{"id":2154,"date":"2015-07-20T20:47:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:17:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:17:46","slug":"why-did-singapore-ban-gum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/07\/why-did-singapore-ban-gum\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Singapore Ban Gum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Selling and Chewing gums is prohibited in Singapore. Do you want to find out why?\u00a0Listen to the podcast carefully then express your thoughts about it.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-150702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why did Singapore ban gum?<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Discuss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What do you think of Singapore banning chewing gums?<br \/>\n2. Would you like gums to be prohibited in your country just like in Singapore?<br \/>\n3. What other bad \/ antisocial habits do you wish to be prohibited in your country?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate Selling and Chewing gums is prohibited in Singapore. Do you want to find out why?\u00a0Listen to the podcast carefully then express your thoughts about it. Why did Singapore ban gum? Discuss: 1. What do you think of Singapore banning chewing gums? 2. 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