An excellent article which clearly explains the core of the euro problem.

When it was created in 1999, there was a fatal flaw. While governments shared a single currency, they continued to have their own separate bond markets.

Read the article and find out more.

Discussion questions:

• How important for you is a car? (Could you live without one?)
• Is it important to have an expensive (BMW, Mercedes, Lexus…) car?
• Do you think you a person’s car is a reflection of their personality?
• Do you think there is a market for this car in India? In Austria?? In the US???
• Reading between the lines, what are the reasons why Tata thinks the first Nano didn’t sell well?
• What other reason do analyists also have for the poor sales?

Discussion questions:
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Discussion:
When did you start to learn a foreign language?
Do you think it is important to learn foreign languages? What are the benefits?

Was Steve Jobs the most influential person of his generation? Discuss his (or Apple’s) achievements - including how their designs have influenced other products - and consider other people who might also deserve the award.

The environment

• Why is Mailan banning cars? 
• Do you think it will help the problem? 
• What else do you think the government in Milan could do?

Questions for discussion:

What was the problem? Who was MORE wrong? What would you have done? What would you do now if you were one of the women involved? …and if you were the boyfriend?

Questions for discussion:

Why is this big news? What are the advantages of this plane for airlines? Make a list of 5-10 statistics in this article. Do you travel by plane often? For what purposes do you travel? Do you enjoy travelling? What is the best thing and the worst thing about flying?