1. pre-reading
2. comprehension questions
- What is Vestergaard-Frandsen? / What are the products Vestergaard-Frandsen produces?
- How special is Vestergaard-Frandsen?
- What is the interest of Mikkel Vestergaard-Frandsen?
- What is Mikkel's father business?
- How did Mikkel and his father face business competition from Asia?
- How was LifeStraw invented? How was this product of help to the world?
- How do people think about Mikkel?
- What is Mikkel's challenge?
- What is the attitude of Vestergaard-Frandsen?
3. phrases
- plenty of charitable foundations (8)
- entertain thoughts (40)
- strike a deal (51)
- end up (65)
- roll up his sleeves (96)
- throw his own employees at a problem (96)
4. usage and grammar
- ... public agencies devoted to helping the world's poor (9)
- ... not only life-saving but even beautiful (22)
- ... it looked so bad that no housewife would have it ... (60)
- having it cut into blankets (64)
- ..., Mikkel has gone beyond being a supplier to helping set global policy (92)
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1. pre-reading
- Quizlet
- What would you do if you were in the man's situation?
2. comprehension questions
- What is the irony of the story? (P1)
- How do we know that the tiger was happy? / How do know that it was friendly? (P2)
- What are the types of sounds tigers can make? How do we feel about each of the sounds? (P4)
- What kind of sound is the most special to the narrator? (P5)
- Why did the narrator want to tame the tiger? (P8)
- What is the secret of the narrator? (P9)
3. phrases
- calm down (4)
- look at me intently (7)
- take ... in (13)
- twitch his ears (14)
- prick up my ears (17)
- a variety of sounds (19)
- go woof (21)
- put out throaty, coughing roars (24)
- rusty hinges (27)
- distinguishes big cats from small cats (31)
- except for (36)
- on a walking visit to ... (38)
- die shortly of natural causes (50)
- count on (50)
- keep me from thinking (58)
4. usage and grammar
- ..., the narrator, ..., finds himself alone in a small life raft at sea. (1)
- After a time I recognized the gaze. I had grown up with it. (7) | Clearly Richard Parker had eaten ... (10) (past perfect tense)
- He kept twitching his ears ... (14)
- And tigers hiss and snarl, ..., sounds either like autumn leaves ..., or, ..., like a giant door ... (24) / Prusten is the quietest of tiger calls, a puff ... (39)
- It is one of the characteristics that distinguishes big cats from small cats. (30) (subject-verb agreement)
- If I knew of it, it was because Father had told me ... (36)
- He looked exactly as if he were asking me a question. (42)
- There being no immediate threat, my breath slowed down, ... (44)
- Only if I tamed him could I possibly ... (52)
