{"id":21797,"date":"2022-03-21T06:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T05:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21797"},"modified":"2022-04-05T07:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T05:09:06","slug":"y2k-the-millenium-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/03\/y2k-the-millenium-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Y2K or the Millenium Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right before 2000, people were anticipating the start of a new millennium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, people started getting worried about that year due to a possible computer bug, that would cause many problems to banks and electricity. This bug was called &#8220;Y2K&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what exactly is Y2K? To find out more, let&#8217;s watch this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Did the World Almost End in 2000 Because of Y2K?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0Lfp_ghlGM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you remember Y2K? If you do, were you terrified of what was going to happen then? <\/li><li>In your opinion, were people stocking up and taking most items from stores an overreaction?<\/li><li>Did the government not take enough time to properly research about Y2K? What is your stance on that past situation?<\/li><li>How did you think Y2K would have affected the world, if it did happen?<\/li><li>What do you think would happen if a bug such as the Y2K were to emerge at present time? <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Right before 2000, people were anticipating the start of a new millennium. However, people started getting worried about that year due to a possible computer bug, that would cause many problems to banks and electricity. This bug was called &#8220;Y2K&#8221;. But what exactly is Y2K? 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