Andy's company shows that sharing things can be hard. There were many problems like sickness, fights, and bad people. His company was growing, but then it had to stop. Andy had to spend a lot of money to stop the bad people. He is not sad and wants to start something new with plants and technology.
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Instructions: Write a list of vocabulary words from the article on the board. Divide the class into teams. One student from each team must come to the board and draw a picture to represent one of the words. The other students in the team must guess what word it is. The team with the most correct guesses wins.
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π€ Comprehension Questions:
The man's name was Andy.
Andy's company allowed people to share their cars with others.
Andy's company did not do well because of a big sickness and a fight in another place.
People stopped traveling because of the sickness.
Andy had to change how his company worked because bad people used the cars for wrong things and tricked the company's computer.
Bad people used the cars for wrong things.
Andy wants to start something new with plants and technology.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
A man Andy had a company where people could share their with others. But his company did not do well because of a big sickness and a fight in another place. traveling, so they didn't need to borrow cars. Andy tried to change how his company worked. But bad people used the cars for wrong things and tricked the company's computer. Andy's company shows that things can be hard. There were problems like sickness, fights, and bad people. His company was growing, but then it had to stop. Andy had to spend a lot of money to stop the bad people. He is not sad and to something new with plants and technology.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a company?
2. How would you feel if you had to share your car with someone else?
3. Do you like traveling? Why or why not?
4. What do you think happened to Andy's company?
5. How would you feel if bad people used your car for wrong things?
6. Do you think it's important to stop bad people from doing wrong things? Why or why not?
7. What do you think Andy should do now that his company stopped?
8. What are plants?
9. Do you like technology? Why or why not?
10. How do you think plants and technology can be used together?
11. Have you ever shared something with someone else? How did it make you feel?
12. What is something new that you would like to start? Why?
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