supermarkets and she doesn’t read newspapers as she finds them too ... .
While Joanne says she’s happy to be a traditional 50s housewife, she doesn’t spend all day at home baking biscuits. She has a ... singing career touring the UK as a 1940s-style singer called Lola Lamour and she writes a blog giving 40s and 50s-style shopping and cleaning ... ! She ... to owning some 21st century ... , too, though. Joanne and Kevin have a ... , a microwave, a DVD player and a washing machine, although Joanne tries to keep all these things out of sight so that they don’t ... the 1950s feel. Even modern TV is ... inside a 1950s cabinet and they only watch things like Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Poirot!
“I admit I am in ... from the 21st century,” Joanne says. “When I look at the ... of the world today, with all the ... , greed and materialism, I ... . I don’t want to live in that world. Living like this makes me happier.”

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