要多长的,短的可以只取第一段,长的可以把后面加上,第一段和最后一段主要是当时“大萧条”的时代背景,也可以只取这两段 　　Setinthe1930sduringtheGreatDepressionera,thefilm'smainconcerns(andthoseoftheoppressedTramp)echothoseofmillionsofpeopleatthetime-unemployment,poverty,andhunger.IthasanumberofwonderfullyinventiveandmemorableroutinesandscenesthatproclaimthefrustratingstrugglebyproletarianmanagainstthedehumanizingeffectsofthemachineintheIndustrialAge(atthetimeofHenryFord'sassemblyline),andvarioussocialinstitutions. 　　“ModernTimes”wasawonderfulblendofcomedyandsocialdrama.Themovieprovidedalookintotheworldofthegreatdepressionbypeoplewholivedit.Differentelementsofthemovieportrayedthedifferentdifficultiesoflifeinthatera.Betweenburstsofcomedyagrandpictureofasocietyinturmoilisproduced.Throughworkshortages,factoryclosings,laborstrikesandpoliticalunrestChaplin’sworldshowsusanothersidethatpeopleliketoforgetaboutthepast. 　　Oneofthemanyideasthatareprevalentinthismovieistheideathateachpersonisjustapartofalargerwhole,thatalthoughyoucouldtrytobeindividual,itwasnotinyourbestintereststodoso.ThisideaisshownbothinthebeginningofthemovieandwhenChaplinwas“forced”throughsocialpressuretostrike.TheentirefactorysequencesshowedhowtheaverageAmericanworkerwasjusttreatedasreplaceablelaborinthe1920’sand1930’stheonlyconcernofthebosswastheabilityoftheworkerstokeepupwithquotas.ThemechanicaldevicethatfedChaplinshowsjusthowfarsomepeoplewouldgotogetthatlittleextraprofitattheexpenseoftheworkerswellbeing. 　　TheAmericandreamisalsoaprominentfeatureofthemovie,Chaplin’sAmericanDreamwasasmallshackwithapuddleoutback,sayingthatisisnothowmuchyouhavethatiswhatmattersbutwhatitmeanstoyou.TheAmericandreamhasbeenprominentthroughoutAmericanliteratureforhundredsofyearsandthismovieisnoexception.ThroughtheuseofcomedyChaplinportraystheAmericandreamjustasAlgersdoes,somethingthatisattainablewithalittlehardwork.Thisideawasespeciallyimportantatthetimethemoviewasmade. 　　Thelastmajorthemeisaboutthedifficultyoflifeduringthoseyears,foodandjobswerehardtocomeby,andasChaplinshowsusjailwaspreferabletothehecticanddangerouscitystreets.AtthetimeofthegreatdepressionAmericanshadtofightforwhatlittletheyhad,andasthemovieshowedmanypeoplewenthungry.Howeverthismovieglorifiesthestruggleofthepoorratherthanvilifyingthemforstealingfoodtosurvive.Byglorifyingthestrugglethemovietakesonyetanothersocialissue:whenthepoorstealtoeatitisnotcriminal,justsurvival.