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In the 1920s / the United States was in a period of economic depression. Unemployment remained high. Workers were squeezed and became a screw in the production of large machines. Charlie (played by Charles Chaplin) is a low-level citizen. He works day and night in a factory with rumbling machines to earn a meager income. Repeated and heavy work made him breathless. He used people's noses as screws to twist them and got them entangled in the belts of the assembly line machine / which made people laugh. Although Charlie is poor / he is kind. He rescued a homeless girl on the road and lived with her in a shabby but warm home. Every time Charlie / who was penniless / would deliberately commit a crime in order to find food in order to enter prison. The situation improved for a while / and the homeless girl became a popular singing and dancing star. However / the good times were too short-lived.
二十年代的美国处于经济萧条时期，失业率居高不下，工人受尽压榨，成为了大机器生产中的一颗螺丝钉。查理（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）就是一个底层市民，他在一个机器隆隆的厂房里日以继夜地工作，以赚取微薄的收入。重复繁重的工作压得他喘不过气，他把人们的鼻子当成螺丝钉来拧，卷入流水线机器的皮带里，令人苦笑不得。 查理尽管贫穷，但却很善良。他在路上搭救了流浪女，和她一起生活，家里破烂却又
