Pratique du Shadowing: Why More Americans Are Unemployed For Longer - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Over 1.8 million Americans have been classified as long-term unemployed in a given month in 2026,
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meaning they've been out of work for at least 27 weeks.
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That accounts for about a quarter of all unemployed Americans.
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Long-term unemployment has seen a sharp rise in the U.S., up about 55% from 2023 and 45% from 2019.
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I just recently got let go or laid off from a startup right before Thanksgiving.
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I thought that, you know, this was going to come around with the level of expertise
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and the amount of people that I've networked with my entire career.
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This is only going to be temporary.
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And I was like shocked by the end of January that nothing had hit.
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I had refreshed my resume.
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I think I banged on every person's door in my LinkedIn connections.
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Like I had found every single connection I had
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and there was just cold lead after cold lead after cold lead
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and a no. And so just give it a couple more weeks, this is gonna work out.
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And then, you know, it really did blink and six months is flown by.
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Economists are interested in this group of people because their experience can help determine the health of the American labor market.
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Think of it like this.
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If more Americans are taking months and months to find jobs, that can indicate the market has a higher barrier to entry and isn't as strong.
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The rising amount of long-term unemployed people is a sign of the low-hire, low-fire environment.
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With companies reluctant to increase headcounts amid higher interest rates and the rise of artificial intelligence, it becomes more difficult and can take longer for people to find a job.
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That's exemplified by the hiring rate for U.S nonfarm payrolls, which stood at 3.5% in March.
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It's trended downward since 2021, meaning companies have been adding workers at a slower rate.
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I've probably interviewed over 20 different times, and out of those 100 applications, I've probably been ghosted maybe 80 times.
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And so it's not that we're not trying, It's the fact that we're getting buried amongst each other because there's so many of us looking for jobs right now.
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There's only so much that talent acquisition and HR departments can do to find the talent that their companies are looking for.
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We are quite literally all drowning in the unemployment crisis right now.
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This kind of economy creates challenges even for workers who already have jobs.
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With more people competing for fewer openings, employers have more leverage in today's market.
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Year-over-year growth in wages has seen a significant drop from the highs of 2022.
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But just as costly is the hidden toll of long-term unemployment.
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First, there's the personal cost that extends far beyond a single missed paycheck.
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Research shows that after a decade, long-term unemployed workers earned about 32% less than non-displaced workers,
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compared with only 9% less for short-term unemployed workers.
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Job losses have also been linked to worsening mental and physical health, as well as greater social withdrawal.
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What psychologists tell us is that other than the death of a family member or a close friend, this is one of the most devastating things that people face.
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So it's a very serious health problem and an economic problem.
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The amount of rejection, the amount of ghosting eats away at you.
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Even with therapy, it's still like, it's really hard to constantly be told that you're not good enough or that there's not a spot for you.
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And as someone that's always like carved their own way or found a path to success, it feels like there's just a blockade in the road and
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that no matter how big the bulldozer is that you're pushing or how hard that you're pushing yourself, that blockade's not moving.
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Then there's the societal costs.
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Communities with high levels of long-term unemployment often see higher rates of crime and violence.
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Other studies have found that children who grow up with long-term parental unemployment
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tend to have significantly worse mental health in their adulthood.
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And lastly, it can hinder the growth of the U.S economy.
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A widely adopted economic rule of thumb estimates
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that a one percentage increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 3% reduction in GDP.
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That's because high unemployment often leads to the suppression of consumer spending, which accounts for almost 70% of America's gross domestic product.
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For millions of Americans, long-term unemployment is more than a temporary setback.
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It can reshape their careers, families, and communities for years to come.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Why More Americans Are Unemployed For Longer ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : term, unemployment, unemployed, workers, rate. Cette vidéo contient 50 phrases et 760 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:22. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 174 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 82 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| unemployed adjectif | /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/ | au chômage, inoccupé |
| bulldozer nom | /ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/ | bulldozer |
| classify verbe | /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/ | classifier |
| devastate verbe | /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/ | dévaster |
| exemplify verbe | /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/ | exemplifier, illustrer |
| hinder verbe | /ˈhɪndɚ/ | entraver |
| setback nom | /ˈsɛtbæk/ | contretemps, obstacle |
| worsen verbe | /ˈwɝsn̩/ | empirer |
| blockade nom | /blɑˈkeɪd/ | blocus |
| societal adjectif | [səˈsaɪ.ɪ.tɫ̩] | sociétal |
| adulthood nom | âge adulte, majorité | |
| refresh verbe | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | revigorer, rafraîchir |
| drown verbe | /dɹaʊn/ | se noyer |
| lastly adverbe | /ˈlæstli/ | finalement |
| blink verbe | /ˈblɪŋk/ | ciller, cligner des yeux |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| work out verbe | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | calculer |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
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| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | have been classified · they've been · has seen |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | have been classified · is flown · been ghosted |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 11 contractions et formes réduites, comme I've, you're, we're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « th »: thumb /ˈθʌm/, withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: reshape /ɹiːˈʃeɪ̯p/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, suppression /səˈpɹɛʃən/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: exemplify /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: headcount /ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/, hinder /ˈhɪndɚ/
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: paycheck /ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, leverage /ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: reshape /ɹiːˈʃeɪ̯p/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, suppression /səˈpɹɛʃən/, drown /dɹaʊn/, payroll /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme unemployed, bulldozer, classify.
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.