卓有成就的人物 读写练习1 阅读理解 Unbelievable women you didn’t learn about in history class Nellie Bly Famous investigative journalist Nellie Bly was born in 1864 in Pennsylvania. She began writing for the paper with the pen name “Nellie Bly”, inspired by a popular song at the time. After two years, she began writing for the New York World. In her most famous assignment, she spent ten days living in a mental institution to expose the truth about the conditions the patients faced. Madam C.J.Walker Madam C.J.Walker was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867. In 1890, she developed a condition that caused her to lose her hair, and with it, an interest in hair care, she began working for black hair care entrepreneur(企业家) Annie Turnbo Malone. Eventually, Walker began making and marketing her own hair care products designed for African-American women, a virtually untapped market at the time. Hedy Lamarr You might know Hedy Lamarr from the silver screen; she starred in many films from the “Golden Age” of Hollywood. But her film career is far from her only noteworthy achievement; she was also a brilliant inventor. She was born in 1914 in Austria and moved to the United States in the hope of pursuing a film career. In 1942, in the midst of her Hollywood success, she and composer George Antheil received a patent for a device that could change radio signal frequencies. Alice Coachman Alice Coachman was the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She was born in 1923 and grew up in Georgia, where segregation(隔离政策) prevented her from joining sports teams. So she trained on her own. Finally, Coachman competed in the 1948 Olympics in London, where she not only won a gold medal but set a record in the high jump. ( )1.What led Walker to set up her own career A.Her hair loss problem. B.The social need. C.The desire for success. D.Her love for money. ( )2.Who was a movie star and inventor A.Nellie Bly. B.Madam C.J.Walker. C.Hedy Lamarr. D.Alice Coachman. ( )3.What can we learn about Alice Coachman’s experience A.One should hold their horses. B.It is never too old to learn. C.We can kill two birds with one stone. D.Where there is a will there is a way. 词海拾珠 1.investigative adj. 调查性的;侦查的→ v. 调查;研究→ n. 调查;研究 2.assignment n. 分配;任务;作业→ vt. 分配;指派 3.expose vt. 揭露,揭发;使曝光→ adj. 暴露的,无掩蔽的→ n. 暴露;曝光;揭露 4.virtually adv.几乎;实际上;实质上;虚拟地→ adj.很接近的;事实上的;虚拟的 5.untapped adj.未利用的;未开发的→tap v.轻拍,轻敲,轻触;开发,利用 n. (水)龙头,阀门 6.star in在……中担任主角 7.noteworthy adj. 显著的;值得注意的 8.pursue vt. 追求,致力于→ n. 追求 9.prevent…from doing… 阻止……做…… 同义表达: keep…from doing… 阻止……做……;stop…(from) doing…阻止……做…… 10.set a record 创纪录 举一反三 一词多义deve ... ...
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