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ACTIVITY 3

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each gap.

There is an example at the beginning [ was ]. Then check the correct answers.

ISABELLA BEETON

Isabella Beeton, whowas

born in London in 1836,

is the most famous British woman cookery writer.

She was well educated and finished education

in Heidelberg, she learnt French and German.

In 1856 she married Sam Beeton, an enterprising young

publisher, and the following year contributing a column on various

household matters to his 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine'.

was the first of the cheap women's magazines. It pioneered the problem

page and medical columns, and introduced dress-making patterns France

to British readers.

she was only 23 she edited 'Beeton's Book of Household Management'.

This was an immense work, containing more 3,000 recipes as well as advice

on instructing servants, nursing, legal matters, good manners and bringing

babies. Many of the recipes contributed by the readers of 'The English

Woman's Domestic Magazine' and others were simply taken previous

cookery writers.

The chapters on specialist topics were anonymously by a doctor, a lawyer

and experts. But even Mrs Beeton herself was not a creative

cook, the editing work that she did on the book is a great achievement for

so young. She died the age of 28 after the birth of her fourth son.

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ISABELLA BEETON

Isabella Beeton, who was born in London in 1836, is the most famous British woman

cookery writer. She was well educated and finished her education in Heidelberg, where she

learnt French and German. In 1856 she married Sam Beeton, an enterprising young

publisher, and the following year began/started contributing a column on various

household matters to his 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine'.

It/This was the first of the cheap women's magazines. It pioneered the problem page and

medical columns, and introduced dress-making patterns from France to British readers.

When she was only 23 she edited 'Beeton's Book of Household Management'. This was an

immense work, containing more than 3,000 recipes as well as advice on instructing

servants, nursing, legal matters, good manners and bringing up babies. Many of the recipes

were contributed by the readers of 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine' and others

were simply taken from previous cookery writers.

The chapters on specialist topics were written anonymously by a doctor, a lawyer and other

experts. But even though Mrs Beeton herself was not a creative cook, the editing work thatshe did on the book is a great achievement for someone/one so young. She died at the age

of 28 after the birth of her fourth son.