1.

POLITICS

 Brexit. Advantages and disadvantages for both British people and Europeans.
Why do you think some British are in favour of leaving Europe? Possible
consequences.
 The role of the European Union. Positive and negative points. European laws
and immigration. Refugees.
 New parties and political leaders like Podemos, UKIP, Trump, Marine Le Pen.
Why do they enter into the system? How are citizens reacting to them?
Populism?
 Brexit Referendum, Scottish Independence Referendum and Catalan
Independence Referendum. Similarities and differences.
 The political system in the future. Predictions for the future and your desires.

2. SPORT, A CHALLENGE OR AN
OBSESSION?
 Body building, a way of making a living?
 The use of anabolic steroids to work out your muscles.
 Body Worship. Possible dangers?
 Doing sport as a way of being healthy and keeping fit or an obsession with
looking pretty?
 Differences between men and women regarding sport.
 New therapies such as acupuncture, osteopathy, herbal medicine, etc.
 Healers, reliable or a scam?
 Yoga, Tai Chi, religious retreats, Chi Kung, etc. A temporary trend or new ways
to relieve pains and deal with stress and busy lifestyles?

3. IMMIGRATION
 Investment in developing countries – no need to migrate if you can live well.
 More walls/fences to stop illegal immigration? Trump’s Mexico wall. Your
opinion.
 Higher fences and harder punishments do not prevent immigrants from
crossing, reality proves them wrong.
 Migrant boats landing on Spanish shores.
 Asylum seekers. Europe’s response.
 Governments, turning a blind eye to it?
 4. ECOTURISM
 Effects on the environment.
 Benefits for local communities.
 Positive and negative effects. It generates money, too many tourists.
 Dangers for eco-tourists.
 Good way to boost economy in rural areas?

5. HUMOUR AND LAUGHTER

 Different types of laughter: giggle nervously, belly laughter, false laughter.
 Laughter is contagious.
 Laughing at inappropriate times. Negative consequences?
 Laughter therapy. A possible solution to stress and pain?
 Laughing at yourself, good or bad?
 Humour, different types. Black humour, parody, jokes, witty humour, absurd
humour, etc,
 Humour on the media (socialnetworking sites, magazines and newspapers).
Where’s the limit?
 Monologuists and comedians. Traditional and new ones. Mr. Bean, Monty
Python, Chiquito de la Calzada, Dani Rovira, etc. 

6. CONSUMERISM
 Advantages and disadvantages of living in a global world.
 Global brands
 Foreign restaurants vs local restaurants.
 Free trade vs. protectionism.
 Cultures have become very Americanised.
 More multinational corporations and fewer local business.
 Amazon and its power worldwide.
 Freedom of movement for workers. Brain drain of talented people.
 Sweatshops in developing countries to make goods for developed countries.
 7. URBANISATION
 People going to cities to live.
 Overcrowded cities vs. rural population drift.
 Urban sprawl.
 Building sustainable cities.
 High-rise buildings, a possible solution to overcrowing?
 Traffic congestion in big cities. Effect on the environment. Commuting. Public
transport.
 Shanty towns and no-go areas.

8. INVESTMENT
 Crowdfunding, the alternative to bank loans?
 Advantages and disadvantages.
 Tradicional donation vs crowdfunding.
 The economic crash and refusal to authorize credits. Impossibility to set up
businesses.
 Online platforms to make projects public. Kickstarter, Indiegogo, RocketHub,
GoFundMe, etc.