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6 Minute English Youth unemployment crisis

This is not a word for word transcript. Rob: Natalie: Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Rob and with me today is Natalie. Hi Rob. Today we are going to talk about a big challenge that young people are facing. This is the lack of jobs. This week the International Labour Organisation (or ILO, as it's known) has saidthat youth unemployment around the world remains at a crisis level! Crisis is a strong word! It is and it's not used lightly. The report looked at young people between the ages of 15 and 24 and found out that around 75 million of them are out of work! That's really sad news. But the economy hasn't been helping much. That's right and we are going to talk about in just a moment but let's start withour usual quiz question. So are you ready Natalie? Which one of these unusual jobs is NOT a real one? a) A vibration consultant. b) A trifle analyst. c) A raven master. It must be a) a vibration consultant. What would this person do, check if a party had a good "vibe", a good atmosphere? Maybe but then again maybe not. Well I'm keen to know but I'll have to wait until the end of the programme. Youwill. Right. Now, let's get back to the hard realities of being young and looking for a job. In the report by BBC's Imogen Foulkes, the reporter uses a phrase that describes a depressing situation.

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BBC correspondent Imogen Foulkes: The ILO’s report paints a bleak picture of young people losing hope and becoming increasinglydetached from the world of work. Almost 75 million people between the ages of 15 and 24 are unemployed worldwide, and the ILO’s new report predicts no improvement before 2016 at the earliest.

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She said that the report paints a bleak picture – bleak often describes an area that iscold, empty and miserable. The economic crisis is really causing a lot of long-term problems. Young people simply aren't seeing any new job opportunities and the forecast is not good. The forecast, the things experts predict about trends in the future. Let's hear what the International Labour Organisation chief economist thinks about the situation. What do you think the word entrenched might mean?Natalie: Rob:

BBC correspondent Imogen Foulkes: For young people in particular, says the ILO’s chief economist Ekkehard Ernst, these years without work will be damaging: "We have lost the jobs and they are not coming back. Our forecast shows that we are not getting these jobs over the next four or five years. So this means that this crisis really becomes entrenched on the labour market, andthat means that we also see these young people losing their skills." Rob: Natalie: So the forecast is that there will be not enough jobs over the next four or five years… And the crisis is becoming entrenched on the labour market that means that it is to be fixed or rooted in the same position – the position of lack of work for young people. In the next part of the report, listen to the word used todescribe being left to one side – a position that many people might find themselves in:

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BBC correspondent Imogen Foulkes: The ILO already has evidence that many young people are simply dropping out. Neither in work, nor in education, they've no skills and are becoming increasingly marginalised. Others are growing bitter that the years spent in higher education have brought no career.Instead, the ILO says, many young graduates are being forced to take part time unskilled jobs. Rob: So they are dropping out. They are not doing anything. They are excluded from the jobs market or from education. They are not learning new things and that's how they end up more and more marginalised. To be marginalised is to be left to one side and forgotten about. Well, faced with no choice, many...