英伦广角 2011-01-31 新就业政策遭质疑

There are the generation that are standing¹ still while the world moves on without them. Young people, out of education and out of work, struggling to get jobs because they lack experience.

At the moment, I've gotta do for anything, cause it's just so hard to get the job, so you just gotta have what you're given.

No, I’ve got any jobs given. It's just mopish.How does it make you feel? Not very happy.

I’m, personally, I'm troubled. A lot of people didn't do so well in school. It's getting harder and harder every day.

The government believes a work experience program is the way to break the benefits cycle. This employment agency already focuses on finding meaningful placements, getting young people experience so that they can get onto the job ladder.

Main barriers are lack of experience, lack of current work experience. Perhaps not many work references that can stand off when they are applying for jobs, also how to apply for a job. A lot of vehicles just made disengaged, might not finish school, might miss out vital careers, development and guidance that they needed.

In the Sandwell area, the current economic climate is challenging. Many employers have tightened² their belts during the recession and scaled back on recruitment.

This firm of butcher’s operates 16 shops across the West Midlands. But they recently recruited a new batch³ of trainees⁴, and staff here say there are opportunities out there for young people. It's just a matter of looking hurried enough.

To some, it is anything if you are willing to work. And when you got the right attitude, I think you can, you know, you can get many things and that's what most employers are looking for.

More than a quarter of a million under-sixteens are now growing up in homes where nobody has ever worked. Ministers have described this as a ticking time bomb. Defusing it could be the biggest job of all, but we’ll go some way to getting Britain's unemployed⁵ youth moving once more.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

3 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

4 trainees   

新兵( trainee的名词复数 )； 练习生； 接受训练的人； 训练中的动物

参考例句：

• We've taken on our full complement of new trainees. 我们招收的新学员已经满额了。
• The trainees were put through an assault course. 受训人员接受了突击训练课程。

5 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。