{"id":25004,"date":"2023-03-14T18:06:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=25004"},"modified":"2023-03-18T05:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T04:14:38","slug":"fewer-teens-learn-to-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/03\/fewer-teens-learn-to-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Teens Learn to Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to statistics, fewer and fewer young people do not rush to learning how to drive nowadays. Economic factors, public transportation, and social media are contributing to the decline in the number of teens learning to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video as NBC reporter Jacob Soboroff takes a look at why young people are losing the drive to get behind the wheel:<\/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=\"Why fewer teens are learning to drive\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r906x2duwVs?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>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does the word &#8220;<strong>to break the\/one&#8217;s bank<\/strong>&#8221; mean, <em>&#8220;She says even signing up for driver&#8217;s ed can <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">break her bank<\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> Use the expression in a sentence.<\/li><li>What does the phrase &#8220;<strong>behind the wheel<\/strong>&#8221; mean? <em>&#8220;I was nervous the first time I was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>behind the wheel<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<\/em> Use the expression in a sentence.<\/li><li>What does the word &#8220;<strong>rodeo<\/strong>&#8221; mean in this sentence, <em>&#8220;First car is usually <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rodeo<\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em>? Use the word in a sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are some reasons why fewer teens learn to drive? <\/li><li>One of the reasons mentioned in the video is that social media is replacing in-person get-togethers. What is your reaction and your opinion on this?<\/li><li>In your own personal opinion, how important is driving?<\/li><li>On the other hand, what do you think when someone doesn&#8217;t know or want to learn how to drive?<\/li><li>Share your experience driving for the first time.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate According to statistics, fewer and fewer young people do not rush to learning how to drive nowadays. Economic factors, public transportation, and social media are contributing to the decline in the number of teens learning to drive. 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