{"id":9613,"date":"2018-12-20T04:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=9613"},"modified":"2024-03-13T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:59:41","slug":"americans-struggling-to-make-ends-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/12\/americans-struggling-to-make-ends-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Struggling to Make Ends Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For millions of people around the world, the United States is known as the land of milk and honey. The &#8220;American Dream&#8221; is something that many aspire to live. There is however, a side to America that people do not know about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From fast food workers to shuttle bus drivers, many Americans aren&#8217;t able to afford housing or pay the bills on current wages. For many, working three jobs is not enough to make ends meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to learn more about the struggles of the common American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Americans Struggling to Make Ends Meet | A Hidden America with Diane Sawyer (Nightline)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I28_9eAwEW4?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. What is the video all about? What problems average Joes are confronted with these days? 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