Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

to earn one’s own living: seinen Lebensunterhalt selbst bestreiten wages: Lohn, Entlohnung No girl of twelve or thirteen lived at home. They were some- times sent out for their first job at the age of eleven. As soon as a girl got to school-leaving age, her mother would say “It’s time you started earning your own living my girl.” After that the girl would feel unwanted in the overcrowded home, while her brothers, when they left school and began to bring home some money, were treated much better. After the girls left school, they usually stayed at home for a year to help with the younger children, then they got jobs as servants in local houses belong- ing to schoolteachers or shopkeepers or farm workers. 1 Why were girls treated differently from boys? 2 At what age did the children leave school? 3 What did the girls do when they left school? Victorian teenagers You are going to hear part of a play about a young girl who grew up in the 1870s. The play is based on the memories of an old lady called Flora Thompson. In this scene, a 12-year-old girl is being interviewed for a job as a servant. 5 • Before you listen, read this introduction and answer the questions. • Now listen and fill in the details of Martha’s job. 1/06 Working day 3–4 jobs to do before breakfast in the kitchen in the dining room in the dining room Help to jobs to do after breakfast Help to make Help to peel jobs to do after dinner Wash up, clean , polish last job before going to bed Put in housekeeper’s room wages how often clothes are washed every weeks 35 2 Extensive unit 2: Victorian times Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv