{"id":11580,"date":"2020-01-28T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:44","slug":"could-you-give-up-booze-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/01\/could-you-give-up-booze-for-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Could You Give Up Booze for a Month?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holidays mean fun and celebration and what is a celebration without alcohol? Alcohol drinking has been associated with festivities and people tend to have one too many drinks during these occasions because they are allowed to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the audio and read the transcript from the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-200116<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Why is it called a ‘dry January’ according to the podcast?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Do you like drinking alcohol? Are you a regular drinker or a social drinker? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What are the merits and downsides of drinking alcohol?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What is a ‘hangover’? Have you experienced it in the past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. What is ‘binge-drinking’? How can it be prevented?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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