Section 2
　The next example is Irish dance.// It is famous/for the dancers’ quick steps.//
　This dance dates back to the 16th century.// In those days,/Ireland was a colony of England.// People there/were not allowed/to perform their traditional music or dance.// As a result,/Irish people quietly sang their songs/indoors/and created a new way of dancing.// In the dance,/they did not move their upper bodies.// They only moved their legs.// Thus,/when someone outside looked through the window,/the person could not tell/if they were dancing.//
　Irish people tried to protect their tradition/by stamping their feet/to their own music.// The dance shows Irish people’s quiet/but strong resistance/against England at the time.//