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Teenager sells her old bath True / False
water in bottles a) A woman in England has sold out of bottles of
her old bath water. T / F
8th July, 2019
b) The woman has more than 4,000,000
A woman in England followers on Instagram. T / F
is selling her bath c) She sold her bathwater for $30 a bottle. T / F
water. It is so popular
that the water has d) The woman sold just under 5,000 jars of the
sold out. The woman bath water. T / F
is Instagram cosplay e) The woman comes from and lives in
model Belle Delphine. Manchester in the UK. T / F
She has over four
million followers f) The woman sells selfies of herself that cost up
across the social to $2,500. T / F
media site. She g) The woman said she is finished with weird
posted a video to her moneymaking ideas. T / F
Instagram page advertising small jars of her old
bath water for $30. In the video, she said: "Gamer h) An Instagram user said bath water brings us
boys - It's time to get your gamer girl bath water." closer to God. T / F
She added: "This water is not for drinking and
should only be used for sentimental purposes." She
then winks at the camera and lets water from her
Synonym Match
(The words in bold are from the news article.)
mouth drip into a mall bottle. Thousands of her fans
eagerly placed an order for the water. Her entire 1. popular a. admired
stock of 500 jars of the water sold out within two 2. posted b. whole
days.
3. sentimental c. got
Belle Delphine is a 19-year-old Londoner. She has 4. eagerly d. uploaded
gained a lot of popularity on social media by sitting
in a bath filled with water in skimpy clothes. She 5. entire e. continually
also calls herself Gamer Girl. Selling her old bath 6. gained f. in demand
water is her latest idea to make money from her 7. skimpy g. disgusting
followers. Another way she makes money is by
selling selfies of herself. Followers can pay up to 8. constantly h. emotional
$2,500 for some of the selfies. Belle said she is 9. gross i. short
constantly trying to "come up with weird ideas" to 10. praised j. enthusiastically
make money. Her bath water idea has not been
popular with everyone on social media. Many
people said it was "gross". An Instagram user Discussion – Student A
commented: "Every day, we stray further and
further away from God." Other people praised her a) Would you every buy someone's bath water?
business skills. b) Why would someone want to buy old bath
Sources: yahoo.com / metro.co.uk / mirror.co.uk water?
c) Should Belle's bath water be tested for
Writing safety?
d) How do people get so many followers on
There is something wrong in the world if people buy social media?
old bathwater. Discuss.
e) Do you follow lots of people you don't know
on social media?
Chat f) What 'sentimental' reasons are there for
Talk about these words from the article. buying someone's bath water?
g) What three adjectives best describe this
bath water / popular / sold out / cosplay / social
story?
media / advertising / sentimental /
popularity / make money / selfies / weird ideas / h) What questions would you like to ask
gross / praise / business skills someone who bought the water?
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Phrase Match
1. It is so popular that the a. on social media
2. four million followers across b. was gross
3. This water is c. jars of the water
4. Thousands of her fans eagerly d. the social media site
5. Her entire stock of 500 e. up with weird ideas
6. She has gained a lot of popularity f. placed an order
7. her latest idea to g. business skills
8. she is constantly trying to come h. water has sold out
9. Many people said it i. make money
10. Other people praised her j. not for drinking
Discussion – Student B Role Play
a) What do you think about what you read? Role A – Instagram
b) Would you sell your bath water for $30 a You think Instagram is the best website. Tell
bottle? the others three reasons why. Tell them what is
wrong with their sites. Also, tell the others
c) What do you think of selling selfies?
which is the worst of these (and why): Google,
d) Do you have any moneymaking ideas? Twitter or a news site.
e) What do you think of social media? Role B – Google
f) What did the person mean who said we are You think Google is the best website. Tell the
'straying' from God? others three reasons why. Tell them what is
wrong with their sites. Also, tell the others
g) How good a businesswoman do you think which is the worst of these (and why):
Belle is? Instagram, Twitter or a news site.
h) What questions would you like to ask Belle Role C – Twitter
Delphine? You think Twitter is the best website. Tell the
others three reasons why. Tell them what is
Spelling wrong with their sites. Also, tell the others
which is the worst of these (and why): Google,
1. It is so oaluppr
Instagram or a news site.
2. She has over four imolinl followers Role D – News
3. iatevrdisgn small jars You think a news site is the best website. Tell
the others three reasons why. Tell them what is
4. used for sentimental usorpeps wrong with their sites. Also, tell the others
5. her fans gleryae placed an order which is the worst of these (and why): Google,
Twitter or Instagram.
6. Her irente stock of 500 jars
7. She has gained a lot of oruplatpiy Speaking – The Internet
8. social eaidm Rank these with your partner. Put the best sites at the
top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
9. Belle said she is clyttnsoan trying
• Facebook • Instagram
10. come up with ewrid ideas • Twitter • Google
11. Many people said it was srgso • Reddit • Amazon
• News • eBay
12. people diapers her business skills
Answers – True False
Answers – Synonym Match
1. f 2. d 3. h 4. j 5. b
a T b T c T d F e F f T g F h F
6. c 7. i 8. e 9. g 10. a Answers to Phrase Match and Spelling are in the text.
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