英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話第0606集:英國(guó)工作小貼士

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    聽(tīng)Joel講講在英國(guó)工作需要做的各方面準(zhǔn)備吧,安排好工作和旅行的時(shí)間也很重要哦。
    Joel: Hey, Tom, I have a student that just got a working holiday visa for the U.K., and she asked me what she will be able to do whe she's out there, but I don't even know what a working holiday visa is, and I haven't been to the U.K., so I don't know what to tell her.
    Tom: Yeah, the working holiday visa is a pretty new thing. I think it lasts six months, and you can work for three months. It's pretty popular among students. Is her English OK?
    Joel: Yeah, her English is pretty good.
    Tom: Then she shouldn't have a problem getting work in, well, I used to work in a bar when I was at university and that's pretty good work. It's in the evening and the pay is usually pretty basic.
    Joel: But you make tips, though, right.
    Tom: English people don't tip.
    Joel: Oh, really.
    Tom: You just have to put the hours in. You might get bought a couple of drinks, but you'll drink them up after the shift.
    Joel: It'd definitley make you English better too. You're talking to people all the time.
    Tom: The best way to improve. You're expected to talk to the customers all night. But if you didn't like the bar, it's a bit noisy and it can be quite smokey, she could work in a restaurant, out front, taking people's orders. That's another way to use her English and to get to meet some different people and that will tip.
    Joel: OK, you tip at restaurants, but not at bars.
    Tom: That's right. Yeah.
    Joel: I see.
    Tom: And if she was struggling a bit she could work in the back of a restaurant.
    Joel: Washing dishes or something like that. Yeah.
    Tom: That's not much fun.
    Joel: Yeah, I used to wash dishes, that was my first job ever and I remember my legs being so sore from standing up all day. It was a terrible job.
    Tom: I wouldn't recommend that one.
    Joel: Yeah.
    Joel: So the working holiday though, you said it's three months but the visa is for 6 months, so you work for the second 3 months and then maybe you'd study for the first 3 months?
    Tom: No, it's not for studying. It's a holiday. You travel. You go from place to place and you pick up jobs on the way.
    Joel: OK, so, but still you, the second half is when you would work?
    Tom: You can mix it up. You can work for a maximum of three months, but no more.
    Joel: Oh, that's interesting.