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Lessons 7-8
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense form.
1. The letter said that America (not to use)... the minds of its women.
2. The editor thought the letter (to be)... very good.
3. She said that her name (to be)... Elizabeth Cochrane.
4. Her family thought that she (to be) a nurse or a teacher in her future.
5. They said it (to be) ... a man's job to write about poor people.
6. Nellie thought that it (can)... be done.
2. Answer the questions.
1. Do you think that a newspaper reporter is a job full of ventures? Why?
2. How does your father/mother make his/her living?
3. Do you think that a good reporter must use every chance to travel around?
4. What kind of transport was very popular among the travellers at the beginning of the 20th century?
5. What places are exciting to visit for schoolchildren, in your opinion?
6. Have you ever been in a dangerous place? If yes, where was it?
7. Would you like to be given a chance to visit some mysterious place or would you prefer to stay safe?
8. Can you pretend that you are OK when you are really upset?
3. These are the usual newspaper themes. Match them with the pictures.
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