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娜丽．布莱 (Nellie
Bly) 环游世界
1890年1月25日
你有没有看过作家朱理斯．佛恩 (Jules
Verne) 所写的「环游世界80天」 (Around
the World in Eighty Days) 这本书？书里的英雄菲利斯．福格 (Phileas
T. Fogg) 以80天整的时间确实环绕世界一周。布莱的本名叫做伊利莎白．寇克蓝 (Elizabeth
Cochrane) ，她说她能用更短的时间完成环游世界的壮举。布莱搭乘船只、火车、人力车、舢舨、骑马，以及驴子的方式完成了这项壮举。布莱所服务的报社每天都会刊载她旅程的进展，并且还提供一欧洲之旅给能猜到最接近她完成旅程时间者。报社一共收到将近1百万份的猜奖单，而报纸的销售量也比以往更好。
Have you read the book Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne? The hero of the book, Phileas T. Fogg, travels around the globe in precisely 80 days. Bly, born Elizabeth Cochrane, said she could do it in less time. Bly traveled by ship, train, jinrikisha (a seat on wheels pulled by a man), sampan (a small riverboat), horse, and donkey to make it. Her newspaper carried daily articles about her journey and offered a trip to Europe to the person who could come closest to guessing her finish time. The paper received nearly 1 million entries and sold more copies than ever before.
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