People at Work and Unemployment — Anglais Terminale D

This unit deals with the world of work: how to describe a job, talk about looking for one, and discuss unemployment. In Madagascar, where many young graduates from Antananarivo or Antsirabe struggle to find a position, being able to talk about employment in English is a real asset, especially for tourism, NGOs and online jobs. Cette unité te donne les mots justes pour en parler sans erreur.

To be unemployed : être sans emploi, au chômage. On dit an unemployed person ou a jobless worker ; l'état lui-même est unemployment (le chômage).

Exemple

Ravo studied accounting in Antananarivo, but he has been unemployed for six months. Every morning he applies for a job online and hopes a company will hire him soon. (Ravo a étudié la comptabilité, mais il est au chômage depuis six mois ; chaque matin il postule en ligne.)

À retenir

Work est indénombrable (no plural) : I have a lot of work. Job est dénombrable : a good job, two jobs.
To hire / to employ = embaucher ; to fire / to lay off = licencier ; to apply for a job = postuler.
Le nom est unemployment (chômage) ; l'adjectif est unemployed ou jobless (sans emploi).
Pour parler d'une durée qui continue : He has been unemployed for six months (present perfect + for).

Exercice d'exemple

Exercice : Complete with the right word — work, job, unemployed: "Soa lost her ______ at the factory in Antsirabe last year. She has been ______ since then, so now she does freelance ______ from home."

Voir la correction

"Soa lost her job at the factory in Antsirabe last year. She has been unemployed since then, so now she does freelance work from home." (job = poste précis et dénombrable ; unemployed = adjectif d'état ; work = travail indénombrable.)

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People at Work and Unemployment — Anglais Terminale D : vocabulaire du travail et expression du chômage