{"id":30455,"date":"2025-05-30T07:02:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30455"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:02:55","slug":"gold-is-booming-but-investors-could-lose-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/05\/gold-is-booming-but-investors-could-lose-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold is Booming But Investors Could Lose Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Gold has always been regarded as a good investment option or an alternative way to diversify portfolio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the recent years, there has been a gold rush, triggering a massive eagerness among investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if you are considering to put some of your money into this, it’s crucial to do an extensive research and understand the risks and benefits prior to purchasing gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about the truth behind investing in gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5ygyjy7kz5o<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the article here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0l9pwd1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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  1. What does \u201cbric-a-brac<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cEmma is the strategies director of Hatton Garden Metals, a family-run gold dealership in London’s Hatton Garden jewellery district, and this unprepossessing tub of <\/em>bric-a-brac<\/em><\/strong> is a small sample of what they buy over the counter each day.<\/em>\u201d Use this term in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cto conjure something out of thin air<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cGold can’t be printed by central banks, and it <\/em>can’t be conjured out of thin air<\/em><\/strong>.\u201c <\/em>Use this phrase in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201cto owe a great deal to someone\/something<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cThe recent increases appear <\/em>to owe a great deal to the way markets have responded<\/em><\/strong> to the confusion triggered by the Trump administration.<\/em>\u201d Use this idiom in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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

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    1. Cite and explain the benefits of investing in gold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Cite and explain the drawbacks of investing in gold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Now equipped with some knowledge about gold as an investment, do you think it is a good investment or not? Explain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. What is your opinion on billionaire Warren Buffett tagging gold as “lifeless” and “neither of much use nor procreative\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Share your thoughts on this, \u201cCentral banks have collectively bought more than 1,000 tonnes of gold each year. Central banks may themselves have been trying to build up buffers at a time of growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Do you think your central bank should buy more gold, too? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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