{"id":10006,"date":"2019-02-28T19:37:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T18:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10006"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:25:30","slug":"water-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/02\/water-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Scarcity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"first\" class=\"lead\">Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to know more why the taps run dry.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Water Scarcity - explained in a nutshell\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6pjj2gVnWA?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is there\/Has there ever been water crisis in your region \/ country?<\/li>\n<li>Why are there severe water shortages around the world?<\/li>\n<li>What are the causes of water scarcity?<\/li>\n<li>What are some solutions to\u00a0 global water crisis?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.\u00a0It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. 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