THE WOMAN WHO REINVENTED ese CHILDREN’S wiht In the mid-1960s, Ganz Cooney was working as a producer of television documentary programmes in America, She realised television could play an important role in the education of pre- schoolchildren. She researched this idea and, in 1967, she wrote an outline for Sesame Street Ganz Cooney presented her ideas to the TV channel she was working for at the time. However, the channel rejected her proposal, saying that they thought she didn't have the right ‘experience to produce a TV programme for chiiren. AS aresul, ‘she set up Children's Television Workshop with a colleaque, and two years later they had managed to raise eight milion dollars to finance production, Even so, many people working in the television industry questioned her abilty to manage such a project. Tis was during the 1960s, when the industry was largely ‘controlled by men, At fist, Ganz Cooney cld't want to fight to keep her role as the director ofthe production company and the producer ofthe programme. However ier husband and a colleague encouraged her to do 80, because they knew the project would fal without her Iwolvement. This meant she became one of the frst female television executives in America, In 1969, two years after her inital research, Sesame Street went ‘on air, and today i's stil going strong, However, Joan Ganz Cooney didn't stop there. She continued to take an intrest in early childhood education, and in 2007, she set up a centre to help improve children's digital iteracy. I really admire the way she has {uiotly got on with helping young children. She's not a household name like Big Bird, but she's had a huge impact on the education of millions of children around the world. Bie econ er mend Ore ree aerate preiepeic cserae erie unit 1° of tenses EAGRAMMAR Revie @ Match the verbs 1-6 in bold in Apple's design genius with the tenses below. C1 present simple [past simple [present continuous [5] past continuous sent pestect Fi past pertoct b Complete the sentences with the tenses in 2a. to refer to an event that takes place ata the past femporary event in prog We 1 foreter to ssin the rally true past when something else happens torefer to. past action that occurred betore another past action © Underline examples of the six tenses in the second text dB Now go to Grammar Focus on p.134 Read the text about Nikola Tesla and circle the correct words. f HB Listen and check your answers. Not many people ‘have heard / heard of Nikola Tesla, who ployed / was playing 0 key role in creating the alternating current (AC) supply of electricity wo °are having / have in our homes today. Early in his career, Tesla hos worked / worked with Thomas Edison, He *had emigrated / has emigrated tothe USA from Europe in 1884. While Tesla Swas working / hhad worked for Edison, they had on argument over payment for on invention, so Tesla “was deciding / decided to work independently It was then that he developed a motor that could produce an alternating current. Throughout his life, Tesla continued to conduct experiments and *heloed / was helping develop Xray radiography and wireless communication. There is no doubt that he ?has had / had had a large impact on moder technology. Many ofthe gadgets thal we "are enjoying / enjoy today would not have been possible without Nikola Tesla