Unit 11

Lesson 2: Conversation

I met an alien last night.	play_circle pause_circle
Don't be silly!	play_circle pause_circle
It's true! He said that he lived under my bed.	play_circle pause_circle
Don't be ridiculous!	play_circle pause_circle
He said that he was hungry. He said that he wanted a sandwich.	play_circle pause_circle
Really? And what did you say?	play_circle pause_circle
I said that I couldn't make him a sandwich.	play_circle pause_circle
Why not?	play_circle pause_circle
I said that I had to go China.	play_circle pause_circle
What? You're crazy!	play_circle pause_circle
No, I'm not. But it was a crazy dream!	play_circle pause_circle
Listen 5 times	play_circle pause_circle

Helping other people

Helping other people	play_circle pause_circle
Mary Seacole	play_circle pause_circle
Her early life	play_circle pause_circle
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica in 1805.	play_circle pause_circle
Her father was a soldier in the British army. Her mother owned a hotel.	play_circle pause_circle
Many soldiers from the British army stayed there.	play_circle pause_circle
They were often ill with diseases that are found in hot countries.	play_circle pause_circle
Mary's mother looked after the soldiers and she made medicines for them.	play_circle pause_circle
When she was a young girl, Mary watched her mother and learned from her.	play_circle pause_circle
When she was older she helped her mother to look after the people in the hotel.	play_circle pause_circle
Sometimes she helped in the British army hospital, too.	play_circle pause_circle
Working as a nurse	play_circle pause_circle
Mary married Edwin Seacole in 1836.	play_circle pause_circle
Over the next few years she had many difficulties.	play_circle pause_circle
The hotel burned down in 1843 and had to be rebuilt.	play_circle pause_circle
Her husband died in 1844 and her mother died very soon afterwards.	play_circle pause_circle
Mary was very sad but she decided to work hard. The hotel was now hers.	play_circle pause_circle
She continued to nurse sick people and she became well-known.	play_circle pause_circle
She travelled to Central America and nursed many patients there, too.	play_circle pause_circle
More and more people knew about her work.	play_circle pause_circle
A war far away	play_circle pause_circle
In 1854 Mary heard about a war far away in the south of Russia.	play_circle pause_circle
British soldiers were fighting Russian soldiers.	play_circle pause_circle
Many men were dying in battle. They were dying in the hospitals because of germs and diseases.	play_circle pause_circle
Mary wanted to help.	play_circle pause_circle
The doctors in Jamaica said that Mary Seacole was a good nurse. They wrote a letter to the British Government.	play_circle pause_circle
Mary took it to London but the government would not send her to the war.	play_circle pause_circle
Mary thought that they did not like her brown skin. She thought they wanted only English nurses.	play_circle pause_circle
Helping wounded soldiers	play_circle pause_circle
Mary travelled to the war on her own.	play_circle pause_circle
She visited the hospital of Florence Nightingale, another famous nurse.	play_circle pause_circle
Florence Nightingale did not want Mary, either.	play_circle pause_circle
Mary travelled closer to the war.	play_circle pause_circle
She built her own hotel near to the British Army's camp.	play_circle pause_circle
She looked after sick and wounded soldiers.	play_circle pause_circle
She worked hard until the end of the war in 1856.	play_circle pause_circle
The return to London	play_circle pause_circle
Mary returned to London but she had no money.	play_circle pause_circle
Many important people knew about her work in the war.	play_circle pause_circle
There were stories about her in the newspapers. People gave her money.	play_circle pause_circle
She wrote her autobiography and she recounted all her travels and adventures.	play_circle pause_circle
She died in 1881.	play_circle pause_circle
A heroine at last	play_circle pause_circle
People forgot about her for nearly a hundred years.	play_circle pause_circle
Everyone knew about Florence Nightingale but Mary Seacole's work was not remembered.	play_circle pause_circle
Recently, that has changed.	play_circle pause_circle
Now children learn about her in school.	play_circle pause_circle
New buildings in universities are named after her.	play_circle pause_circle
When she faced difficulties in her life, she tried harder.	play_circle pause_circle
She travelled across the world to help other people.	play_circle pause_circle
She had little money and she was not important but she still helped.	play_circle pause_circle
Now people think of her as a real heroine.	play_circle pause_circle
Listen 5 times	play_circle pause_circle