idea. which was ro usc a white Liquid ro paint they mer in person.
y mer in person. They discovered t hat t hey had
mer mistake . Her invention is called Tipp-Ex
today. Mrs Graham was a divorced mother and
her invention made her a very rich woman. Her
son, Mike esmirh. became a famous pop star
- he was a member ofr hc American gro up, The
Monkees.
And finally ... policemen, soldiers. and politicians
all over rhe world arc protected by somet hing
which was invented by a woman. In 1966
tephanie Kwolek inveored kevlar, a special
material which wa• very light but incredibly
strong. much stronger than metal. Th is material
is used to make bullet-proof vests. Stephanie's
inv~mion has probably saved thousands ofli ves.
Prese nte r T han ks very much. Sally. So. if you
thought that everythi ng was im•e nted by men,
think again.
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Presenter D id you li ke school?
A o.definirclynot.
Presen ter Why?
A I didn't like most of the lessons-! was alwavs
bored, and I hated exams. And rhe wor r thing' of
all was PE. W here I went to school we used to play
rugby. Ugh - ir was torture.
2 Presemer Did you like school?
B I loved primary school, bur I didn't really like
secondan • •chool.
Prescnt~r Why nor?
B Well t he school was very big and it was sorr of
cold and imper onal.lr took me a very long ri me
before 1felt ar home there. nd I'm nor really
very academic. but the school was. \Ve used ro get
loads of homework which I hated.
3 Presen ter Did vou like school?
C Er.yes.l d id. '
Presente r Why?
C I was very curious about e\'cryrhing whe n
I was little. so I liked school because I lea rned
about new t hings. And of course I used to ce my
friends every day. The orhcr thing I loved was rhe
libr:try- tn)' school had a fa nrasric library- ! e'·e n
used to ray on t here after class just ro read. Oh
dear, I ound very goody-goody, bur ir's true!
4 P resenter Did you like school?
D Not especially
Pres e nter Why?
D It was a boys' school and I gor a bit fed up wirh
just being with boys all the rime.
5 Presen ter Did you like school>
E It was all right- some bits were better than
ot hers. of cour c. The lessons I li ked depended
very much on the reacher-so for exa mple physics
and English were great. but chemistry and history
were terrible. I generally liked s porr. cxcepr in the
winter. I made some good fr iends ar ,chool, and
I' m still in touch with a few of t hem 30 years late r.
so I suppose that 's po itive!
6 Presenter Did you li ke school?
F AcruaUy. l used to really love school. Lessons
were fin e, and I always did well wirhour having ro
work too hard. But the real reason I loved school
was because I had a very good social life. ! had
lots offricnds and we used ro play foo tball in rhe
playground at lunchtime. I was ooe of the gang. I
felt rhar I belonged t here. I've never really felt li ke
that since then.
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And our last srory on today's News Hour is about a n
incred ible coincidence. Have you C\'er put your name
inro Googlc or Facebook to sec what comes up?
One evening last April, an American woman. Kelly
Hildebrandt. did just that. She was feeling bored.
~oshe pur her name imo Facebook. She has quire an
unusual name, so she was amazed ro discover t hat
there was another pe rson on Face book wirh exacrly
the same name and surname as her- but with one
big difference. T he or her Kelly H ildebrandt was a
man, and he lived in Texas. Kelly senr h im a message
and t hey began to emai l each or her. Larer rhcy
starred to phone each or her every day. and fina lly
On Saturday night Karie Parfitt. a nurse from
more in common than jusr their name- they borh
love rhe beach, and they bot h really e njoy cooking.
Soon they realised that they were in love. At first
they were wor ried that they might be related, but
they found our rhar there was no fam ily con nection
at all. and in October Kelly asked Kelly to mar ry
him. T he rwo Kelly's ca ll each o ther ' Kel ly girl'
and ' Kelly boy', and they say rhar having the same
name often causes con fus ion - once when Kelly
boy booked t ravel rickets for the m t he rraV('I agem
almost cancelled one ticket because he tho ught
t hat booking rwo tickers with the sa me name was a
mistake. Bur t here is one thing that rhc rwo Kcllys
are very clear about - if they have children they
defin itely won't call t hem Kelly!
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Je nny I can't believe it. Your momh here is nearly
over. It"s gone o fast.
Rob I know. I've had a great ti me, Je nny.
Jenny Me roo. lr's been rea lly special. Bur ...
Rob Bur what?
Je nny It won't be rhe sa me when you're in London
and I'm here.
R ob But we'll still be in touch. You can visit me in
London and I can come back here ro sec you.
Jen ny ltsrill won'rbethcsame.
Rob o. o. it won 'r.
Je nny Maybe... I could come back ro London w ith
vou?
R~b You can't do t hat Jenny. You've jus r gor rh is
job.
Jenny That's rrue.
R ob Well, we ~rill ha'e ~omc time togerher. \ e're
going out for d inner tonight!
Je nny Yes, and I'm going to ra ke you somewhe re
really nice.
R o b Look at rhe t ime. I have ro go now; ir's my last
interview in ew York. I don't want to be late.
Jenny OK. ce you later then.
R ob Bye.
Bar bara Jenny. is Rob here?
Jenny Oh. you jusr missed h im . Barbara.
Barbara I really need to talk to h im. I'll rry him on his
cell phonc. llcllo, Rob? It 's Barbara. Can you give
me a call? T here's something I'd like to ralk about.
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Rob Jenny!
Jenny Rob! I have somet hing to tell you.
Rob I ha,·e ~om erhin g ro tell you too. You go first.
Jenny Well . I thought again about moving to
London ...
Rob Bur you don't need to move ro London .
Jenny What?
Rob Barbara ca lled me earlier.
Je nny What about ?
Rob She offered me a job. Her<.> . in New York!
Jen ny W har?! Oh. rhar's great news.
R ob You don't seem very pleased.
Jenny I am , I mean , ir's grear! It's just t hat.
Rob W hat>
Jenny I scm Barbara an email this morning.
Rob And?
Jenny I told her I was quitting. and moving to London.
Rob Don't worry. Maybe s he hasn't read you r
email ycr.
Jenny I'll call her.
Barba ra Hello. Barbara Kearon.
Je nny Barba ra> lr's Jenny.
Barbara O h , hi Jen ny.
Jenny Um. have you read your e mail recently?
T here's one from me.
Barbara Oh yes. I can see ir. I haven't ope ned it yet.
Je nny Don'r open it! Delere it! Please just delete it.
I'll explain later.
Ba r bara O K. Ir'sgone. lsevcryrhingalrighr. Jen ny?
Je nny Ye , t hanks. Nc,·er better.
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And fin ally o n ews Today here's a fu nny story to
cheer you up on a Monday morn ing.
Manchester. came home from work . As soon as she
opened the door. she realised that her cat, Joey, was
behaving rather trangely. lnstead of being plea ed
to see her. he starred att acking her. and rhcn. when
she sat down ro have something to car. Joey jumped
omo t he table and sat on her plate. T hen he jumped
down onto the floo r and immediately went to s leep.
He s lept all night. snoring very loudly. Katie couldn't
underst and what the matter was wit h Joey- he had
never behaved like th is before. However. when she
mer her neighbour the next morn ing, rhe mystery
was solved.
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My neighbour told me thar he was having a drink in
our local pub on Sat urday. Suddenly he saw my car
joey walk in though the door - it was open because it
was a hor day. And t hen oneofrbe people s pilled hb
glass of beer on the floor a nd Joey tarring d rinking
it - he was probably thirsty. So of course when joey
gor home he was completely drun k! I rook him ro the
vet t he next day, bur luckily he's fin e now.
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I ris Hello Rosemary. I low arc you th is mor ning>
Rosem a r y Hello lr i~. I'm fine t hanks. bur you'll
never guess what's happened. jack and Emma
have broken up!
Iris 1 o! Jack and Emma from number 36' T hat
can't be rrue. l saw rhcm last week and rhcy looked
rea lly happy. ·
Rosem a r y No, it 's definitely true. I heard them
shouting. T hey were having a terrible argument.
Iris 1o! When>
R osem a r y Last nighr. After be came home from
work.
Iris What did they say?
Rosemary Well. I wasn't really listening...
I ris Of course nor.
Rose m a r y Bm I couldn't help hea ring. She was
talking so loud ly a nd of course the walls are very
thin.
Iris So what did they s ay?
Rosemary Well. s he said she that was going ro sray
with her mum! She rold h im t hat she would n't
come back.
Iris Ooh, how awful. \Vhar about rhe children?
Rosemary he said she'd taken them ro her sister. !
suppose she'll rake them with her in the end. And
a nyway, then five minutes later I saw her lea,•ing
the house with a s uitcase!
Iris 1o! Why do you think she's leaving him? Is he
seeing another woman?
Rosem a r y I do n't know. Ooh, here's my bus.
Iris I mus t go and tell Mrs Jones at number 14.
She always thought the re was someth ing ...
omerhi ng strange about him ...
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Ja ck H i Emma. I'm back. Where arc you?
Em ma I'm upstai rs in the bedroom. I'm packing.
Jack Why? W here are you going?
Emma I'm going rosray with my mum.
Jack W hat happened to he r?
Emma She's had an accident . She fell over in rbe
street yeste rday and he's broken her leg.
Jack Howawfui.Poor thing. halll goand make
you a cup of rea?
Em ma T hat'd be lovely. T hanks darling.
Jack How long do you think you' ll have to stay?
Emma I won't come back umil rhc weekend I don't
thi nk. I'll have ro ma ke s ure she's OK . I've take n
the childre n to my sis ter's for t he night and she'll
take t hem school tomorrow morni ng. Can you
pick t hem up after school?
Jack Of course I can darling. ow don't worry
about anything. We'll be absolutely fi ne. Drink
your tea and l'll goandger your suirca e.
Emma Thanks. darling. The rax i' ll be here in five
minurcs.
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