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Look ot the picture. Whot is the girL doing?
Morg Anning wqs born in 1799 in q smqll English seqside town colled Lgme Regis.
There were monu fossils in Lgme Regis. Morg's fqther looked for them ond sold
them in his shop. People often visited the shop. Theg liked the fossils becouse theg
were prettu qnd interesting.
In those dogs, monu children didn't go to school. But Morg went to school qnd she
leqrnt to reqd qnd write verg well.Then, in 1810, Morg's fqther died. Morg wos onlg
eleven Uecrrs old. The fomilg needed moneu, so Morg qnd her brother worked in the
shop. Morg looked for fossils on the beqch everu dog. She cut them from the rock
ond cleoned them before selling them in the shop. She wqs verg good qt this.
One dog, Morg qnd her brother found some stronge-looking bones in the rocks. The
children didn't know whqt theg were. Morg took them bock to the shop qnd she sqw
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thot theg were bones from veru lorge qnimql. She cleqned them qnd looked qfter
them, but she didn't sell them.
Eventuqllu, some scientists in London heqrd obout the bones. Theg visited Morg ot
her shop qnd looked qt the bones. Theg didn't know whqt the qnimol wos, but theg
thought it wqs q seq dinosqur. Todog we cqll this dinosqur qn ichthyosaur, which
meqns fish lizord. This dinosour disoppeored qbout 90 million Ueors qgo.
After this, Morg found mqnu other omozing fossils on the beqch ot Lgme Regis.
She found the verg first plesiosalff) crnother tgpe of seo dinosour. Mqrg leornt o lot
sbout fossils qnd dinosours qnd becqme veru fqmous in Lgme Regis qnd London.
Todog Lgme Regis is o greot ploce for fossil hunting. The Lgme Regis Museum hqs
o speciol Morg Anning dog everg Ueqr to celebrote her life ond work with fossils.
3 Reqd ogoin ond onswer the questions.
L Whg did Morg Anning work in o shop?
2 Whot did she seLL in her shop?
3 Whot did she find with her brother?
4 Ask ond onswer.
L Are Uou interested in dinosours? Whg?
2 Would gou Like to work in o museum? Whg?
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