You Can Choose Your Grandma! Have you heard of Golden Hook?Golden Hook is a group of twenty grandmas and a young man with a clever business idea.They make beautiful,handmade,wool hats and sell them all around the world.You don't buy Golden Hook hats in a shop.If you want one,you go to their website and choose the style,size and colours you want.Then you look at photos and choose a grandma.The grandma knits (織) the hat by hand just for you.One week later,you get the hat with a special message from the grandma inside.You can see people wearing Golden Hook hats in Paris,London,Tokyo and New York.People love the hats because every hat is different.
Golden Hook was started in Paris,by Jeremy Emsellem.In 2005,when he was 19,Jeremy began knitting hats for fun.He wore the hats in class,and other students really liked them.Everyone wanted one!Jeremy made hats for 50 students,but he didn't have time to make hats for everyone.Then,in 2007,he visited his old aunt and had an idea.His aunt and her friends were all grandmothers.They didn't have a job and they didn't look after their children,so they had lots of time.They were really bored.They were also very good at knitting.Jeremy talked to his aunt's friends.He asked them if they wanted to make his hats.Six of the grandmothers said "Yes".In 2008,Jeremy started the Golden Hook company and set up the website.In the first year,they only sold 300 hats,but the company expanded quickly.Soon after,in 2010,Golden Hook employed 20 grandmas.Three years later,in 2012,a famous shop introduced the hats to Tokyo – Japanese people loved the grandma's hats.In the future,Jeremy's goal is to have Golden Hook Grandmas all over the world.
With Golden Hook,everyone wins.The customers get excellent hats.The grandmas get money,and something interesting to do.And Jeremy?Jeremy is 25,and the CEO of an international company.
(1)What is Golden Hook? Golden Hook is a group of twenty grandmas and a young man with a clever business idea.Golden Hook is a group of twenty grandmas and a young man with a clever business idea.
(2)Why do people like Golden Hook hats? Every hat is different.Every hat is different.
(3)What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? How Golden Hook is started and developed.How Golden Hook is started and developed.
(4)What is Jeremy's future goal? To have Golden Hook Grandmas all over the world.To have Golden Hook Grandmas all over the world.
(5)Why does everyone win with Golden Hook? The customers get excellent hats,the grandmas get money and something interesting to do and Jeremy has become the CEO of an international company.The customers get excellent hats,the grandmas get money and something interesting to do and Jeremy has become the CEO of an international company.
【答案】Golden Hook is a group of twenty grandmas and a young man with a clever business idea.;Every hat is different.;How Golden Hook is started and developed.;To have Golden Hook Grandmas all over the world.;The customers get excellent hats,the grandmas get money and something interesting to do and Jeremy has become the CEO of an international company.
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