{"id":13794,"date":"2020-07-29T09:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T07:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=13794"},"modified":"2020-07-29T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:57:11","slug":"basic-income-for-poor-could-slow-covid-19-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/07\/basic-income-for-poor-could-slow-covid-19-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Income for Poor Could Slow COVID-19 Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations has thought of a way to slow the spread of COVID-19 down. It is to give poor people a temporary basic income. They said that if about 3 billion people would receive this help, they would not need to go out of their homes anymore. It would decrease the possibility of them spreading the virus even further.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read this lesson on temporary basic salary for poor people during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2007\/200724-basic-income-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2007\/200724-basic-income-1.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How can this help to poor people help slow the spread of Covid-19?<\/li><li>Do you agree to giving the money to poor people? Why or why not?<\/li><li>What other plans does your country\/government have to &nbsp;slow the spread of COVID-19?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate The United Nations has thought of a way to slow the spread of COVID-19 down. 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