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Teacher guide & answers
GMO Offers Two Types of Help After Cloud Attack
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
Does the flat payment require financial loss?
Correct answer: C — No, current service users are included regardless.
Why: The flat payment is distinct from loss compensation.
Clue in the story: GMO confirmed unauthorised access and stolen customer information at Onamae.com Desktop Cloud. Its October 24 notice promised a flat 5,000-yen payment to current users of that service, regardless of financial loss.
Which loss is excluded from the separate compensation?
Correct answer: A — An ordinary market loss
Why: The text excludes ordinary market losses.
Clue in the story: Separate compensation concerns losses from unauthorised trades that the company verifies. Ordinary market losses are excluded. Announced support should not be confused with proof that customers have already received it.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Explain the main development in your own words. Include one detail that helps a reader understand it.
One possible answer: The plan separates a flat payment from checked trading losses.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.