{"id":30119,"date":"2025-04-28T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30119"},"modified":"2025-04-29T06:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:55:27","slug":"the-great-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/the-great-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global economic conditions have been profoundly impacted by US tariffs. One significant outcome that many people worry about is a major depression, which is the worst economic collapse in modern history. People would go from lavishly celebrating to losing everything, including their life savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to learn more about the great depression.<\/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=\"The Great Depression in 12 Minutes (Casual Economics)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qF3ekm9Gx_E?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\">\n<li>Define\u00a0<strong><em>\u201csnowball effect\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0\u201c<em>As the public learned about these incredible returns from the stock market, everyone began putting money in it and talking about it more. This created a <strong>snowball effect<\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Use this term in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong><em>to fill the air<\/em><\/strong>\u201d mean?\u00a0\u201d <em>&#8220;Extreme greed and unrealistic fantasy <strong>filled the air<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In business, what does it mean  <strong>\u201c<em>to close the doors<\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;? So if a local bank <strong>closed its doors<\/strong>, people lost their money.&#8221; <\/em>Use this idiom to make your own sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you think another Great Depression will begin in this century? If so, why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How would a Great Depression affect your life right now?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What lessons have we learned from the Great Depression?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Global economic conditions have been profoundly impacted by US tariffs. One significant outcome that many people worry about is a major depression, which is the worst economic collapse in modern history. People would go from lavishly celebrating to losing everything, including their life savings. 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