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Page 12 - Exercise 10

Listening - Summer jobs

Part A - Listen to three people talk about their summer jobs. Number the pictures from 1 to 3.

1 - So where are you working this summer Carlos?

• Oh, I’m working as a tutor in the learning center for kids.

• Interesting! What kinds of things do the kids do there?

• Well, they work on subjects they need helping, mainly math and English.

• Is your job hard.

• No, not at all. The kids work on computers most of the time. We have to help them get started and be there when they run into problems.

• Do you enjoy it?

• Oh, yes. Working with kids is so much more fun than working with adults and I get to choose my own hours. as long as I work eight hours a day, I can come in at any time from 8 AM to 9 PM.

• Lucky you!

2 - Paul, did you find a summer job yet?

• Yeah, I’m working in a restaurant.

• Oh, how’s it going?

• Well, the money is not bad.

• What are you doing? Are you waiting tables?

• I wish. No, I’m working in the kitchen. I cut up stuff for the chef. Vegetables and meat and things. I also wash the dishes.

• Oh, yuck!

• Yeah, it’s pretty hard work. I didn’t realize how hot it is in a restaurant kitchen until I took this job.

• So why don’t you quit?

• I’d love to but I need the money.

3 - So what kind of job did you find for the summer?

• I’m working for marketing company. I’m doing telephone marketing.

• Oh, so you were one of those people who drives me crazy. By calling me up and trying to persuade me to buy something that I have absolutely no need for.

• Exactly.

• Do you like it?

• Believe it or not, I do. It’s mostly a bunch of students working there, and we have a lot of fun when were not making calls. It’s really easy too. Since we just have to read from a script.

• Are you doing this full time?

• Yeah, but I work from 2 in the afternoon until 11 at night.

• So, I get to sleep as late as I want to in the morning.