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Podcast: Work & Career
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📝 Podcast Transcript
Hello and welcome to Word Kitchen! I am Maya.
And I am Lena. Today we are talking about work and career, a big part of everyday life.
That is right. Let us start with the most important person at work, your boss. Your boss is the person in charge. My boss is kind and fair. What about your boss, Lena?
My boss is great too. A good boss listens and helps the team. A bad boss only gives orders. I think a kind boss makes the whole office happy.
So true. Now, the people you work with are your colleagues. My colleagues are friendly. I eat lunch with my colleagues every day.
My colleagues are wonderful. One of my colleagues taught me a new skill last week. Good colleagues make work fun.
Let us talk about money now, your salary. A salary is the money you get every month for your job. She gets a good salary. Lena, does a good salary make you happy at work?
Of course! A fair salary is important. But a high salary is not everything. My friend has a big salary but works too much.
Before you get the job, you have the interview. An interview is a meeting where people ask you questions for a job. I have a job interview tomorrow. Wish me luck, Lena!
Good luck! A job interview can be stressful. In the interview, they ask about your skills. Always smile in your interview.
Good tip! Then at work you have meetings. A meeting is a time when people come together to talk about work. The meeting starts at ten o'clock. We have a meeting every Monday morning.
I like short meetings. Long meetings are boring. Our team meeting today was only twenty minutes. That was a great meeting.
Where do you sit? At your desk, a table where you work. My desk is near the window. I keep my desk clean and tidy.
My desk is in the corner. Every morning I clean my desk and start the computer. A messy desk makes me nervous, so I like a tidy desk.
Sometimes work takes longer, and that is overtime. Overtime is work you do after your normal hours. I worked overtime last week. My boss asked for overtime this Friday too.
Overtime can be tiring. But overtime also means more pay. Do you like working overtime?
Not really! Now some good news, a promotion. A promotion is a better job with more pay. He got a promotion this year. Lena, do you want a promotion?
Yes, I do! I work hard for a promotion. A promotion means new skills and a higher salary. My dream is a promotion to team leader.
Then you meet customers. A customer is a person who buys things or services. The customer was happy. A happy customer comes back.
Always be kind to the customer. If a customer has a problem, help fast. Good customer service makes the company strong.
Last word, deadline. A deadline is the last day or time to finish something. The deadline is Friday. Our team finished before the deadline.
I hate a tight deadline. A clear deadline helps me plan. Let us meet the deadline and celebrate after!
You know, Lena, I remember my first job. My boss was strict, but my colleagues were so kind. They helped me learn everything at my new desk.
That is lovely. My first job was hard too. I had a small salary and lots of overtime. But every meeting taught me something new.
A first job is always a lesson. One day my boss called me to his office. I was nervous. Was it about a promotion, or about a missed deadline?
Oh no! What happened?
Good news! He said the customer loved my work, and I got a promotion. My salary grew, and I was so happy.
That is a wonderful story. Hard work brings a promotion, a better salary, and happy customers. Every interview, every meeting, every deadline is a step forward.
Wonderful! Let us quickly review: boss, colleague, salary, interview, meeting, desk, overtime, promotion, customer, deadline.
Ten useful work words. Use them every day and your English will grow. Thanks for listening!
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📝Grammar: Articles - a / an, the, no article
Use **a** or **an** when you talk about one thing for the first time. We say **a boss** or **an interview** when we say them for the first time. Use **an** before a vowel sound. Say **an interview**, not a interview. Also use **a** or **an** to say what something is. For example: **a promotion** is a better job with more pay, and **a deadline** is the last day to finish work. Use **the** when you both know which one you mean. First you say **a desk**, then you say **the desk** because we know which desk. Use **the** with the only one, and with superlatives. For example: **the best salary**
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