A WOMAN OUT OF HER TIME

Florence Nightingale was born on

May 12th,
1820 in Florence, Italy. Her family
was
rich and her father taught her at
home.
In 1844, she had the idea to work
in
hospitals. She wanted to be a
nurse,
but her parents did not want her
to become one. She confronted
them firmly and she worked as a
nurse at Salisbury Royal
Infirmary.
She became an expert on
hygiene
quickly.
In 1853, she found her first paid
job. She worked until October,
1854
and then went to help nurse the
British
soldiers of the war in Crimea. The
soldiers
thought that Florence Nightingale
was a great
lady, so when she returned to
Britain, she was a
heroine.
People wrote songs about her
and Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert gave her an
award.
In 1859, Florence wrote a small
book called Notes

on Nursing, with a special

section about taking
care of babies. The book sold
millions of
copies all over the world.
In 1860, she opened the
Nightingale
Training School for nurses at St
Thomas Hospital in London,
where
Florence almost invented modern
nursing as we know it today.
In 1861, Florence became ill. She
could not walk anymore and for
the
next 30 years she continued
working
hard from her home at 35 South
Street,
in London.
By 1896, she was so frail that
she couldnt
leave her bedroom.
On August 13, 1910, she fell
asleep and died
quietly.
She was buried in the family
grave at East Wellow.
Six sergeants of the British Army
carried her
coffin.
Her only memorial is a line on
the family
tombstone F. N. Born 1820. Died
1910. She lived
for ninety years and three
months.

Read the text again and complete the following fact file:

Name: Date of birth:

____________________________________ ___________________________

Place of birth: _________________________________________________

Studies: _______________________________________________________
Profession: ___________________________________________________
Place of work: ________________________________________________
Book published: ______________________________________________
Other interesting information: _______________________________
Date of death: ________________________________________________
*Answer these questions with one word.
a. How did Florence confront her parents? _______________
b. How did Florence become an expert on hygiene? _______________
c. How did she work after she became ill? _______________
d. How did she die? _______________
* Are these statements inferences (I) or facts (F)?
a. _____ Florence didnt go to school.
b. _____ Her parents didnt want her to be a nurse.
c. _____ Her book was very popular all over the world.
d. _____ She met Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
L AN G U A G E F O C U S Prepositions of place

1. Revise these sentences from the text and other examples.

a. Florence was born on May 12th, 1820 in Florence, Italy.
b. She opened the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas
Hospital.
c. She continued working from her home at 35 South Street, in London.
d. A war started in Crimea, on the coast of the Black Sea.
2. What do the words in bold mean? What is their equivalent in Spanish?

3. Complete the rule with in - at - on.

We use _____ with full addresses, special places, institutions, or events.
We use _____ with countries, cities, rooms, or buildings.
We use _____ with floors of buildings, coasts, or surfaces.