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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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本课的词汇与口语要点

视频中反复出现的词有：dream, Sue, percent, fertility, decades。这段视频共有 60 个句子、698 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 4:00。说话人语速自然，每分钟约 175 个词，接近日常对话。 86% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
fertility 名词	/fɝˈtɪləti/	肥沃, 繁殖力
define 动词	/dɪˈfaɪn/	界定
earn 动词	/ɝn/	掙 /挣, 賺 /赚
decline 动词	/dɪˈklaɪn/	惡化 /恶化
workplace 名词	/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/	工作場所 /工作场所, 職場 /职场
element 名词	/ˈɛləmənt/	要素
shock 名词	/ʃɔk/	衝擊 /冲击
refer 动词	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	談到 /谈到
happiness 名词	/ˈhæpinɪs/	幸福, 快樂 /快乐
dramatic 形容词	/dɹəˈmætɪk/	戲劇的 /戏剧的
delay 名词	/dɪˈleɪ̯/	遲延 /迟延, 延遲 /延迟
layer 名词	/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/	層 /层
ownership 名词	/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/	所有權 /所有权
lifetime 名词	/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/	一生, 一輩子 /一辈子
liberty 名词	/ˈlɪbəti/	自由

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
put down 动词	放下
turn out 动词	原來 /原来

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：

结构	视频中的用法
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	may not be defined · being born · was born
现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事	has been · has had

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 7 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, we've, you're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: shock /ʃɔk/, ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/
长单词——注意重音位置: fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/, equality /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, mobility /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/, commentator /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/, coronavirus /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: workplace /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/, element /ˈɛləmənt/, shock /ʃɔk/, happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, dramatic /dɹəˈmætɪk/
/æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, dramatic /dɹəˈmætɪk/, nomad /ˈnoʊmæd/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 fertility, define, earn 这类单词。

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跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。

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