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others opportunities they themselves had been denied when starting in business in the
very beginning.
By 1970 though, mixture of drugs, arguments and money problems brought the
band’s career - and the ‘swinging sixties’- to an end.
I. Read the text ‘Rock’N’Roll & Beatlemania’ and say what facts are new and
exciting.
II. Read the text again to find the answers to the questions below.
1. The idol of early 60’s was a young truck driver. What’s his name? What
was he?
2. Why did he influence the youngsters of England?
3. What was ‘NEMS’?
4. Who was the first manager of the Beatles? How did they get acquainted?
5. What does ‘Beatlemania’ mean?
6. How did Americans welcome the Beatles in February, 1964? Why?
7. What other activities did the Beatles organize and take part in? Why did
they do that?
8. What were the reasons for the band’s career end?
III. Compare the texts – ‘The Beatles’ and ‘Rock’n’Roll & Beatlemania’. Out-
line the similarities you can find between the two texts.
