{"id":24825,"date":"2023-02-23T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24825"},"modified":"2023-02-23T08:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T07:07:21","slug":"aid-package-to-ease-inflation-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/02\/aid-package-to-ease-inflation-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid Package to Ease Inflation Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As nations struggle with widespread cost of living crisis, governments must come up with measures to help their respective countries deal with the consequences of inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about Spain\u2019s $10bn aid package as a bid to ease the impact of inflation in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/12\/27\/spain-announces-10bn-aid-package-in-bid-to-ease-inflation-pain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What does the expression \u201dto<\/strong> hit one\u2019s wallet<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201dBut food prices have continued <\/em>to hit Spaniards\u2019 wallets<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, climbing 15 percent during October and November from a year earlier.\u201d?<\/em> Use this idiom in your own sentence.<\/li>
  2. What does \u201chaulage<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cHowever, a rebate on the price of petrol for consumers except for the <\/em>haulage<\/span><\/em><\/strong> sector will be discontinued.\u201d?<\/em> Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li>
  3. What does \u201cexacerbate<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cMeasures come as Madrid grapples with a cost-of-living crisis <\/em>exacerbated<\/span><\/em><\/strong> by the economic fallout from the Ukraine war.\u201d<\/em>? Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. How is this aid package advantageous and disadvantageous?<\/li>
    2. What are your thoughts on handing millions of low-income households a one-off bonus of 200 euros?<\/li>
    3. Talk about some measures that your government has implemented to ease inflation consequences in your country.<\/li>
    4. What other measures do you think can help a country get by during inflation?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      B2 – Upper Intermediate As nations struggle with widespread cost of living crisis, governments must come up with measures to help their respective countries deal with the consequences of inflation. 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