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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work._________1__________so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland. When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. __________2___________The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks. Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the childrens education. __________3____________ People came from all over the country to visit Owens factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825,but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money. Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. ________4_______Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. If you give people good working conditions, he thought, they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people. A. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain. B. He liked living in New Lanark. C. His employer had a large private library D. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. E. Nobody paid any attention to the workers houses or their childrens education. A. Then I left school to support the both of us. B. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. C. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally beli