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Listen just for a gist to this extract from a radio programme presenting writers Lesley Morris and Wendy Johnson who have just published two interesting books about tourism.
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At this first step, just listen for general comprehension and don't worry if there are some words you don't understand: you should be able to get the general idea. Then try to answer these two questions below.Finally check the correct answers.
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What is Lesley Morris' book about?
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What is Wendy Johnson's book about?
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Now look over these notes about the interview you have just listened above. What information seems to be missing? The missing information is contained in the radio programme.
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Listen once again – twice if necessary – and complete the notes by writing one word only in each gap. Then check the correct answers.
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THOMAS COOK
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Thomas Cook (1808-1892), travel agent, inventor of the package
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tour and father of the modern tourist industry.
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when he chartered a train for 570 people going to a
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religious festival.
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He then organised tours to Scotland and to Seaside resorts. The first
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record of one of his package tours abroad is of a trip to Germany, France and
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Belgium in about 1855.
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LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was a writer and
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traveller. She went off to Turkey in 1716,
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and later to Italy, where she lived for 22 years.
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LADY HESTER STANHOPE
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Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) was a niece of a Prime
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Minister and traveller. She spent 29 years living in the Middle
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East, calling herself 'queen of the desert'.
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FACTS ABOUT EARLY WOMEN TRAVELLERS IN EUROPE
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► 1st example: 4th century abbess from Spain who travelled to
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Jerusalem and visited famous places described in theBible.
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► 15th century: records of women travelling alone on Pilgrimages.
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► In the late 19th century: women travelling in great numbers, either
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as tourists with Thomas Cook or as independent travellers. Some went on
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package tours before marrying (e.g. Cook's special cycling tours
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in the 1890s). Others, not expecting to get married , and with money and
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time to spare, went independently.
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ACTIVITY 1Read the text below and choose from the menus the suitable answer. Then check your answers. The first alternative [ eager - fast - important - urgent ] is already done for you.
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WOMEN IN HISTORY
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Is the history of the world in need of correction?
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Some historians, mostly women, argue that insufficient
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attention has been paid to a very important group: women.
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These historians want history textbooks to be revised
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so that they show accurately the role played by women.
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according to the history books, cavemen provided most of the food for their
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families through hunting animals. But the evidence shows that 80% of the diet of
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prehistoric humans was vegetarian and it was collected by females. in addition,
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women's efforts in fighting in wars or leading revolutions have been ignored. Textbooks
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concentrate on men such as Hannibal or Che Guevara and neglect outstanding
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women such as Théroigne de Méricourt, an opera singer who led the storming of the
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Bastille in 1789, or Mariya Bochkareva, a Bolshevik who organised a well-trained and
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highly successful troop of 2,000 fighting women during the Russian revolution in
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1917. Women rulers are also forgotten. Between 962 and 1582 there were at least 16
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women rulers in countries ranging from Italy to Angola.
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