{"id":15517,"date":"2020-11-02T05:09:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T04:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=15517"},"modified":"2020-11-13T06:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T05:42:44","slug":"coronavirus-dealing-with-mass-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/11\/coronavirus-dealing-with-mass-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Dealing with Mass Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people have been stressing about being permanently or temporarily laid off from their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic. It has caused financial problems to a lot of people. Some started finding jobs that are not in their fields of expertise and some have been trying to survive by the money that the government has given them. They say that we are not yet in a place where we can talk about recovery and the ripple effect will come in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s listen to the audio below to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-200924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-200924<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Has the pandemic caused mass unemployment in your country?<\/li><li>What would be the ripple effect of mass unemployment?<\/li><li>Would upskilling or reskilling be the answer to our problem?<\/li><li>What are your thoughts about not having a job for life?<\/li><li>What do you think are other ways to deal with mass unemployment?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate A lot of people have been stressing about being permanently or temporarily laid off from their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic. 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