A1 English Listening Practice - Jobs — Transcript

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1. 0:00hey everybody welcome to this a one
2. 0:02English listening practice video you can
3. 0:05use this video to practice your
4. 0:07listening and comprehension as I speak
5. 0:10before we start remember to subscribe to
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7. 0:15us on Instagram you ready so today I'm
8. 0:19gonna talk about jobs this is a really
9. 0:23common topic because most adults have a
10. 0:27job or some type of work let's talk
11. 0:30about the different types of jobs that
12. 0:33people have one common type of job is a
13. 0:37part-time job a part-time job is a job
14. 0:41where you work fewer hours I have
15. 0:44part-time jobs when I was younger I
16. 0:47worked part-time at a clothing store at
17. 0:50a restaurant and at my university many
18. 0:54students have part-time jobs they study
19. 0:58in the morning and work in the evening I
20. 1:01did this when I was a student in the
21. 1:04u.s. many teenagers get a job when
22. 1:08they're in high school I got my first
23. 1:11job when I was 17 I was in my last year
24. 1:15of high school
25. 1:16I worked at a clothing store called
26. 1:19Hollister I didn't like that job but I
27. 1:23liked earning money some of my
28. 1:26classmates worked at fast-food
29. 1:28restaurants like McDonald's I also had a
30. 1:32part-time job when I was in college when
31. 1:36I was in college I worked at the
32. 1:38university's dining hall a dining hall
33. 1:42is the place on a university campus
34. 1:45where students eat I worked as a cook
35. 1:48and a dishwasher at my dining hall I
36. 1:52didn't like washing dishes
37. 1:54I liked cooking more than dishwashing
38. 1:57how about you have you ever had a
39. 2:00part-time job okay now let's talk about
40. 2:03full-time jobs in the US people who have
41. 2:07full-time jobs usually work 40 hours
42. 2:11week or more some people work a lot more
43. 2:15like 50 or 60 hours a week for some
44. 2:19full-time jobs you need a college degree
45. 2:22for other full-time jobs you don't need
46. 2:26a degree in the u.s. there are many
47. 2:29different jobs available in different
48. 2:32industries
49. 2:34some examples of industries are finance
50. 2:38marketing medicine IT and education I
51. 2:42work in the education industry because
52. 2:46I'm a teacher there are many good jobs
53. 2:49in the US for people who don't have
54. 2:51degrees for example you can be an
55. 2:54electrician a plumber a truck driver or
56. 2:58many other things people who have these
57. 3:01jobs make good money in the u.s. most
58. 3:05salaries in America are high compared to
59. 3:08other countries
60. 3:10Americans make a lot of money but they
61. 3:13have to spend a lot of money
62. 3:15life is very expensive in the u.s. the
63. 3:19normal schedule for full-time jobs is
64. 3:22from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the US
65. 3:26however some people start work earlier
66. 3:29like at 8:00 a.m.
67. 3:31and other people and later like at 6:00
68. 3:35p.m. I start work pretty early at 7:30
69. 3:39a.m. but I also finished early at 4:30
70. 3:43p.m.
71. 3:43I prefer starting work early and
72. 3:46finishing work early most people work
73. 3:49Monday to Friday and they have weekends
74. 3:52off most people don't like working on
75. 3:56the weekends I work in the morning on
76. 3:59Saturdays but I have Sundays off I never
77. 4:03work on Sundays how about you what's
78. 4:06your work schedule alright that's all
79. 4:09for today leave a comment and tell me
80. 4:12about your job and remember to subscribe
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84. 4:25[Music]
85. 4:33[Applause]
86. 4:35[Music]