#Before listening:

• Do you have a Fidget Spinner? Do you think its inventor is now a rich and wealthy person?

#Listening: Listen to the text carefully and answer these questions:

• Are kids the only ones interested in the hot new toy?

• Are blue and red the only available colors?

• Does the spinner do anything but spin?

• How much does it cost?

• Is Catherine Hettinger a chemical engineer?

• Why did she give up trying to get her toy manufactured and distributed?

• Is she upset for the fortune she isn’t making?

#After listening:

• ‘It costs practically nothing to renew the patent’ says Kevin O'leary. Is it fair what he says? Do you think anyone can afford the $400 patent? Are his ideas classist?

• What lesson can we learn from O’leary’s ideas and from Hettinger’s thoughts now that anyone can play with her toy?

• Why the inventor of the trendy Fidget Spinner hasn't earned a penny? Write a paragraph using your own words. Use paragraph style as learnt in class.