{"id":12832,"date":"2020-06-01T10:01:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T08:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=12832"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:54:24","slug":"asthma-from-traffic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/06\/asthma-from-traffic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Asthma from Traffic Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Asthma is a serious lifelong, incurable condition. When a person has it, they suffer from difficulties in breathing. According to some studies, traffic pollution causes this medical condition and it has affected millions of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the audio and read the transcript to find out more about diseases that are caused by pollution from traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/products\/asthma-from-traffic-level-3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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  1. What is your reaction to this fact “pollution from traffic connects to 4 million new asthma sufferers”?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Do you know anyone who has asthma or other pulmonary conditions that were caused by pollution? How did it begin and how are they doing now?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What do you do to keep your lungs healthy?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Is air pollution a problem in your city? What are its bad effects on people and the environment?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. How can air pollution problems be solved?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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