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All Things Listening Quizzes | English Listening Exercises for ESL students | Listening Comprehension Practice through Videos
JOBS and WORK
Level: Intermediate
In this section:
1 longer dialog about jobs and work
​audio + script
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job resume

Dialog - Tom and Dad Discuss
​Jobs and Work
Script
Tom and Dad are at home, and Tom asks Dad about how to choose a good job when he
​grows up. 
 
DAD: Hey, Tom, the weekend is almost over. And then you have to go back to school. Did you finish all your homework?

TOM: Yup. And you have to go back to work.

DAD: Yeah, that's right.

TOM: Dad?

DAD: Yeah?

TOM: Why do you have to go to work? Do you really have to?

DAD: Well, yeah, of course I do. If I don't go to work, I won't have a salary.

TOM: You mean the money your boss gives you?

DAD: Yeah, that's right. And if I don't go to work, I'll be really bored with nothing to do.

TOM: So, when I grow up, how do I know what job to do? Should I be a teacher? Or a doctor? Or a race car driver?


DAD: Well, you just have to think about what you like to do best. What are your interests? And then you have to think about the skills you have.

TOM: Skills? What are skills?

DAD: Skills are the special things you know how to do that many other people don't know how to do.


TOM: How do I get skills?

​DAD: Most people have to study or practice to get skills.

TOM: I'm really good at video games. Is that a skill?

​DAD: Uh, well, not really. Lots of people are good at video games. And, also, not many people will pay you money to play video games.

TOM: That's not true. Some guys on YouTube get lots of money by playing video games.

DAD: Maybe, but not many people I think. Playing video games isn't a great thing to put on a resume.

TOM: A resume? 

DAD: That's a piece of paper that says what experience and skills you have.

TOM: I speak two languages. Is that a skill?

DAD: Yeah, that's a good example. Not everyone can speak two languages. So, when you grow up, you could be a translator.

TOM: Or maybe work in another country . . .

DAD: Exactly!

Tom: Playing video games . . .


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