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

Billionaires’ Bunker or El Refugio At\u00f3mico is a 2025 Netflix thriller series very rich families hiding in a luxury, high-tech underground shelter because they thought that a nuclear apocalypse was upon them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not so far from what is happening in real life. We\u2019ve seen how several billionaires seem to be preparing for doomsday by having their own bunkers built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to this audio and read the transcript talking about why billionaires are building bunkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english_2026\/ep-260129<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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  1. What is a \u201cprepper mentality<\/strong>\u201d? \u201cPart of the <\/em>prepper mentality<\/em><\/strong> is to question what you would do if the apocalypse happens.\u201d<\/em> Use the term in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201ccompromise<\/strong>\u201d mean here, \u201cNo matter what happens, no matter what comes our way, if you’re a tech billionaire, you’re going to be able to live through that comfortably without <\/em>compromising<\/em><\/strong> your lifestyle, without <\/em>compromising<\/em><\/strong> the standard that you have.<\/em>\u201d? Use the word in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201cto be<\/strong> kidding<\/strong>\u201d mean here, \u201cWhen you watch TV in the US \u2013 when you turn on a, kind of, US TV channel \u2013 what happens is that there’s usually some ads about freeze-dried food. I’<\/em>m not kidding<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Use the idiom in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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

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    1. What comes to your mind when you hear the word \u201cbunker\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Why do you think billionaires are building bunkers? Is it only a mere mark of societal status or they are preparing for something we do not know anything about? Share your thoughts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Would you consider building a bunker and preparing for disasters? Why or why not? If you had one, what would you like to put in it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. What do you think you would do if the apocalypse happened?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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