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Task 2: Download a news item text.
Follow these steps to download a news item text from the
given site. Then, answer the given questions below based on
the text and discuss the answers with your class.

1. In pairs, download a piece of news from
Source: dreamstime.com this address: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

femail/article-3354792/Inspirational-teen-

tries-tackle-suicide-caused-cyber-bullying-
rethink-app.html.
2. Think individually, read the news item
carefully. Then, respond to the following

questions.
a. What is the news about?

b. Who wrote the news?

c. When was the news published?

d. Who was Trisha Prabhu?

e. Why was she called ‘tech whiz’? What did she create?

f. How does Rethink work? What prompt appears as warning?
g. Did Trisha conduct trials to prove how the software works?

What did the results show?

h. What has inspired Trisha to develop the software?

i. How does the "stop, block, and tell" method work?

j. What did Trisha think about technology and responsibility

among teens?
3. In pairs, discuss your answers. Compare your answers to those

of your friends.

4. Check your answers with the whole class.
5. In pairs, identify the direct speech in the text. Change the direct
speech to reported (indirect) speech.

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