Choose one of the topics below and tell your partner about your true or made up personal experiences of that thing, speaking generally and/ or about one specific case. After maybe asking for details, they will try to guess if your story is:
– Completely made up
– Completely true
– A mix of made up and true details
If it is the final one above, they can also try to guess which details were true and which were made up.
1. (High) culture
2. Addictions
3. An ageing population
4. Animal control problems
5. Body image problems
6. Bullying
7. Bureaucracy
8. Changes in exchange rates
9. Charities/ NGOs
10. Companies after being merged or taken over by another company
11. Conformity
12. Conglomerates
13. Consequences of free trade
14. Consequences of government economic policies
15. Consequences of terrorism
16. Corruption
17. Cost cutting/ Cutting expenditure
18. Counter cultures
19. Crime
20. Data protection
21. Debt
22. Deflation/ Inflation
23. Deindustrialisation
24. Deregulation
25. Developing countries/ Newly-industrialised countries
26. Discounting
27. E-commerce
28. Economic bubbles
29. Economies of scale
30. Electronic payment
31. G8 countries
32. Gender differences
33. Globalisation
34. Green products
35. Health scares
36. Immigration
37. Inadequate infrastructure
38. Industrial action
39. Inequality
40. Moore’s Law
41. Multiculturalism
42. Multinational companies
43. Pension problems
44. Personal investments
45. Personal taxes
46. Political extremism
47. Poverty
48. Prejudice/ Discrimination
49. Privatised companies
50. Problems caused by alcohol
51. Protests and other activism
52. Recessions
53. Religious beliefs/ Superstitions
54. Single member households
55. Social class
56. Social isolation
57. Social mobility (or a lack of)
58. Staff turnover
59. Stress-related illnesses
60. Strong currencies/ Weak currencies
61. Subsidies
62. Tax avoidance
63. Tax rises
64. Trade barriers
65. Undercutting prices
66. Unemployment/ Underemployment
67. Vandalism
68. Welfare benefits
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