{"id":12534,"date":"2020-05-13T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=12534"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T06:30:44","slug":"company-bankrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/05\/company-bankrupt\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Bankrupt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One objective companies\u2019 have is to make loads of profit. However, they sometimes also face problems with money. When they go bankrupt, it can be a big problem for the company and their workers too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the transcript and listen to the audio from the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/products\/company-bankrupt-level-1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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  1. What usually cause companies to go under?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What happens when a company goes bankrupt?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. How can companies stay profitable?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. In your country, what kind of help does the government give to companies that are about to go bankrupt?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Do you know any companies that went bankrupt? Talk about what happened.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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