{"id":3030,"date":"2018-08-13T23:52:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T20:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2018-08-13T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T20:54:10","slug":"hot-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/hot-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of these texts are from Newsela. Remember &#8211; you can change the difficulty of the text to suit your level.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3026 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-300x153.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-600x307.png 600w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/englishshouldbefun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-13-at-23.34.38.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It should be easy! If you understand less than 90% of the words, it&#8217;s too difficult for you.<\/p>\n<h3>Society<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/lib-procon-video-game-violence\/id\/23653\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Do video games cause violence?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-guns-in-america\/id\/19144\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Guns in America<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/lib-procon-school-uniforms\/id\/23824\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Should students have to wear school uniforms?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/lib-procon-social-networking\/id\/23703\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Social Networking Sites<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-middle-class\/id\/21002\/\"><span class=\"s4\">The middle class<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-batteries\/id\/21250\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Batteries<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-the-flu\/id\/20901\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Game-changing flu vaccines<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-gene-editing\/id\/21292\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Gene editing<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-space-mining\/id\/20981\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Space mining<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-the-internet-of-things\/id\/21047\/\"><span class=\"s3\">The Internet of things<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Environment<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-arctic-opportunity\/id\/20960\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Arctic opportunity<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-zoos\/id\/28236\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Should we have zoos?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-solar-energy\/id\/21122\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Solar energy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-wind-power\/id\/21004\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Wind power<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Health<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-antibiotic-resistance\/id\/21205\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Antibiotic resistance<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-drug-prices\/id\/21159\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Drug prices<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-e-cigarettes\/id\/24878\/\"><span class=\"s4\">E-cigarettes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-painkillers-heroin-addiction\/id\/24841\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Heroin Addiction<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/lib-procon-vegetarianism\/id\/23676\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Should people become vegetarians?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-what-to-eat\/id\/20985\/\"><span class=\"s4\">What to eat<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Politics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-domesticating-drones\/id\/20906\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Drone laws<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-how-the-us-elects-presidents\/id\/21065\/\"><span class=\"s4\">How the U.S. elects its presidents<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-jihad\/id\/21297\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Jihad<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/lib-history-north-korea\/id\/29529\/\"><span class=\"s4\">North Korea and its Nuclear Program<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-racial-profiling\/id\/21197\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Racial profiling<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/articles\/overview-sanctions\/id\/21155\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Sanctions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of these texts are from Newsela. 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