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Reading Activity

3 B) Read the text again and write sentences about the dates, numbers, and phrases below.

1820, Italy 40% t0 20% At the age of 31 1853, Turkey After the war At the age of 90

1. Florence Nightingale was born in Florence in 1820, Italy.
2. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
3. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .

4. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
5. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
6. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .

3 C) Read the explanations below and write the correct highlighted words in the text.

1. to succeed in doing something achieved

2. a serious disease caused by drinking infected water or eating infected food
3. a proposal, a statement saying that you are willing to do something for someone

4. the situation in which people live or work
5. the process of teaching and learning, usually at school, college, or university
6. admired by many people because of your good work or achievements

a confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain
7.
power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons
8. to make something better
9. to start a company, organization, committee, etc., establish

10. a job that needs a high level of education and training
11. the profession of looking after people who are ill

3 D) Read the text again and match the questions with the answers.

A) In 1853, Britain entered the Crimean War. 1. What is the introductory paragraph? D
B) Florence was born in the city of Florence, Italy 2. What paragraph tells about someone’s early
in 1820. life?
C) When Florence died at the age of 90, the World
3. What are the three important aspects of the
was a different place.
life of the subject of the biography?
D) Some people become famous quietly.
4. What paragraph discusses the first aspect?
E) Career hopes, contribution to society at war, a
5. What paragraph discusses the second aspect?
fight to change society.
F) After the war, Florence worked to improve con- 6. What paragraph discusses the third aspect?
ditions in hospitals. 7. What is the concluding paragraph?
G) When Florence decided to become a nurse, her
parents didn’t agree.

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