{"id":18812,"date":"2021-06-16T18:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=18812"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:07:32","slug":"meeting-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/06\/meeting-singles\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being asked out on a date isn&#8217;t always as flattering as we see in the movies. There are times when you are just not into the person and they have absolutely no clue about it. Do you accept the invitation or do you turn down the person right off the bat? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the audio about meeting singles.<\/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=\"y5RtgdIhuc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/difficult\/meeting-singles\/\">Meeting Singles<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Meeting Singles&#8221; &#8212; Randall&#039;s ESL Cyber Listening Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/difficult\/meeting-singles\/embed\/#?secret=Yr1jsWfUIj#?secret=y5RtgdIhuc\" data-secret=\"y5RtgdIhuc\" 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>How did Doug find out where Diane lives? 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