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The American dream, it's a phrase we've all heard before, and for decades, Americans largely agreed on what it meant.
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Well, now new data suggests that among young people, the American dream may not be defined the same way as older Americans do.
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NBC10 political commentator
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Sue O 'Connell is here.
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She walks us through the data.
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So what is the American dream in a historical sense, and what do
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Americans dream of now, Sue?
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Well, Glenn, as long as America has been a country, we've had the American dream, the principle of the American dream,
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equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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You know those words.
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They're in the U .S.
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Constitution.
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And for decades, most of us believed it meant that if you worked hard, followed the rules, you can get a job,
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own a home, raise a family.
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But that was then.
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This is now.
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Consider the results of a new survey completed by Howdy .com.
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76 percent of Gen Z and millennials believe the dream is workplace portability, meaning work from home.
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And it turns out young people may not even need America to realize their American dream.
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77 percent of those surveyed say they believe their lives would be better outside the U .S.
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And 51 percent say just leaving the country is the new American dream.
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Now, you may think there's some anti -American sentiment in those answers, and perhaps there is, but the study makes it clear.
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Young people want a job and they prefer to work for an American company.
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They just don't want to have to come into the office every day
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and would prefer to live everywhere as opposed to owning a single home in a single place.
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Some would define that as freedom.
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I mean, Sue, you talk about, you know, working maybe on Zoom, but you're on a beach somewhere and you just don't show the video.
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That sounds like the American dream.
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But OK, but we seriously, we do say, you know, work from home.
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It became popular, we know, because of the pandemic.
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Are we to believe the coronavirus has had this big of an effect?
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Well, in a way, Priscilla, yes.
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The pandemic obviously proved that some members of the American workplace could work from home or from anywhere.
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But the definition of the American dream always changes and was already changing.
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Consider this.
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In 1940, 92 percent of children could expect to earn more than their parents.
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Today, only about 50 percent of Americans earn more than their parents did.
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Now, that means that's a dramatic decline in economic mobility and housing costs.
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Right.
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Talk about it all the time traditional home ownership
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which was the cornerstone of the american dream is becoming increasingly unattainable
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so the elements
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that defined what the american dream was for decades are no longer available to most americans
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and so i know for some people having a family would be the american dream
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so how does the fertility rate factor into all of this
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so the fertility fertility rate refers to how many children are being born per woman in the u .s here
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and across the country, across the country and the world, obviously, the fertility rate has been declining for several years.
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It's now at a historic low of 1 .64 expected births per woman's lifetime.
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For comparison, in 1960, when I was born, it was 3 .5 children per woman.
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So there are many reasons why, including affordability.
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But many people will tell you, Glenn, like you said, a driving force to buy a home or put down roots is starting a family.
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So when people are delaying children and having smaller families, the need to stay put decreases, and that means it's easier to be a digital nomad.
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All right, really interesting data coming out of that.
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Sue O 'Connell, thanks so much.
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Very interesting, because you know at the top level, it's shocking, but when Sue peels back the layers, it makes all the sense in the world.
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I know.
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I mean, the American dream can mean so many different things, but work from home on a beach.
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I like that.
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I think you're stuck on that one.
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That's a good one.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：dream, Sue, percent, fertility, decades。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が60文、単語が698語あります。 音声の長さは4:00です。 話す速さは1分あたり約175語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の86%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。
この動画の重要語彙
動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| earn 動詞 | /ɝn/ | 稼ぐ, 得る |
| workplace 名詞 | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | 職場, 仕事場 |
| element 名詞 | /ˈɛləmənt/ | 要素, エレメント |
| shock 名詞 | /ʃɔk/ | 衝撃, ショック |
| refer 動詞 | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | 問い合わせる |
| happiness 名詞 | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | 幸福, 幸せ |
| dramatic 形容詞 | /dɹəˈmætɪk/ | 劇的, ドラマティック |
| delay 名詞 | /dɪˈleɪ̯/ | 遅れ, 遅延 |
| layer 名詞 | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | 層, 膜 |
| ownership 名詞 | /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ | 所有権 |
| lifetime 名詞 | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | 生涯, 一生 |
| liberty 名詞 | /ˈlɪbəti/ | 自由 |
| principle 名詞 | /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/ | 原理, 原則 |
| phrase 名詞 | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | 句, 語句 |
| equality 名詞 | /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/ | 平等, 均等 |
この動画の文法
話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | may not be defined · being born · was born |
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | has been · has had |
注意したい発音
話し手はdon't, we've, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を7回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: shock /ʃɔk/, ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/, equality /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, mobility /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/, commentator /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/, coronavirus /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/
日本語話者が苦手な音：
- /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/, define /dɪˈfaɪn/, refer /ɹɪˈfɜː/, lifetime /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: workplace /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/, element /ˈɛləmənt/, dramatic /dɹəˈmætɪk/, principle /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
この動画での練習方法
- まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
- まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。earn, workplace, elementなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
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シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。