{"id":10973,"date":"2019-10-09T12:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T10:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10973"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:52","slug":"consumerism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/10\/consumerism\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumerism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever wondered how we\u2019ve been consuming so much or wanting to buy more than our bare necessities? This contributes too much to environmental destruction like pollution, degradation, etc.  We are at an alarming rate of consuming resources in which our planet isn\u2019t able to replenish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"consumerism\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-7v2WGiTe8?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Describe the video.<\/li><li>What is consumerism and how did the consumerist culture start?<\/li><li>How do commercials influence people&#8217;s buying behavior?<\/li><li>How does consumerism affect society? How does it affect you?<\/li><li>What can we do to reduce our consumption?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate Have you ever wondered how we\u2019ve been consuming so much or wanting to buy more than our bare necessities? This contributes too much to environmental destruction like pollution, degradation, etc. We are at an alarming rate of consuming resources in which our planet isn\u2019t able to replenish. 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