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Commentary 
1. Ragtime: the form of music, song and dance of black US origin, popular in the 1920's 
in which the strong note of the tune comes just before the main beat of the music played 
with it (syncopation)

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Практический курс английского языка. 4 курс под ред. В.Д. Аракина
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2. a new model T-Ford: the model T-Ford, of which 15 million were sold, was the 
automobile that changed the pattern of life in the United States. It first appeared in 1908 
and was one of the first cars to be made by assembly line methods and was the first 
gasoline-operated car sold at a price that many Americans could afford. The name of its 
builder, Henry Ford, became a household word around the world.
3. Theodore Roosevelt: (1858-1919), twenty-sixth president of the United States of 
America (1901-1909).
4. Manhattan: one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. Reputation as the 
cultural centre of the nation.
5. Wall Street: a street in New York dity, extending from Broadway to the East River, 
financial center of the United States.
6. Scott Joplin: (1868-1917), American composer of ragtime music, who was known as 
the "King of Ragtime". The son of a railroad laborer who had been a slave, Joplin showed 
musical ability by the time he was seven. He taught himself to play the piano and 
eventually became an itinerant musician, playing in cafes and honky-tonks and learning 
the music of the blacks in the Mississippf Valley.
7. Carrie Jacobs Bond: (1862-1946), songwriter, author of about 170 published songs, 
including "I Love You Truly" and "The End of a Perfect Day".
8. coon songs: White American Negro (Black) folksongs.
9. minstrel show: stage entertainment featuring comic dialogue, song and dance, in 
highly conventionalized patterns. Performed by a troupe of actors in blackface 
comprising of an interlocutor, two end men, and a chorus; developed in the United States 
in the early and mid-19th century.