{"id":17726,"date":"2021-03-27T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=17726"},"modified":"2024-09-12T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:33:30","slug":"payday-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/03\/payday-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Payday Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life is tough and it is even tougher for people who are short of cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Payday loans are a form of cash advance to help people cover their expenses until their next paycheck comes in. For some, it is an easy way to have a temporary solution to their money problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the audio and read the transcript about payday loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-randall-039-s-esl-cyber-listening-lab wp-block-embed-randall-039-s-esl-cyber-listening-lab\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8HF02E5mdS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/intermediate\/payday-loans\/\">Payday loans<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Payday loans&#8221; &#8212; Randall&#039;s ESL Cyber Listening Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/intermediate\/payday-loans\/embed\/#?secret=68yfpfIzeH#?secret=8HF02E5mdS\" data-secret=\"8HF02E5mdS\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does the idiom &#8220;<strong>Give it to me straight.<\/strong>&#8221; mean? &#8220;<em>What do you mean complicated?\u00a0<strong>Give it to me straight<\/strong>. Where did you get a loan?<\/em>&#8221; Use it in your own sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does &#8220;<strong>to run someone dry<\/strong>&#8221; mean? &#8220;<em>Exactly, because they can\u00a0<strong>run you dry<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221; Use it in your own sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does &#8220;<strong>quicksand<\/strong>&#8221; mean here? &#8220;<em>And then people like you get\u00a0locked into\u00a0a\u00a0vicious\u00a0loan cycle that is almost impossible to escape. Like <strong>quicksand<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221; Use it in your own sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do you react\/feel when someone tries to borrow money from you?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are payday loans a help to people or not? Explain your thoughts about it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are payday loans common in your country? What is your opinion about their high interest rates?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Life is tough and it is even tougher for people who are short of cash. Payday loans are a form of cash advance to help people cover their expenses until their next paycheck comes in. For some, it is an easy way to have a temporary solution to their money problems. 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