Reading: Save Karyn	

Introduction
Introduction: vocab		
dough	money / goods / Gucci shoes	
come up with (a solution)	ask / think of	

Paragraph 1
•	She ran up a huge debt and asked people on the Internet to help her pay it off.
•	She set up a website selling Gucci and Prada accessories online.
•	She was a beggar and used the money people gave her to buy luxury goods online.
Vocabulary		
to bail somebody out	buy presents / lend or give money	
a stroke of genius	a good idea / a sudden brilliant idea	
benefactor	victim / somebody who gives you money / friends	
applaud	laugh / clap / cry	

Paragraph 2
•	She has made a film of her experiences.
•	She has written a book about her experiences.
•	She is extremely good at deceiving people.
Vocabulary		
memoir	film / biography	
plough through  (a book)	buy / write / read	
to have somebody on	deliberately mislead / tell somebody something untrue as a joke	
guileless	dishonest / honest	
what you see is what you get	beautiful / straightforward	

Paragraph 3
•	She had a glamorous job and came from a comfortably-off family.
•	She was a simple girl from a small town who was overwhelmed by life in the city.
•	She was a victim of insecurity, which explains her excessive shopping habits.
Vocabulary		
wide-eyed	beautiful / stupid / innocent	
hick	person from the country / pretty girl / criminal	
bimbo	graduate / pretty but unintelligent woman 	
something snapped	she became depressed / she became unable to control herself	
binge	act of excess / trip	
in over your head	spend beyond your means / be in a situation that’s too difficult for you	

Paragraph 4
•	She became unemployed and declared herself bankrupt.
•	She went to work in a supermarket in Brooklyn to earn extra money.
•	She got an idea from a begging notice she had seen earlier.
Vocabulary		
this sucks	this is dangerous / this is bad 	
(an idea) germinated	have an idea / develop an idea	
Paragraph 5
•	Over 20,000 people gave her one dollar.
•	She told people that if they gave her money, they would get nothing in return.
•	She went out into the street and approached strangers honestly.
Vocabulary		
bottom line is	the bad news / the essential facts	
an extra buck	time / dollar	
you get the picture	you understand / I’ll give you my photo	

Paragraph 6
•	Donations from strangers amounted to $20,000.
•	It seems she got help from journalists.
•	She got a lot of emails supporting her.
Vocabulary		
word-of-mouth	TV and radio advertising / informal, spoken communication	
notoriety	fame for something good / bad	
in the black	in credit / in debt	

Paragraph 7
•	She doesn’t mind if people say she is a beggar.
•	She got a huge amount of media coverage.
•	She believes that her website was offering value for money.
Vocabulary		
pioneer	celebrity / the first person to do something / criminal	
cyber panhandling	online theft / online begging / online business	
had a chuckle	cried / laughed / felt guilty	

Paragraph 8
•	Everyone has begged at some time in their lives.
•	Everyone has done something silly and regretted it.

Answers	

Introduction
Introduction: vocab		
dough	money / goods / Gucci shoes	
come up with (a solution)	ask / think of	

Paragraph 1
•	She ran up a huge debt and asked people on the Internet to help her pay it off.
•	She set up a website selling Gucci and Prada accessories online.
•	She was a beggar and used the money people gave her to buy luxury goods online.
Vocabulary		
to bail somebody out	buy presents / lend or give money	
a stroke of genius	a good idea / a sudden brilliant idea	
benefactor	victim / somebody who gives you money / friends	
applaud	laugh / clap / cry	

Paragraph 2
•	She has made a film of her experiences.
•	She has written a book about her experiences.
•	She is extremely good at deceiving people.
Vocabulary		
memoir	film / biography	
plough through  (a book)	buy / write / read	
to have somebody on	deliberately mislead / tell somebody something untrue as a joke	
guileless	dishonest / honest	
what you see is what you get	beautiful / straightforward	

Paragraph 3
•	She had a glamorous job and came from a comfortably-off family.
•	She was a simple girl from a small town who was overwhelmed by life in the city.
•	She was a victim of insecurity, which explains her excessive shopping habits.
Vocabulary		
wide-eyed	beautiful / stupid / innocent	
hick	person from the country / pretty girl / criminal	
bimbo	graduate / pretty but unintelligent woman 	
something snapped	she became depressed / she became unable to control herself	
binge	act of excess / trip	
in over your head	spend beyond your means / be in a situation that’s too difficult for you	

Paragraph 4
•	She became unemployed and declared herself bankrupt.
•	She went to work in a supermarket in Brooklyn to earn extra money.
•	She got an idea from a begging notice she had seen earlier.
Vocabulary		
this sucks	this is dangerous / this is bad 	
(an idea) germinated	have an idea / develop an idea	

Paragraph 5
•	Over 20,000 people gave her one dollar.
•	She told people that if they gave her money, they would get nothing in return.
•	She went out into the street and approached strangers honestly.
Vocabulary		
bottom line is	the bad news / the essential facts	
an extra buck	time / dollar	
you get the picture	you understand / I’ll give you my photo	

Paragraph 6
•	Donations from strangers amounted to $20,000.
•	It seems she got help from journalists.
•	She got a lot of emails supporting her.
Vocabulary		
word-of-mouth	TV and radio advertising / informal, spoken communication	
notoriety	fame for something good / bad	
in the black	in credit / in debt	

Paragraph 7
•	She doesn’t mind if people say she is a beggar.
•	She got a huge amount of media coverage.
•	She believes that her website was offering value for money.
Vocabulary		
pioneer	celebrity / the first person to do something / criminal	
cyber panhandling	online theft / online begging / online business	
had a chuckle	cried / laughed / felt guilty	

Paragraph 8
•	Everyone has begged at some time in their lives.
•	Everyone has done something silly and regretted it.