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Seasonal Work
Seasonal Work

Learn English with this seasonal work English lesson

Date: Mar 28 2018

Themes: Holidays, Work

Intro

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Money is a stressful topic. When your expenses are higher than your income, you might wonder how you will pay the bills.

One way to make ends meet is by temping. You’ll make more money with another part-time job. If you’re worried about paying for your water and heat, then give it a shot.

Learn what advice Rafael gives Jeff about seasonal work in this English lesson.

Vocab

temping n.

Definition

Example During college, Mary started temping to earn extra cash.

expenses n.

Definition

Example When I moved into my new apartment, my expenses increased.

income n.

Definition

Example I don't have a large enough income to buy a house.

give it a shot expr.

Definition

Example I'm not sure if I'll like Japanese food, but I'll *give it a shot*.

Example You won't know if you like scuba diving until you try. Why don't you *give it a shot*?

Example I usually don't like singing karaoke, but I might as well *give it a shot*.

make ends meet expr.

Definition

Example Janet and Sam don't have a lot of extra money, but they make ends meet.

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Quiz

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Discussion

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Have you ever tried temping? What kinds of perks have you had at part-time jobs?

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popaka

Afghanistan

In Afghanistan unemployment ratio is high and the common temping is street vending, unfortunately it has no any perks and you must charge the permission ticket to do it. But I love seasonal works due to make some money and become self-reliance to pay some university fee and no need financial aid with high interest rate.

09:06 AM Mar 28 2018 |

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08:26 PM Apr 19 2014 |

rahoshia

rahoshia

Kuwait

I  had  tried temping twice . Actully , it was’nt for earn money . Beacaus I am a student , I feel so boring during  holidays , I had long leisure time . So I decided to have a part time job . I was hired in Costa Caffe . Really it was very useful and wonderful experience .

06:55 PM Jan 25 2014 |

ahmet55

ahmet55

Germany

Bcz of being in my father clothing shop during holidays and also in the summer i’ve never got this opportunity to take a temping occupation. In fact to handle my expensive expenses I used to be a translator. The payment was fair enough. I was perfetly able to have a lot of great vacations with my crazy friends with no worries about high priced costs. Nowadays, In addition to translating I usually take some industrial projects as well as consulting for dissertation on special subjects make me afford of paying lots of things. 

06:25 AM Jan 03 2014 |

S&W

S&W

China

I had tried temping in restaurant during my summer holiday.That’s a good experience,except perks i made friends with my customers,really cool.

08:25 AM Dec 31 2013 |

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

seasonal work is ok because it give us some money to pay our bills and ect. 

04:54 PM Dec 30 2013 |

kowatch

kowatch

Hungary

I tried temping last summer but I didn’t get a job because of holiday-season. A lot of young people want to get a part-time job in summer and I wasn’t fast enough. After summer I can’t work because of school. Maybe next summer.

03:40 PM Dec 30 2013 |

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Marcel We

Marcel We

Germany

I think in my summer holidays I’ll try it or “give it a shot” (as it’s called here). I’ve already thought of looking for some possibilities that could be appealing to me but so far I haven’t had enough time because of school. I think temping has a lot of advantages because you can not only earn some extra money you also get some work-experience and if you apply for a job in future you can mention it in your application because it shows that you are an ambitious and hard-working person. 

12:10 PM Dec 30 2013 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

 I have tried temporary  work ,way ,way back in time during the summer recess  of the  primary school. The pay was not good  and perks were non-existent. I agree that  people  holding a temporary position don´t get a lot of respect ,after all your boss  knows that you aren`t going to stay long  and doesn`t want   to get involved too much , other  that checking on you to be sure that you are working hard  to earn the money  that they are paying  for. jejejejeje,  but not always works it that way, i should be more optimistic. :))))

11:33 AM Dec 30 2013 |

liuan2013

China

Seasonal work is useful for any young man ,trainning skills,adding  confidence,getting friend ,i think it is a lot fun,is it?  BUt  you should attention  drug or other bad things 。Otherwise i think seasonal work is good things for anyone.

09:18 AM Dec 30 2013 |

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