Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Which would you choose: a high-paying job with long hours that would give you little time with family and friends or a lower-paying job with shorter hours that would give you more time with family and friends? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.
- What benefits would come with a job with long hours?
- What benefits would come with a job with shorter hours?
- What does it mean to have a work-life balance?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| evaluation | (n) an estimation of something’s worth The employees provided an evaluation of how well they were taken care of. |
| well-being | (n) the state of being comfortable, taken care of Their employee’s well-being was something the company took seriously. |
| balanced | (adj) keeping good proportions Since she worked convenient hours, she could keep her work and family life balanced. |
| overwhelmed | (adj) feeling too much of an emotion With his multiple jobs and trying to raise a family, he was quickly overwhelmed. |
| prioritize | (v) designate as more important She could better prioritize her responsibilities with a calendar. |
| value | (v) consider something to be of importance His family was something he greatly valued. |
| pull through | (expression) make it through a difficult situation She knew she could pull through this difficult working shift. |
| kiss up to | (expression) try to get the favor of someone To get more vacation days, he wanted to kiss up to his boss. |
| lash out | (expression) react angrily In exhaustion, he was tempted to lash out at his family. |
| work your fingers to the bone | (expression) work on something with great intensity and at great cost He was going to work his fingers to the bone since he never took a break. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Confucius
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