1. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Eurozone unemployment hit record high in May

2. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Questions before we read: 1) Are you aware of problems the Euro Region is facing? 2) Can you take a wild guess what the unemployment rate would be? 3) Are you unemployed or is anyone close to you unemployed? 4) How do you think people feel having high qualifications but unable to find jobs? 5) How do you think they are solving this problem?

3. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  Official figures show unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro at another record high in May after revisions to back data.  Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, says Monday that eurozone unemployment rose 0.1 percentage point in May to 12.1 percent. That’s a new record for the region as the previous months’ data were revised down, including April’s original 12.2 percent estimate.

4. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  Across the eurozone there were 19.22 million people unemployed, 67,000 up on the previous month. Figures next month will show whether the eurozone’s economy remained in recession during the second quarter of the year.  Elsewhere, Eurostat said inflation picked up to 1.6 percent in the year to June, up from 1.4 percent the previous month. The rate remains below the European Central Bank’s target.

5. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Comprehension 1) How many percent did the unemployment rise to? 2) How many total percent is the unemployment now? 3) Across the Euro nation, how many people in millions are unemployed? 4) How many percent has recession picked up?

6. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  Revisions  Statistics  Data  Recession  Region

7. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Writing Your task is to write to the government giving them some ideas on either how to improve their current situation or as a citizen voice your opinion on what you feel they may be doing wrong as a government. E.g. they can create more jobs by doing what or they are focusing too much time on issues that do not need that much attention at the moment.

8. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Source  "Eurozone unemployment hit record high in May - EUROZONE - FRANCE 24."International breaking news and headlines - FRANCE 24. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2013..