【Aroundtheworldin80days-aloneWhoknew?WellweknewalittleaboutNellieBlythewomanjournalistofthe1890s.AfterallshewasonceconsideredthemostfamouswomanintheUnitedStates.ButElizabethBisland?Neverheardthename.L】

Aroundtheworldin80days-alone

Whoknew?WellweknewalittleaboutNellieBlythewomanjournalistofthe1890s.AfterallshewasonceconsideredthemostfamouswomanintheUnitedStates.ButElizabethBisland?Neverheardthename.LetalonethatshetookthechallengetoraceBlyaroundtheworld.In80days.Andalonenoless.

Buttheydid.AndinVictoriantimeswhenwomenseldomwenttothestorealoneletalonetoCeylon.

InEightyDaysMatthewGoodmanhaswoven(编撰)thestoryofthesetwowomenwhowereasdifferentasthedirectionstheytookintherace.Blyanenergeticnewspaperwomanwhoexposedevil(罪恶)wherevershefounditheadedeast.Bislandamagazinereporterwhopreferredtheclassicsheadedwest.

Wellwe’recertainlynotgoingtotellyouwhichwomanwonthisrace.ButwewillsaythetwowomengaveGoodmanenoughmaterialtobringthe19thcenturyaliveandtoshowthatBlyatleastushered(引领)intheworldofthefamouspeopleweknowtoday.ButasisstillthewaytodaythefamouspeopleareaslipperyslopeasGoodmanconvincinglyproves.

UsingthewritingsofbothwomenGoodmanacreativewritinginstructorwhohaswrittentwoothernonfictionbookswasabletocatchwhateachwasthinkingandexperiencingastheymadetheirwayonsteamshipsandtrains.Blywasactuallyquitedismissive(轻视的)ofhercompetitor.AsforBislandsheatfirstdidn’tevenwanttotakeupthechallenge.

Somemayfindwhathappenedtothewomanaftertheraceasinterestingastheirlifeduringtherace.Maybemore.Theirseparatefateswerealsoasdifferentasthetwowomenrightdowntotheirtombstones(墓碑).

Almost400pagesisalotoftimetospendwiththesetwoandattimesitcanseemmoreaslog(hardboringworkwithoutstopping)thanarace.Butifyou’reinterestedinstrangelittlecornersofhistoryEightyDayswon’tseemanywherethatlong.

46.AccordingtothepassageinVictorianTimeswomen__________.

A.likedtravellingaroundtheworld B.wereindependentinworkandlife

C.seldomwenttopublicplacesalone D.werecompetitivetoraceagainstothers

47.WecanlearnfromthepassagethatNellieBly__________.

A.waslessfamousthanElizabethBisland

B.wasafemalereporte