Woman�s name	Annie Shapiro
Occupation	She was a talent business-woman
Address	Toronto Canada
Husband�s name	Martin
Husband�s occupation
Children
Year when she went into a coma (+ her age)	She fell into a coma at age 50 in 1963
Year when she woke up (+ her age)	She woke up 30 years later in 1992, she was a 79-year-old.
Cause of coma	Struck

What shocked Mrs Shapiro about herself when she woke up? Her appearance and the way the world had changed

What did she find shocking about her family?

She can believe that her husband was a old men, that her teenage son and her 25 years old daughter were middle-aged.

List four historical events that happened while Mrs Shapiro was asleep:

a. Her son and daughter married and had two children each.
b. most of her friends died.
c. The Vietnam war end.
d. Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal, communism collapsed and the world entered the computer age.

Mention two health problems that Mrs Shapiro had while she was in the coma:

1. Her body began breaking down.
   
2. She had cataract surgery, a hysterectomy and a hip replacement

What were Mrs Shapiro�s first words when she woke up?

Her first words were "Turn on the television. I want to see the I Love Lucy show"

What surprised Mrs Shapiro about the television and phone in her room?

The television was in colour not in black and white, and the phone didn't have any wires.

Two questions:

1. In what way does the story have a happy ending?

The love revow


2. In what way does it have a sad ending?

That her husband died in she lives by herself,__________________________________________________

Vocabulary

Find words in the article with the following meanings. (The first letter of the word has been provided.)

WORD	MEANING
miraculous	like a miracle or magic
emerged	came out of
amazed	astonished, amazed
Paralysed	unable to move
therapy	exercises to help someone to get better
Flabbergasted.	astonished, amazed
Surprised	astonished, amazed
re vow	started again
vows	promises