{"id":2683,"date":"2015-11-24T18:28:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T16:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2022-01-11T03:01:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T02:01:34","slug":"the-country-where-fun-is-a-way-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-country-where-fun-is-a-way-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Country Where Fun is a Way of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Have you ever been to Thailand? Thais have actually made having fun a way of life – something we could all learn from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more why having fun is of utmost reverence in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20151119-can-thailand-teach-us-all-to-have-more-fun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

1. What is sanuk?
2. How do the Spanish have fun?
3. In Thailand, people resign from a good-paying job because it\u2019s not fun. What are your thoughts on this?
4. Is there a similar holiday in Spain as Thailand’s “Songkran”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B2 – Upper Intermediate Have you ever been to Thailand? Thais have actually made having fun a way of life – something we could all learn from. Find out more why having fun is of utmost reverence in this country. http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20151119-can-thailand-teach-us-all-to-have-more-fun Discussion Questions: 1. What is sanuk?2. How do the Spanish have fun?3. In Thailand, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,461,292,289,296,293],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-culture-and-countries","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-reading","tag-speaking","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Country Where Fun is a Way of Life | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-country-where-fun-is-a-way-of-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Country Where Fun is a Way of Life | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 – Upper Intermediate Have you ever been to Thailand? 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