English Practice: Liz Truss Marc G 3 years ago Watch the video then do this quiz at the B1-B2 level. https://videopress.com/v/YuDXjX5z?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Headlines Quiz 1. How six weeks go so horribly wrong? 2. Liz Truss’ fall from power accelerated after she introduced ‘Trussanomics’ a plan for tax cuts aimed at the wealthiest Britons so they could create jobs, she said. 3. Essentially, trickle-down economics. This proposal immediately the British economy to implode. 4. Just the mere suggestion of this plan sent financial markets into a tailspin, drove the country’s to a record low value against the American dollar 5. and pushed mortgage even higher, and this is on top of an already pre-existing deepening cost-of-living crisis in the U.K. 6. leaving average citizens struggling to afford basic day-to-day . 7. Liz Truss to staunch the bleeding; 8. sacrificial lambs were . 9. Ultimately, she apologized and tried to reverse course but by then it was too . 10. The economy did not keep calm and . 11. That’s quite a lot of damage in a pretty amount of time. 12. Ultimately this turmoil was too much, even for her own Conservative Party and Liz Truss was shown the at number 10 Downing. 1 out of 2 13. How much can you remember? True or False? Liz Truss was the Prime Minister for one month. True False None 14. "Trickle-down Economics" is the theory that wealth (money): is created by printing more money. is produced by the rich but benefits the poor. is produced only by big business. None 15. The U.K. is experiencing: A war. A growing economy. An unstable government, mortgage crisis and a cost-of living crisis. None 16. Which phrasal verb means "to continue doing what you are doing"? Turn on. Carry on. Push on. None 17. "Liz Truss was shown the door..." means: 10 Downing Street has a beautiful door. she had to choose what to do. she was fired / expelled / told to leave. None 2 out of 2 {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Learn More{{/message}}{{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Learn More{{/message}}Submitting… Time's up Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp More Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram