{"id":4045,"date":"2016-07-11T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:28:53","slug":"why-true-coincidences-are-hard-to-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2016\/07\/why-true-coincidences-are-hard-to-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Why True Coincidences Are Hard to Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/p040vbtf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4980 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/p040vbtf.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-MUSIC-OBIT-BOWIE\" width=\"1600\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/p040vbtf.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/p040vbtf-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/p040vbtf-624x249.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>C1 &#8211; Advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you try to read the papers or browse through news headlines, it seems that the same kinds of news are popping up over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0the article below to get a better understanding of coincidences.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20160708-why-true-coincidences-are-hard-to-find\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why True Coincidences Are Hard to Find<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><b>Discuss:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. What are the reasons why same stories happen at one given point in time?<br \/>\n2. Do you believe the saying &#8220;Bad luck comes in threes&#8221;?<br \/>\n3. Share a story when things happened to you and it seemed to be &#8216;pouring&#8217; at that moment.<br \/>\n4. What are some recent news\/headlines that are of the same nature?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C1 &#8211; Advanced When you try to read the papers or browse through news headlines, it seems that the same kinds of news are popping up over and over again. Read\u00a0the article below to get a better understanding of coincidences. Why True Coincidences Are Hard to Find Discuss: 1. 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