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84 Business Spotlight 3/2020 AND FINALLY...

Illustration: Georg Lechner

AND FINALLY...

ONE QUESTION

I don’t

do idle

chit-chat

⋅ I have a black Labrador named Roxy.

⋅ One of my middle names — I have

three — is “Tintin”.

⋅ My mother competed in the

Eurovision Song Contest.

⋅ I don’t do idle chit-chat.

⋅ I fell into a depression at the age of 11

and stopped eating and talking, which

slowed my growth.

⋅ My father is named after a Nobel

Prize-winning scientist who made a

connection between CO 2 levels in the

atmosphere and climate change.

⋅ I have always been the “invisible girl”

nobody listens to, so I am not used to

being the centre of attention.

⋅ I have been diagnosed with

Asperger’s syndrome, OCD and

selective mutism.

⋅ In May 2018, I won an essay contest

in a newspaper on how climate

change should be dealt with.

⋅ I was nominated for the Nobel Peace

Prize in both 2019 and 2020.

⋅ I write my own speeches (which my

father tells me to “tone down”).

⋅ After US president Donald Trump

and Russian president Vladimir Putin

mocked me, I changed my Twitter

biography to include their words.

⋅ I have crossed the ocean in a solar-

powered sailing boat.

⋅ My protests were inspired by the

student protests staged after a school

shooting in Parkland, Florida.

chit-chat

[(tSIt tSÄt] ifml.

, Geplauder

compete in a contest

[kEm)pi:t In E (kQntest]

, an einem Wettbewerb

teilnehmen

figurehead [(fIgEhed]

, Leit-, Symbolfigur

idle [(aId&l]

, müßig; hier: inhaltsleer

invisible

[In(vIzEb&l]

, unsichtbar

lone [lEUn]

, einsam

make a difference

[)meIk E (dIfrEns]

, etw. bewirken

mob sb. [mQb]

, jmdn. belagern,

über jmdn. herfallen

mock sb. [mQk]

, sich über jmdn. lustig

machen

nuisance

[(nju:s&ns]

, Ärgernis

OCD (obsessive-

compulsive disorder)

[)EU si: (di:]

, Zwangsstörung

selective mutism

[sE)lektIv (mju:t)IzEm]

, selektiver Mutismus

tone sth. down

[)tEUn (daUn]

, etw. abschwächen,

abmildern

trademark sth.

[(treIdmA:k]

, etw. als Marke

registrieren lassen

⋅ I am a figurehead for climate activist

groups.

⋅ In May 2019, a collection of my

speeches was published as a book

called No One Is Too Small to Make a

Difference.

⋅ I am trying to trademark “Fridays for

Future” to prevent companies and

people from misusing the name.

⋅ I claim to have a superpower.

⋅ For some, I am a hero; for others, a nuisance.

⋅ Once a lone figure, these days, I am mobbed^

by people wherever I go.

From invisible to mobbed:

who is our mystery person?

The information about our

mystery person was compiled

by TENLEY VAN DEN BERG.

Who am I?

MEDIUM

?

Who am I?

Turn to page 82 for the answer.