Jobless A blog post: Being unemployed a) Read the blog post by an unemployed teenager in the USA. How does he feel? by Samuel 2 May, 6:13 p.m. My life at the moment is an emotional roller coaster. One day I’m full of hope, and the next I’m way down. I used to be fairly optimistic, but job prospects for summer jobs and internships aren’t looking good at the moment, despite news of economic growth. I’m searching for work online and in the newspapers, but it is really driving me crazy. What should I do? b) Make a list of words which describe negative feelings and emotions. Writing: A blog comment As the end of the school year is coming closer, you have already written 14 e-mails of application for a summer job but they were all turned down. You have come across the blog post above and decide to write a comment. In your blog comment you should • describe your current situation, • explain what kind of job you are looking for, • speculate about what’s going to happen if you don’t get a job. Write around 250 words. Youth unemployment rates Look at the statistics. Then match the text with the missing words below. Write the numbers into the circles. In June 2022, 2.8 million young persons (under 25) were … 1 in the EU-27, of whom 2.3 million were in the euro area. The youth … 2 rate was 14.5% in the EU-27 and 14.7% in the euro area. However, … 3 with April 2023, youth unemployment … 4 by 79,000 in the EU and by 72,000 in the euro area. Slovenia (5.6%), Germany (6.2%) and the Netherlands (7.9%) … 5 the lowest rates, while the highest were … 6 in Spain (27.9%) and Greece (27.7%). 1 2 3 unemployed recorded compared showed unemployment decreased Euro area EU27 Youth unemployment rate in the EU (15–24 years in %), April 2023 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden 95 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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