Answer to Dictation 1
Times are hard for young people looking for work.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Students who have just graduated from university cannot find employment.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Uncertainty in the world has taught today's graduates to prepare for the worst.
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Answer to Dictation 4
One reason is that people are studying for worthless degrees.
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Answer to Dictation 5
Young people would be much better off if they became plumbers.
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Answer to Dictation 6
There were 987,000 young people aged 16 to 24 not in education.
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Answer to Dictation 7
This has risen by over 100,000 in the past year.
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Answer to Dictation 8
An increasing number of jobs are now being done by AI.
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Answer to Dictation 9
Some people say many graduates no longer want to do entry level jobs.
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Answer to Dictation 10
They want to enter a company at a management level and get well paid.
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