Free Online English Class: Capitalism RANKINGS!

Learn, study and improve your English abilities FOR FREE with American Pai and The English Language Learning Podcast. What to expect: Reading, writing, speaking and listening practice with a small segment on vocabulary from a reading. Why? Each episode is a mini English class where you receive exposure to real, spoken English AND an opportunity to practice/produce English yourself. Language input & output (entrada e saida de idioma) is crucial to grow with a new language. Intended for Brazilians, but all are welcome to participate! **Reading/Leitura** Jan 20, 2020 Rosamond Hutt Denmark tops the World Economic Forum’s new Global Social Mobility Index. 17 of the top 20 most socially mobile societies are in Europe. The US is 27th while China is 45th and India is 76th. Moving up the socio-economic ladder takes generations, but it happens much faster in some countries. Denmark ranks top of the World Economic Forum’s new Global Social Mobility Index, which finds the five Nordic nations and parts of Europe outperform the rest of the world when it comes to giving everyone the chance to succeed. If you were born into a poor family in Denmark, it would take at least two generations to reach the median income, or three in Sweden, Finland and Norway. In France it would take six generations, and nine in Brazil or South Africa. The index assesses the current state of social mobility in 82 economies around the world, looking at factors such as healthcare, education, social protection, access to technology, fair wages and work opportunities. Other Takeaways: The Nordic countries value/provide high quality and equitable education systems, strong social safety nets and inclusive institutions alongside job opportunities and good working conditions, the report says. Economic model described as “stakeholder capitalism”. In other words, one that takes into account the interests of all stakeholders, rather than corporate shareholders. Brasils economic opportunity cost per year: 14 ½ billion American dollars. Over ten years, an estimated 144 billion american dollars. **Chapters** 0:00 Start 0:37 Reading/Leitura/Listening Comprehension 4:21 English Vocabulary, Grammar & Pronunciation 11:46 Questions and Conversation about Theme 32:19 Porque eu acho isso se importa aos Brasileiros **Vocabulary** To top a list/Denmark tops the list: esta no topo Social mobility: ability to go up into another social class; mobilidade social A ladder/socioeconomic ladder: a ladeira socioeconomica To rank/denmark ranks: classificar/classificam To outperform/parts of europe outperform the rest: superar wages/fair wages: remunerações justos equitable/equitable education systems: sistemas de educação equitativos Alongside: ao lado A stakeholder: partes interessados To take something into account: levar algo em conta **Questions** What does “social mobility” make you think about? [present simple practice] In your family, has anyone moved up/down on the socio-economic ladder? [present perfect and past simple] When you see that a country has good social mobility, what assumptions do you make about that country's culture? [present simple practice] who/what do you think prevents any country from having good social mobility? [present simple and modal practice] In your opinion, is social mobility a good, bad or neutral thing? [present simple and to be practice] Do you hear your loca/state/federal politicians talk about social mobility? [present simple practice] Do you think anyone is against/opposed to increased social mobility? why/why not? [present simple practice] Do you think that social mobility is a zero-sum game? That, for someone to go up/advance, someone else must sink/go down/fall/slide? why/why not? [present simple & giving an opinion practice] Have you ever heard of gentrification? Overall, do you think gentrification is a good thing or bad thing for a community? [present perfect, present simple & giving an opinion practice] **Why do I think this matters to Brazilians?/Porque eu acho isso se importa aos Brasileiros?** Brazil is one of the global leaders in disparity, with the USA also competing for the top of this list of inequality. When a country faces prolonged inequality and hopelessness, well..history shows us what happens to these types of places. And Brasil and the USA are both experiencing symptoms of this reality: brasil has extreme poverty and hunger and crime issues and the USA has these PLUS armed neo-nazis forming groups, causing insurrections/golpes and winning elections. It would be very, very stupid to not connect the dots about these symptoms and their driving forces Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Learn English Study English Practice English