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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.

Well, now new data suggests that among young people, the American dream may not be defined the same way as older Americans do.

NBC10 political commentator

Sue O 'Connell is here.

She walks us through the data.

So what is the American dream in a historical sense, and what do

Americans dream of now, Sue?

Well, Glenn, as long as America has been a country, we've had the American dream, the principle of the American dream,

equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

You know those words.

They're in the U .S.

Constitution.

And for decades, most of us believed it meant that if you worked hard, followed the rules, you can get a job,

own a home, raise a family.

But that was then.

This is now.

Consider the results of a new survey completed by Howdy .com.

76 percent of Gen Z and millennials believe the dream is workplace portability, meaning work from home.

And it turns out young people may not even need America to realize their American dream.

77 percent of those surveyed say they believe their lives would be better outside the U .S.

And 51 percent say just leaving the country is the new American dream.

Now, you may think there's some anti -American sentiment in those answers, and perhaps there is, but the study makes it clear.

Young people want a job and they prefer to work for an American company.

They just don't want to have to come into the office every day

and would prefer to live everywhere as opposed to owning a single home in a single place.

Some would define that as freedom.

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.

That sounds like the American dream.

But OK, but we seriously, we do say, you know, work from home.

It became popular, we know, because of the pandemic.

Are we to believe the coronavirus has had this big of an effect?

Well, in a way, Priscilla, yes.

The pandemic obviously proved that some members of the American workplace could work from home or from anywhere.

But the definition of the American dream always changes and was already changing.

Consider this.

In 1940, 92 percent of children could expect to earn more than their parents.

Today, only about 50 percent of Americans earn more than their parents did.

Now, that means that's a dramatic decline in economic mobility and housing costs.

Right.

Talk about it all the time traditional home ownership

which was the cornerstone of the american dream is becoming increasingly unattainable

so the elements

that defined what the american dream was for decades are no longer available to most americans

and so i know for some people having a family would be the american dream

so how does the fertility rate factor into all of this

so the fertility fertility rate refers to how many children are being born per woman in the u .s here

and across the country, across the country and the world, obviously, the fertility rate has been declining for several years.

It's now at a historic low of 1 .64 expected births per woman's lifetime.

For comparison, in 1960, when I was born, it was 3 .5 children per woman.

So there are many reasons why, including affordability.

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.

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.

All right, really interesting data coming out of that.

Sue O 'Connell, thanks so much.

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.

I know.

I mean, the American dream can mean so many different things, but work from home on a beach.

I like that.

I think you're stuck on that one.

That's a good one.

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15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
fertility zelfstandig naamwoord	/fɝˈtɪləti/	vruchtbaarheid
define werkwoord	/dɪˈfaɪn/	bepalen, determineren
earn werkwoord	/ɝn/	verdienen
decline werkwoord	/dɪˈklaɪn/	afnemen, terugvallen
workplace zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/	werkplek, arbeidsplaats
element zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɛləmənt/	element
shock zelfstandig naamwoord	/ʃɔk/	schok, shock
refer werkwoord	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	verwijzen, doorverwijzen
happiness zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈhæpinɪs/	blijheid, blijdschap
dramatic bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/dɹəˈmætɪk/	dramatisch
delay zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɪˈleɪ̯/	vertraging, oponthoud
layer zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/	laag
ownership zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/	eigendom
lifetime zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/	mensenleven, levensduur
increasingly bijwoord		in toenemende mate

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
turn out werkwoord	uitvallen, resulteren

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	may not be defined · being born · was born
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	has been · has had

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, we've, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shock /ʃɔk/, ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/, equality /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, mobility /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/, commentator /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/, coronavirus /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, oppose /əˈpoʊz/, nomad /ˈnoʊmæd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, dramatic /dɹəˈmætɪk/, nomad /ˈnoʊmæd/
/w/ — met ronde lippen: workplace /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/, equality /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/

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