{"id":18153,"date":"2021-05-10T09:07:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T07:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=18153"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T08:58:47","slug":"texting-and-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/05\/texting-and-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Texting and Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driving requires focus and attention. You need to pay attention to the road, to the car in front of you, and to pedestrians crossing the road. Texting while driving is not advisable and in fact, against the law. You won&#8217;t be able to focus on your surroundings and immediately react to different situations. Worse, you might get into an accident and hurt other people too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the link and listen to the audio about texting while driving. <\/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=\"35eE3lgJpU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/intermediate\/texting-driving\/\">Texting and Driving<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Texting and Driving&#8221; &#8212; Randall&#039;s ESL Cyber Listening Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/intermediate\/texting-driving\/embed\/#?secret=l9PYfIdIA6#?secret=35eE3lgJpU\" data-secret=\"35eE3lgJpU\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are the dangers of texting while driving?<\/li><li>Is it against the law in your country to text and drive?<\/li><li>Have you seen someone texting while driving? 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