Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
- What social networking sites do you use? Why?
- Which do you think is the best social networking site today? Why?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
- consultant /kuhn-SUHL-tnt/
- solid /SOL-id/
- establish /ih-STAB-lish/
- feedback /FEED-bak/
- database /DEY-tuh-beys/
[noun] – someone who advises people on a particular subject
She works in a firm of public relations consultants.
[adjective] – hard or firm, keeping a clear shape
Dry the clay until it’s solid.
[veb] – to start something that will last for a long time, or to create or set something in a particular way
We can start marketing the product once we’ve established the price.
[noun] – information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked
Have you received any client feedback on the new soap?
[noun] – a large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked at or changed
You have to enter a password to access the database.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
Brooklyn-based public relations consultant and former New York City Ballet ballerina Jenny Best had difficulties sleeping from thinking about a great idea. She planned to develop a “Wikipedia of Baby Food,” an online resource that would guide parents through the process of introducing solid foods to their children. Her idea was to establish such a resource and make it available for free to anyone who wanted to utilize it. Then see if she can turn that into a linked app and website business where consumers may pay to access a variety of related healthy baby food recipes.
She intended to create a “Wikipedia of Baby Food,” an online resource that would walk parents through the process of weaning their children onto solid foods. Her plan was to create such a resource and make it freely available to anyone who wished to use it.
She said that there was no business plan and investors. But when she started putting it out in the world, she got a lot of real-time feedback from moms. On the eve of the global pandemic, she created her app and website Solid Starts, which includes the free food database First Foods, in March 2020. By October 2021, Solid Starts had a million Instagram followers.
She intended to create a “Wikipedia of Baby Food,” an online resource that would walk parents through the process of weaning their children onto solid foods. Her plan was to create such a resource and make it freely available to anyone who wished to use it.
She said that there was no business plan and investors. But when she started putting it out in the world, she got a lot of real-time feedback from moms. On the eve of the global pandemic, she created her app and website Solid Starts, which includes the free food database First Foods, in March 2020. By October 2021, Solid Starts had a million Instagram followers.
Comprehension questions
I will read each question. Then, please answer them based on the article.
- Who is the New York City Ballet ballerina that was mentioned in the article?
- According to the article, why couldn’t she sleep?
- What is a “Wikipedia of Baby Food”?
- How many investors did she have at first?
- How many Instagram followers does she have?
Discussion questions
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
- What kinds of photos/videos do you post on your social media account? Please tell me more about it.
- Do you know any social media influencers? Could you tell me more about them?
- If you had something to share that is beneficial to the world, what would it be? Please elaborate on your answer.
- Do you agree that Best’s Wikipedia of Baby Food is a great idea?
- What do you think of Best’s Wikipedia of Baby Food? Please explain your answer.