【美国人物志】娜丽·布莱 (6/9)

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作家朱理斯．佛恩 (Jules Verne) 所写的「环游世界80天」中的的英雄菲利斯．福格 (Phileas T. Fogg) 以80天整的时间确实环绕世界一周。布莱的本名叫做伊利莎白．寇克蓝 (Elizabeth Cochrane) ，她说她能用更短的时间完成环游世界的壮举。布莱搭乘船只、火车、人力车、舢舨、骑马，以及驴子的方式完成了这项壮举。
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Nellie Bly

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As a reporter for the New York World, Nellie Bly investigated and wrote about illegal activities in the city. For one story, she acted as if she was a mother willing to sell her baby. For another, she pretended to be a woman who cleaned houses so she could report about illegal activities in employment agencies. Today, a newspaper reporter usually does not pretend to be someone else to get information for a story. Most newspapers ban such acts. But in Nellie Bly's day, reporters used any method to get information, especially if they were trying to discover people guilty of doing something wrong. Nellie Bly's success at this led newspapers to employ more women. But she was the most popular of the women writers. History experts say Nellie Bly was special because she included her own ideas and feelings in everything she wrote. They say her own voice seemed to speak on the page. Nellie Bly's stories always provided detailed descriptions. And her stories always tried to improve society. Critics said Nellie Bly was an example of what a reporter can do, even today. She saw every situation as a chance to make a real difference in other people's lives as well as her own.