{"id":14833,"date":"2020-09-22T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2020-10-01T15:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:53:08","slug":"is-this-the-era-of-distrust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/09\/is-this-the-era-of-distrust\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This The Era of Distrust?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The fallout of trust on the government, companies, and even individuals is evident in the recent years. As access to information is at an all-time high, it creates room for doubts on people’s minds. We tend to be cynical about almost everything now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it really bad that we doubt? Do we simply have to trust everything we hear and see? Or should we realize that sometimes there is more to it than meets eye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to this podcast about trust in this day and age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-200813<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

  1. Are you a trusting person or a skeptic?<\/li>
  2. Are you familiar with the Ponzi scheme mentioned in the podcast? What is it about? Did something similar happen in your country?<\/li>
  3. How would you describe someone who is gullible?<\/li>
  4. What makes someone truly trustworthy?<\/li>
  5. Talk about a situation you know of where public trust was betrayed.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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