{"id":8335,"date":"2019-04-03T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=8335"},"modified":"2022-01-03T13:40:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T13:40:59","slug":"1-minute-story","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/resource\/1-minute-story","title":{"rendered":"1 Minute Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1 Minute Story<\/h1>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>A great listening exercise. In pairs, one person tells the other their life story in one minute. 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