B2 – Upper Intermediate
According to the audio, about once every thousand years, an event occurs that destroys about a third of the human population. Nowadays, we are experiencing chaos caused by a pandemic called Covid-19. Everyone has been put on lockdown, a lot of people are infected, and some thousands others have died because of this outbreak.
Listen to the audio and read the transcript and be ready to answer the questions that follow.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200312
Discussion Questions:
- According to the audio, what are some of the existential risks?
- What do you think could happen if human civilization is destroyed?
- Which do you think is the most extreme among these – plagues, natural disasters or modern dangers?
- Do you think doomsday is possible? How would you spend your last day?