每天五分钟，妈妈再也不用担心我的英语
导读
对很多在校生来说，夏天是用来放松和休息的时间。但也有人选择在暑期找一份工作，这样不仅能挣点零花钱，从长远的角度来讲，还可以学习、积攒职业上的技能。本集《随身英语》讨论暑期工作的好处。
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词汇
capitalise on 从…获利funds 资金cash-strapped 缺钱的gainfully employed 被高薪聘用tend bar 做酒吧招待vacancy 职位空缺mundane 单调的，千篇一律的seasonal work 季节性工作cushy 轻松的、安逸的minimum wage 法定最低工资tide you over 帮助你渡过难关soft skills 软技能，指沟通、社交技能punctuality 守时tolerance 宽容、容忍hard graft 苦工、繁重的工作training 训练worthwhile 有价值的endeavour 努力
表达
capitalise on 从…获利cash-strapped 缺钱的
minimum wage 法定最低工资tide you over 帮助你渡过难关
hard graft 苦工、繁重的工作
文稿
Have you ever had a summer job? For many young people, summer is a heady period where education stops and fun begins. That said, holidays, festivals and time spent with friends cost money. And the very group who have the time tocapitalise onthe fun summer has to offer may not have thefundsto do so. The solution? A summer job.
The concept ofcash-strappedstudents and younger members of society beinggainfully employedover the summer period is not a new one. And there are opportunities out there for those who want to earn. For me it wastending barat a bowling alley.Vacanciescan range from roles asmundaneas fry cook, toseasonalworkat a theme park, or acushyjob with comfortable conditions. In many cases, the jobs only payminimum wage, which may onlytideyouover. But the money is not the only thing that"s gained.
"Summer and Saturday jobs prepare young people for successful careers in later life, teaching vital "soft skills"," says UK Work and Pensions secretary Ester McVey in the Daily Mail. Indeed, when talking about their experiences of summer jobs, people asked for a BBC News article said they got "invaluable training" and learnt skills such aspunctuality,tolerance, and the importance ofhard graft. These opportunities are thought to be so important that the UK government has placed 20,000 summer job vacancies on a dedicated portal on its Find a Job website.
This move comes at a time of apparent need. The percentage of young people working while studying has more than halved since 1997, falling from 42% to 18% in . Those are the findings of a UK government report on the death of the Saturday job. Ester McVey believes this is because young people are choosing to focus more on education rather than earning extra money. But that isn"t the only problem. It isn"t always easy to get a job, as 20-year-old Liberty O"Hagan, a student from Worthing, found. She told the BBC employers see summer workers as a waste oftrainingresources since they inevitably return to university. Not to mention, by working all summer, you may feel you have missed out on the experiences and opportunities your friends have had – travelling and having fun.
While a summer job may not be a dream job, it can teach you things for "a successful future," says Ester McVey in a piece for the Telegraph. What students may consider a means to an end, can, in fact, become aworthwhilecareer-makingendeavour.
测验与练习
请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. I like being a builder, but it"s not exactly a ______ job. You"re often exhausted!
mundane cushy gainful worthwhile
2. Young people these days don"t work like we used to. In my day work was nothing but ______.
tending bar seasonal work soft skills hard graft
3. The most important thing is: never be late. ______is very important at work.
punctuality training funds tolerance
4. I have a second job at the weekends ______. I often make cocktails!
working bar employing bar
serving bar tending bar
5. I"ve been a______ for years. I work summers in parks and winters on the slopes.
temporary worker seasonal worker
part-time worker unreal worker
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