Vanessa: Hey, I'm in the market  

for a new gig. My day job is in sales, but it's  not my dream job so I'm looking for something  

in the medical field. Do you think you could  help me? Would you know how to respond to this?  

Well, let's talk about it. Vanessa: 

New gig, day job, medical field. Today we  are going to practice speaking together  

about your job. You are going to  learn some important vocabulary,  

questions, and a sample conversation.  Plus a chance to practice speaking with me  

about your job today. I hope that this lesson will  boost skills because talking about your job is an  

extremely common daily conversation topic, so with  today's lesson, you'll be on your way to success.  

To help you remember everything that you  learn in this lesson, I've created a free PDF  

worksheet that you can download and use all of the  vocabulary, expressions, questions, conversations,  

and you can answer Vanessa's challenge question  at the end of the worksheet. You can click on  

the link in the description to download it.  All right, let's get started with some common  

vocabulary about jobs. Vanessa: 

The first category have to do with employment.  We'll talk about unemployment later. You might  

say, my day job is in an office, but I'm  taking some night classes to become a nurse.  

This expression, my day job usually means your  primary job. The way that you make the most money,  

it could imply that it's during the day. But if  you happen to work a night shift, you can still  

say my day job. This is my main job and how I make  money. It's my day job. Another way to talk about  

your main job is to say my nine to five is in a  marketing firm. My nine to five, this talks about  

the hours that you work, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. You  might work different hours. You might work 7:00 AM  

to 4:00 PM. You might work in the afternoon or the  evening, but we still use my nine to five to talk  

about your primary job, my nine to five. Vanessa: 

There is kind of a new movement talking about this  expression and it's often about how people don't  

like their nine to five, that this is something  that they're not satisfied with. And people who  

are not enjoying their nine to five might find  some articles online that say, "Want to ditch  

your nine to five? Here's how to find your dream  job." An expression we'll talk about in a moment,  

but sometimes in this modern age, nine to five  implies that it's just a job. I don't really care  

about it, it's my nine to five. It's the way that  you make money, but it's not really your passion,  

it's my nine to five. Vanessa: 

What about jobs that are not your primary money  making job? You can use a lot of different  

expressions. We could call those jobs a gig, a  side-gig, a hustle, a side-hustle. Or you might  

just say I do it on the side. So let's imagine  that you make earrings, but it's not your nine  

to five. It's not your primary job. Well, you  might say, I do it on the side. I make earrings  

on the side. Or you could say, I have a side gig  making earrings. This is not your primary job,  

but it's something that you do and you still  make some money, but it's not your primary job. 

Vanessa: If you don't work 40 hours a week at a job,  

then you have a part-time job. In the US, 40  hours per week is considered a full-time job.  

But a lot of jobs are part-time jobs. So you  might say, yep, I work a part-time job on the  

weekends at a restaurant. I work a part-time  job. Maybe it's your main way of making money,  

you just work less hours or maybe it's just  a side thing, or maybe you're also a student  

and you have a part-time job at the same time.  That's a great way to describe something that you  

work less than 40 hours a week on. Vanessa: 

Now let's talk about unemployment. Unfortunately,  over the last few years, a lot of people  

became unemployed. This is really scary. You don't  know how you're going to survive, feed you family,  

take care of your future. You might be laid  off, laid off means you didn't personally  

do something wrong, but the company either cut  your position, they couldn't pay for you anymore  

and it's not something personal. It's usually  a problem within the company. So when a company  

is suffering usually financially, or they  change their whole system, their whole model,  

and they don't need some people anymore. They  might lay you off. This is a great phrasal verb.  

Of course you don't want it to happen to you,  but it's a great phrasal verb to know, to explain  

the situation, because it's not that you were  fired, to be fired means you did something wrong  

and they said, "sorry, you can't work  here anymore." And there was a problem. 

Vanessa: Maybe you were late to work too many times,  

you got fired. This is different than  being laid off. When you're laid off,  

it's not your fault. And it's not embarrassing to  say, ah, man, I was laid off during the pandemic.  

That's not embarrassing. That's fine. It's  not your fault. But if you say, I was fired,  

usually there's a little bit of embarrassment  to talk about that because it means there was a  

problem. We can also say, I lost my job. This  is a little more indirect than being fired.  

It might be because you did something wrong. I  was late to work so many times that I lost my job.  

This means you were fired, but you didn't directly  say that. But it could also mean that you were  

just laid off. During the pandemic I lost my job. Vanessa: 

That's not your fault, you didn't do anything  wrong, there were just problems with the economy,  

problems with the world in general. So you  lost your job. So this expression to lose,  

my job can be used either way. It can be used if  you get fired or if you get laid off. Now, let's  

talk about how you feel about your job. Let's  imagine that you are a waiter at a restaurant.  

Well, you might say, I'm a waiter, but it's just  a job. I'm looking for something else. It's just  

a job. This is a common expression to talk about  a job that you don't really love. It's not your  

dream job. This is the opposite. If you  love your work, for me, I love being your  

teacher. I love being able to be your teacher  online, too. It's really a great combination. 

Vanessa: Great for you, I can touch a lot of people  

and also my life can have a lot of flexibility.  Working online as your English teacher is my dream  

job, but there can also be some problems with  work. You might say, it's hard to find a good  

work/life balance. This expression, a work life  balance is often used when you're working so much,  

or maybe like me you work from home. So it's  hard to have a good line between your personal  

life and your work life. So maybe if you've been  working a lot, you might say, I just need to take  

a break and find a better work/life balance.  That's really important. If you've been working  

a lot, maybe you've even been studying a lot,  you might face burnout, burnout. This doesn't  

have to do with fire, but it kind of has the sense  that your figurative flame and love of your job  

has gone out. Vanessa: 

So if you experience burnout, it means the thing  that was your dream job, the thing that you felt  

passionate about, you no longer feel passionate  about. This might be temporary. This happens to  

a lot of people like me who create content on  YouTube. You have to be creative and come up  

with a lot of ideas and sometimes there aren't  many good ideas. Maybe I just have some kind of  

temporary writer's block and don't come up  with a good idea. And I feel overwhelmed.  

Well, that might mean I am burnt out. I  am experiencing burnout, or we might say,  

I'm burnt out. I'm burnt out on my job, I've been  working for 12 hours a day for the last three  

weeks, I'm burnt out. I need a break. I hope that  you can avoid this before it gets too serious,  

but it's something that's really common if you are  working too much or if you're studying too much. 

Vanessa: Now let's talk about four common  

phrases for describing your job. And just a little  note, a while ago, I made this video a hundred  

jobs in English. So if you would like to learn how  to pronounce your personal job, or if you would  

like some more information about specific jobs  in English, you can check out that video and get  

some more details about that. But let's talk about  four common phrases to talk about what you do. You  

might say, I am a teacher. I am a doctor. I'm a  healthcare worker. I'm a construction worker. I'm  

a designer, whatever you might be, I am. But  we could also say I work in... Plus a field.  

I work in education. I work in healthcare. I  work in business. I work in marketing. So here  

we have a general term. It doesn't talk about your  specific position, but it's a common expression  

used when you're describing your job. Vanessa: 

I work in education. Maybe you're not specifically  a teacher, maybe you help to create a curriculum  

or maybe there's something that's a little  complex that you don't want to explain.  

You might just say, I work in education. Cool.  You could also talk about the company you work  

for. I work for Amazon. I work for Google,  especially if this is a well known company,  

even if it's just well known locally, this  is a common expression you might use. Yeah,  

I work for Samsung. I work for Duke Power, which  is the power plant in my city. If I said this to  

somebody who lived in France, they would have no  idea what I was talking about because this is a  

local business. But if I said that to someone  locally, they would understand exactly. So it's  

kind of all about the context here. Vanessa: 

What if you have your own business? What if  you run your own business, you can use that  

expression, to run. For me, I run my own business.  We could say I run an online education business.  

Well, that means that I teach online,  but it means I'm the CEO, the boss,  

I wear all the hats. I run a business. So we could  use this for a lot of different situations as  

long as you are the entrepreneur, you're the one  who's in charge of the business. I run a business. 

Vanessa: Before we get to our  

sample conversation, of course, we need to talk  out some common job questions. This is essential  

for daily conversation because usually these are  the questions we use in small talk. So that's why  

this topic is really important to know about. One  of the most common small talk questions after you  

say, hey, my name's Vanessa. Oh, nice to meet  you. What do people say next? What do you do?  

What do you do? The full expression for this  is possibly, what do you do for work? But we  

often just say, what do you do? And this doesn't  mean I'm sitting here right now talking to you,  

what are you doing right now? This  means what's your job. What do you do? 

Vanessa: So you might use one of  

those expressions as we talked about earlier and  say, oh, I work for Google. I work in marketing.  

Awesome. What do you do? Or what do you do for  work? When you tell someone what you do, if they  

are a good conversationalist, they might ask more  questions. Or you could ask this question too.  

What's that like? What's that like? So you're  asking about their experience. What's it like to  

be a nurse in the hospital these days? Well, you  might say, well, I like the doctor I work for, but  

it's just been really intense lately and it's not  my dream job. I really want to be a photographer  

for foster and animals and help them to find a new  home. That's what I would love to do. I'd love to  

get into photography. Vanessa: 

Okay. Well, here, you just answered the question,  what's that like, with a lot of juicy details  

that can further the conversation more. So when  you ask someone what's that like, if they give  

you some details, don't miss that opportunity,  you can pull any of those details and say, oh,  

you like foster animals. Have you ever had  any foster animals? Oh, I have a dog too.  

And you can kind of snowball the conversation. So  this is a great way to get more information and  

learn about someone else. If you're talking with  someone who you already know, maybe you kind of  

think you know what work they do, but you're not  sure or you haven't talked with them for a while.  

You might ask this question, where are you working  these days? Where are you working these days? 

Vanessa: These days means  

now. But if you haven't seen someone for five  years, maybe you knew what their previous job was  

and you're trying to make small talk conversation  again and get to know maybe something's changed  

in their life. So you could ask, where are  you working these days? And you might say,  

oh yeah, actually I'm still working at Google.  I've had the same job for the last five years,  

I feel really lucky that I didn't get laid off,  so that's where I'm at. And let's say you're  

talking with someone and you know what job they  have. Well, you could ask this question. How's  

work going? This is similar to asking, how's your  family? Oh, how was your vacation? This is just a  

common, small talk question about someone's job. Vanessa: 

How's work going? And maybe they'll just say,  oh, it's going fine. Okay, that's fine. But if  

they give you more information, they might say  something like, oh, it's going okay, it was kind  

of my side-gig for a while and then I got hired  full time, but I'm having a hard time finding a  

work/life balance, so I think I'm going to look  for something in a different field soon. Oh,  

well, you just had a great conversation there  and you've got lots more information to be able  

to have more conversation with someone, just  from the simple question, how's work going? 

Vanessa: All right. Now it's time to see a sample using all  

of these expressions or many of these expressions  that we just talked about. You'll see my husband,  

Dan and I having a little chit chat about our  jobs. And I hope that you recognize some of these  

expressions and questions that we talked about  because in a moment after the sample conversation,  

it will be your turn to use them and to have a  conversation with me. Are you ready? Let's watch. 

Dan: Hey Vanessa, where are you working these days? 

Vanessa: Oh, Hey Dan. I run an online business so  

I can work from anywhere, it's pretty great. Dan: 

Wow. What's that like? Vanessa: 

Well, I help students learn English and  speak with confidence. It's my dream job,  

but I have to be careful to avoid burning out. Dan: 

Oh, that's awesome, but I understand. Vanessa: 

What about you? Dan: 

Well, unfortunately I just got laid off  at the coffee shop when they closed,  

but I got a job working part-time at a hotel. Vanessa: 

Oh man, that's a bummer. Have you ever worked  in marketing? I'm looking for someone to help  

if you want a side-gig behind the scenes. Dan: 

That'd be great, tell me more about it. Vanessa: 

I wonder if Dan will get the job in marketing,  working for Vanessa. All right, now it is your  

turn. And what I want to tell you is I will be  asking you some questions and having a little  

conversation, but I recommend going back and  reviewing this. You're welcome to pause the  

video and answer longer if you would like, this  is a great chance to have kind of a structured,  

no pressure conversation in English. All right,  are you ready to get started? Let's imagine we  

were at a gathering and the host said, oh Vanessa,  this is your name. And we get introduced to each  

other. And then the host leaves. Here we  need to have some small talk. So I ask you,  

so tell me what do you do? And now  it's your turn to talk. Go ahead.  

And what's that like, do you enjoy your work? Vanessa: 

Oh, me? Oh, I run an online English business  where I teach English online to students around  

the world. It's really my dream job. I feel pretty  lucky. Well, good luck with your work. I'm so glad  

to meet you. And I'll talk to you later, bye. How  did you do? Did you have a chance to speak out  

loud and practice with me? Feel free to go back  and review that last segment or this whole video  

as many times as you would like  to boost your confidence because  

when you have small talk in English, you will  absolutely encounter this conversation topic. 

Vanessa: Don't forget to download the free PDF worksheet  

for today's lesson, with all of the important  vocabulary, questions, sample conversation,  

and Vanessa's challenge question at the end of the  worksheet. And now I have a question for you. What  

is your dream job? Let me know in the comments,  I would love to see what it is. Maybe it's your  

current job. Maybe it's a job you would love to  have in the future. Let me know, what's your dream  

job and I will see you again next Friday for  a new lesson here on my YouTube channel, bye. 

Vanessa: The next step is  

to download the free PDF worksheet for this  lesson. With this free PDF, you will master  

today's lesson and never forget what you have  learned. You can be a confident English speaker.  

Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel  for a free English lesson every Friday, bye.

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凡妮莎： 嘿，我正在

寻找新的演出。 我的日常工作是销售，但这 不是我梦寐以求的工作，所以我正在

寻找医疗领域的工作。 你认为你能 帮助我吗？ 你知道如何回应这个吗？

好吧，让我们谈谈它。 Vanessa：

新工作，日常工作，医疗领域。 今天 我们将练习一起

谈论你的工作。 您将 学习一些重要的词汇、

问题和示例对话。 另外还有机会练习和我

谈论你今天的工作。 我希望这节课能 提高技能，因为谈论你的工作是一个

非常常见的日常对话话题，所以通过 今天的课程，你将走向成功。

为了帮助您 记住在本课中学到的所有内容，我创建了一个免费的 PDF

工作表，您可以下载并使用所有的 词汇、表达方式、问题、对话，

并且您可以在工作表末尾回答 Vanessa 的挑战问题 . 您可以点击说明

中的链接进行下载。 好的，让我们从一些

关于工作的常用词汇开始。 Vanessa

：第一类与就业有关。 稍后我们将讨论失业。 你可能会

说，我的白天工作是在办公室，但我要上 一些夜校才能成为一名护士。

这个表达，我的日常工作通常意味着你的 主要工作。 你赚最多钱的方式

，可能意味着它是在白天。 但如果 你碰巧上夜班，你仍然可以

说我的白天工作。 这是我的主要工作，也是我 赚钱的方式。 这是我的日常工作。 谈论

你的主要工作的另一种方式是说我朝九晚五在一家 营销公司。 我的朝九晚五，这是关于

您的工作时间，上午 9:00 到下午 5:00。 您 可能工作时间不同。 您可能会在上午 7:00

到下午 4:00 工作。 您可能在下午或 晚上工作，但我们仍然使用我的朝九晚五来

谈论您的主要工作，我的朝九晚五。 Vanessa：

有一种新的运动在谈论这种 表达方式，通常是关于人们不

喜欢朝九晚五，这 是他们不满意的事情。

不喜欢朝九晚五的人可能会在 网上找到一些文章，上面写着：“想放弃

朝九晚五的工作吗？以下是如何找到理想 工作的方法。” 我们稍后会谈到一个表达方式，

但有时在这个现代时代，朝九晚五 意味着这只是一份工作。 我真的

不在乎，这是我朝九晚五的事情。 这是 你赚钱的方式，但这并不是你真正的热情，

而是我朝九晚五的生活。 Vanessa：

那些不是你主要 赚钱工作的工作呢？ 您可以使用许多不同的

表达方式。 我们可以将这些工作称为 演出、副业、忙碌、副业。 或者你可能

只是说我在旁边做。 因此，让我们 假设您制作耳环，但这不是您的朝九晚

五。 这不是你的主要工作。 好吧，你 可能会说，我是在旁边做的。 我

在旁边做耳环。 或者你可以说，我有一个 制作耳环的副业。 这不是你的主要工作，

但它是你做的事情，你仍然 可以赚钱，但这不是你的主要工作。

Vanessa： 如果你每周工作时间不超过 40 小时，

那么你就有了一份兼职工作。 在美国， 每周 40 小时被视为全职工作。

但是很多工作都是兼职工作。 所以你 可能会说，是的，我周末在一家餐馆做兼职

。 我从事兼职 工作。 也许这是你赚钱的主要方式，

你只是减少工作时间，或者这 只是副业，或者你也是一名学生，

同时你有一份兼职工作。 这是描述您

每周工作不到 40 小时的好方法。 Vanessa：

现在让我们谈谈失业。 不幸的是， 在过去的几年里，很多人

失业了。 这真的很可怕。 你不 知道你将如何生存、养家糊口、

照顾你的未来。 你可能会被 解雇，被解雇意味着你个人

没有做错什么，但公司要么裁掉 你的职位，他们不能再为你付钱了

，这不是个人的事。 这通常 是公司内部的问题。 因此，当一家公司

通常在财务上遭受损失，或者他们 改变了整个系统、整个模型，

并且他们不再需要一些人时。 他们 可能会解雇你。 这是一个很棒的短语动词。

当然你不希望它发生在你身上， 但这是一个很好的短语动词，可以用来

解释情况，因为这并不是说你被 解雇了，被解雇意味着你做错了事

，他们说，“对不起， 你不能再 在这里工作了。” 还有一个问题。

Vanessa： 也许你上班迟到太多次，

你被解雇了。 这与 被解雇不同。 当你被解雇时，

这不是你的错。 说，啊，伙计，我在大流行期间被解雇了，这并不尴尬。

这并不尴尬。 没关系。 这不是你的错。 但如果你说，我被解雇了，

谈论这件事通常会有点尴尬，因为这意味着存在

问题。 我们也可以说，我失去了工作。 这比被解雇更间接一些。

可能是因为你做错了什么。 我上班迟到了很多次，以至于我丢了工作。

这意味着你被解雇了，但你没有直接 说出来。 但这也可能意味着您

刚刚被解雇。 在大流行期间，我失去了工作。 瓦内萨：

那不是你的错，你没有做错任何 事，只是经济出了

问题，整个世界都出了问题。 所以 你失去了工作。 所以这个表达式输了，

我的工作可以用任何一种方式。 如果您被解雇或被解雇，可以使用它。 现在，让我们

谈谈您对工作的感受。 假设您是一家餐厅的服务员。

好吧，你可能会说，我是一名服务员，但这只是 一份工作。 我正在寻找别的东西。 这只是

一份工作。 这是谈论 您并不真正喜欢的工作的常用表达方式。 这不是您

梦寐以求的工作。 这是相反的。 如果你 热爱你的工作，对我来说，我喜欢成为你的

老师。 我也喜欢能够成为您的 在线老师。 这真是一个很棒的组合。

Vanessa： 对你来说太好了，我可以接触到很多人

，而且我的生活也可以有很大的灵活性。 作为你的英语老师在网上工作是我梦想的

工作，但工作也可能会出现一些 问题。 您可能会说，很难找到良好的

工作/生活平衡。 当您工作如此之多时，

或者可能像我一样在家工作时，经常使用这种表达，工作与生活的平衡。 因此， 很难在个人

生活和工作生活之间划清界限。 因此，如果 您工作量很大，您可能会说，我只需要

休息一下，找到更好的工作/生活平衡点。 这真的很重要。 如果你工作

了很多，也许你甚至学习了很多， 你可能会面临倦怠、倦怠。 这

与火无关，但它有点让人 觉得你的象征性火焰和对工作的热爱

已经熄灭。 凡妮莎：

所以，如果你感到倦怠，这 意味着你梦想的工作，你对它

充满热情的事情，你不再对它 充满热情。 这可能是暂时的。

很多像我这样在 YouTube 上创作内容的人都会遇到这种情况 。 你必须要有创意，

想出很多点子，但有时 好的点子并不多。 也许我只是有某种

临时作家的障碍，并没有 想出一个好主意。 我感到不知所措。

好吧，这可能意味着我已经筋疲力尽了。 我感到筋疲力尽，或者我们可能会说，

我筋疲力尽。 我的工作已经 筋疲力尽，过去三周我每天工作 12 小时

，我筋疲力尽。 我需要休息一下。 我希望 你能在它变得太严重之前避免这种情况，

但 如果你工作太多或学习太多，这真的很常见。

Vanessa： 现在让我们谈谈

描述你工作的四个常用短语。 还有一点需要 注意的是，不久前，我用英语制作了这个视频一百

个工作。 因此，如果您想了解 如何发音您的个人工作，或者如果您

想了解更多关于特定工作 的英语信息，您可以查看该视频并获取

更多详细信息。 但是，让我们谈谈 四个常用短语来谈论您的工作。 你

可能会说，我是老师。 我是一名医生。 我是一名 医护人员。 我是一名建筑工人。 我是

一名设计师，无论你是什么，我都是。 但 我们也可以说我在……加上一个领域工作。

我从事教育工作。 我从事医疗保健工作。 我 在商界工作。 我从事营销工作。 所以在这里

我们有一个通用术语。 它没有谈论您的 具体职位，但它是

您描述工作时常用的表达方式。 Vanessa：

我从事教育工作。 也许您不是专门 的老师，也许您帮助创建课程，

或者 您不想解释有些复杂的东西。

你可能会说，我从事教育工作。 凉爽的。 您还可以谈论您工作的公司

。 我为亚马逊工作。 我为 Google 工作， 特别是如果这是一家知名公司，

即使它只是在当地很有名，这 也是您可能使用的常用表达方式。 是的，

我在三星工作。 我在 Duke Power 工作，这 是我所在城市的发电厂。 如果我

对住在法国的人这么说，他们不会 知道我在说什么，因为这是

本地企业。 但如果我对当地的某个人这么说 ，他们会完全理解的。 因此，这

与这里的上下文有关。 Vanessa：

如果你有自己的生意怎么办？ 如果 您经营自己的企业，您可以使用该

表达方式来经营。 对我来说，我经营自己的生意。 我们可以说我经营一家在线教育业务。

嗯，这意味着我在网上教书， 但这意味着我是 CEO、老板，

我身兼数职。 我经营一家企业。 因此 ，

只要您是企业家，您 是负责业务的人，我们就可以将其用于许多不同的情况。 我经营一家企业。

Vanessa： 在我们开始我们的

示例对话之前，当然，我们需要 讨论一些常见的工作问题。 这

对于日常对话至关重要，因为通常这些是 我们在闲聊中使用的问题。 这就是为什么

了解这个主题非常重要的原因。 在你

说，嘿，我的名字是 Vanessa 之后，最常见的闲聊问题之一。 哦很高兴见到你。 人们接下来会说什么？ 你做什么工作？

你做什么工作？ 完整的 表达可能是，你做什么工作？ 但我们

经常只是说，你是做什么的？ 这并不 意味着我现在坐在这里和你说话，你现在在

做什么？ 这 意味着你的工作是什么。 你做什么工作？

Vanessa： 所以你可以使用

我们之前谈到的其中一种表达方式，然后 说，哦，我为 Google 工作。 我从事营销工作。

惊人的。 你做什么工作？ 或者你做什么 工作？ 当你告诉别人你在做什么时，如果他们

是一个善于交谈的人，他们可能会问更多的 问题。 或者你也可以问这个问题。

那是什么样的？ 那是什么样的？ 所以你 问的是他们的经历。

这些天在医院当护士是什么感觉？ 好吧，你 可能会说，好吧，我喜欢我工作的医生，

但最近真的很紧张，这不是 我梦寐以求的工作。 我真的很想

成为寄养和动物的摄影师，并帮助他们找到 新家。 这就是我想做的。 我很想

涉足摄影。 瓦内萨：

好的。 好吧，在这里，你刚刚回答了这个问题， 那是什么样的，有很多有趣的

细节可以进一步推动对话。 所以当 你问别人那是什么样的，如果他们给

你一些细节，不要错过这个机会， 你可以拉出这些细节中的任何一个，然后说，哦，

你喜欢寄养动物。 你曾经 养过任何寄养动物吗？ 哦，我也有一条狗。

你可以在谈话中滚雪球。 因此， 这是获取更多信息和了解他人的好方法

。 如果您正在与 您已经认识的人交谈，也许您会

认为您知道他们所做的工作，但您 不确定或者您已经有一段时间没有与他们交谈了。

您可能会问这个问题，这些天您在哪里工作 ？ 这些天你在哪里工作？

Vanessa： 这些天意味着

现在。 但是，如果您已经五年没有见过某人 ，也许您知道他们以前的工作是什么，

并且您正在尝试再次进行闲聊 ，并了解他们的生活中可能发生了什么变化

。 所以你可能会问， 这些天你在哪里工作？ 你可能会说，

哦，是的，实际上我还在 Google 工作。 在过去的五年里，我一直从事同样的工作

，我真的很幸运没有被解雇， 所以这就是我所处的位置。 假设您正在

与某人交谈，并且您知道他们的工作 。 嗯，你可以问这个问题。

工作进展如何？ 这类似于问，你的 家人好吗？ 哦，你的假期怎么样？ 这只是一个

关于某人工作的常见闲聊问题。 瓦内萨：

工作进展如何？ 也许他们会说， 哦，一切都好。 好的，没关系。 但是，如果

他们给你更多信息，他们可能会 说，哦，一切都好，这

对我来说是一段时间的副业，然后我得到了 全职工作，但我很难找到

工作 /life balance，所以我想我 很快就会在不同的领域寻找一些东西。 哦，

好吧，你刚刚在那里进行了一次很棒的交谈， 并且你有更多的信息可以

与某人进行更多的交谈，只是 从一个简单的问题，工作进展如何？

瓦内萨： 好的。 现在是时候查看使用我们刚才讨论的

所有这些表达式或其中许多表达式的示例 了。 你会看到我的丈夫

Dan 和我就我们的 工作闲聊。 我希望你能认出

我们讨论过的一些表达方式和问题， 因为在示例对话之后的片刻，

轮到你使用它们并 与我交谈。 你准备好了吗？ 让我们来看吧。

丹： 嘿，凡妮莎，这些天你在哪里工作？

瓦内萨： 哦，嘿，丹。 我经营一家在线业务，所以

我可以在任何地方工作，这非常棒。 丹：

哇。 那是什么样的？ Vanessa：

嗯，我帮助学生学习英语 并自信地说话。 这是我梦寐以求的工作，

但我必须小心避免精疲力竭。 丹：

哦，那太棒了，但我明白。 凡妮莎：

你呢？ 丹：

嗯，不幸的是，我刚刚 在咖啡店关门时被解雇了，

但我在一家酒店找到了一份兼职工作。 瓦内萨：

哦，伙计，这太糟糕了。 您曾经从事 过营销工作吗？

如果您想在幕后进行附带演出，我正在寻找可以提供帮助的人。 丹：

那太好了，告诉我更多关于它的信息。 Vanessa：

我想知道 Dan 是否会得到营销方面的 工作，为 Vanessa 工作。 好的，现在轮到你了

。 我想告诉你的是，我会 问你一些问题并进行一些

交谈，但我建议你回去 回顾一下。 如果您愿意，欢迎您暂停

视频并回答更长的时间，这 是一个用英语进行结构化、

无压力对话的好机会。 好的 ，您准备好开始了吗？ 假设

我们在一个聚会上，主持人说，哦，瓦内萨， 这是你的名字。 我们互相介绍

。 然后主人离开。 在这里，我们 需要进行一些闲聊。 所以我问你

，告诉我你是做什么的？ 现在 轮到你说话了。 前进。

那是什么样的，你喜欢你的工作吗？ 瓦内萨：

哦，我？ 哦，我经营一家在线英语公司 ，我在网上向世界各地的学生教授英语

。 这真的是我梦寐以求的工作。 我觉得很 幸运。 好吧，祝你工作顺利。 很

高兴认识你。 稍后我会和你谈谈，再见。 你是怎么做的？ 你有机会大声说出来

和我一起练习吗？ 您可以随意返回 并查看最后一段或整个

视频多次， 以增强您的信心，因为

当您用英语进行闲聊时，您 绝对会遇到这个对话主题。

Vanessa： 不要忘记下载今天课程的免费 PDF 工作表

，工作表末尾包含所有重要的 词汇、问题、对话示例

和 Vanessa 的挑战问题 。 现在我有一个问题要问你。

你理想的工作是什么？ 在评论中告诉我， 我很想看看它是什么。 也许这是你

目前的工作。 也许这是您 将来很想从事的工作。 告诉我，你梦寐以求的工作是什么

，下周五我会 在我的 YouTube 频道上再次见到你，上一堂新课，再见。

Vanessa ：下一步

是下载本课的免费 PDF 工作表 。 有了这个免费的 PDF，您将掌握

今天的课程，并且永远不会忘记您所 学的内容。 你可以成为一个自信的英语演讲者。

别忘了订阅我的 YouTube 频道，每周五都有免费的英语课，再见。