3 5 Read the first part of Nellie Bly's story and answer the questions in Ex 3.

NELLIE BLY'S real name was Elizabeth Cochran, and she was an American journalist. Her first job was with the Pittsburgh Dispatch, but she got bored at this newspaper, and went to New York. After four months, she had hardly any money left, but she was lucky to find a job at the New York World. Some months later, she read Jules Verne's famous book, and she had an idea. She wanted to see if it was possible to travel around the world in real life. And she wanted to complete the trip faster than Phileas Fogg. The editor agreed that Nellie could go, so on 14 November 1889, she left New Jersey on a boat for Londo Nellie's only luggage was a small bag, and she travelled alon The first part of the journey went well, and she reached Hong Kong on 25 December. But when she got there, she found ou that she was in a race with another reporter. Elizabeth Bisland from Cosmopolitan magazine wanted to complete the trip fas er than Nellie, and she was already three days in front of her. ​