{"id":19528,"date":"2021-09-09T08:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=19528"},"modified":"2021-09-09T08:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:17:55","slug":"sweatshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/09\/sweatshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweatshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big businesses always want to find ways to cut their costs. One of them is to employ the goods and services from and of sweatshops. The labor cost is extremely cheap but the ugly truth is, the labor condition of people working there is horrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this audio and read the transcript about sweatshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/listenaminute.com\/s\/sweatshops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/listenaminute.com\/s\/sweatshops.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is your opinion of sweatshops?<\/li><li>What are sweatshops for?<\/li><li>Why are sweatshops a horrible place?<\/li><li>Do you agree or disagree that big multinational companies have a big responsibility to make sure their goods do not come from sweatshops? Explain your opinion.<\/li><li>Is it possible to end businesses such as sweatshops? Explain.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate Big businesses always want to find ways to cut their costs. 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