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Lesson 6
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1. a) Learn to pronounce the proper names in the box correctly.
b) Listen, then read the story. Think of its main idea.
Years ago, there were many things that women didn't do. But that didn't stop Nellie Bly. She even ventured to try things no one, not even men, didn't do at her time.
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NELLIE BLY
after Jeanette Cook
For many years most women worked only at home. Their job was to cook food, clean house and take care of children. But in the late 1800s, a few women started looking for work outside the home. This made many people angry.
One day a Pittsburgh newspaper published a story that said that a woman should work only at home. Many people who read it wrote letters to the editor. Most of them agreed with the story.
But one well-written letter did not agree. It said that because America did not use the minds of its women, it was not as strong as it could be. The name at the end of the letter was E. Cochrane.
The editor thought the letter was very good. In a newspaper story, he asked E. Cochrane to come and talk to him about a job. To his surprise, it was not a man, but a young woman, who came to see him. She said that her name was E. Cochrane ... Elizabeth Cochrane.
Elizabeth needed a job. She had to make a living for herself and her mother. Her family thought that she would be a nurse or a teacher. But Elizabeth wanted to be a reporter.
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