Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, while her wealthy parents were traveling in Europe. As a child, she traveled to many places with her family and learned how to speak several languages.

When Nightingale was seventeen, she told her family that she was going to help sick people.  47 ______________. But Nightingale made up her mind to be a nurse.

Nightingale knew that in order for nurses to do more, they needed special training in how to take care of sick people. 48 _____________. Then she returned to London and became the head of a group of women called Gentlewomen During illness. These women cared for sick people in their homes

In 1854, England was fighting a war with Russia. War reporters wrote about the terrible conditions in the hospital that cared for the wounded(傷員). 49 _________________. Nightingale was asked to take some nurses into the war hospitals. So, in November 1854, Nightingale finally got to work in a hospital.

She took along thirty eight nurses whom she had trained herself. At first, the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale and her nurses in their hospitals. 50________________. But in fact, the nurses did make a difference. Thanks to their hard work, many wounded soldiers survived.

A. People thought that something could be done about it.

B. In 1860, one woman changed all that.

C. Nightingale was sent to the batterfields to work as a nurse.

D. They did not believe that women could help.

E. She went to a hospital in Germany to study nursing.

F. Her parents did not agree with her.

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     BARCELONA Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain and is on the northeast coast, about five
hundred kilometers east of the Spanish capital, Madrid. One of Barcelona's most famous landmarks is the
Church of the Sagrada Familia, which was designed by an architect called Antonio Gaudi. Gaudi worked
on the project from 1882 until his death in 1926.
     FLORENCE Florence is an Italian city, which became famous because of the Renaissance, a great
artistic movement which began in the 1300s and lasted for three hundred years. During the Renaissance,
some of the greatest painters of all time lived and worked in Florence. Many of Florence's most beautiful
paintings and sculptures were produced by great artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Florence is visited each year by about a million tourists who come to see the art galleries*, churches and
museums.
     ATHENS Athens, the capital of Greece, is knows as the birthplace of Western civilization*. Two
thousand four hundred years ago, it was the world's most powerful city. Buildings such as the Parthenon on
the Acropolis Hill were built during this period. Greece's best writers lived in ancient Athens. Their works
have influenced other writers ever since.
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as well as the Auckland Harbour Bridge. In the city, you can enjoy an amazing view from the Sky Tower,
which is the city's tallest tower. You can also see Maori traditional dances at the Auckland Museum.
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civilization  n. 文明
gallery  n. 美術(shù)館
Greece  n. 希臘
Italian  adj. 意大利的
landmark   n. 陸標
New Zealand   n. 新西蘭
the Renaissance  文藝復(fù)興時期
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