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Talking about family jobs

Episode 240920 / 20 Sep 2024

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Introduction

Georgie and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about the jobs their families do. Learn to talk about different professions.

Vocabulary

nurse
someone who assists doctors and helps patients in hospital

estate agent
someone who sells or rents houses or flats

retired
someone who stops working, usually because of their age

counsellor
someone who talks to people who have problems to help them feel better

florist
someone who creates designs with flowers and sells them

Transcript

Georgie
Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast, we have a different conversation in easy English each week to help you learn. I'm Georgie.

Neil
And I'm Neil. If you want to read along with the programme, visit our website for a text version: bbclearningenglish.com.

Georgie
Hi, Neil, how are you?

Neil
I'm very well, thank you, Georgie. How are you?

Georgie
Yes, I'm also very well, thank you. What are we talking about in this episode?

Neil
Well, today we're talking more about jobs. We talked before in the podcast about some of the jobs we've done. Beth told us she had a job where she looked after goats.

But today, we're going to talk about the jobs our families and friends do.

Georgie
Sounds good. So, Neil, what jobs do your parents do?

Neil
Well, my parents are retired. That means they don't work anymore because they are too old. But my dad worked in a bank and my mum had lots of different jobs, but her last job was a counsellor.

Georgie
Neil, you said your mum was a counsellor. What… what is a counsellor?

Neil
A counsellor is somebody who talks to people who have problems and they need to discuss or talk about their problems to help them get better.

Georgie
OK, so she's probably quite kind.

Neil
She's good at listening to people, I think.

Georgie
OK, well my dad is also retired, but my mum still works. She works as an estate agent. That’s someone who works with houses. She sells and rents houses for people.

Neil
OK, so did your mum have any other jobs before she was an estate agent?

Georgie
Yes, she did. When she first started working, she worked as a nurse, so that’s someone who works in a hospital.

And she also sometimes works as a hairdresser because she has curly hair, so she does this treatment to make her hair straighter and she does it for other people as well.

Neil, do you have any friends or family that have some other interesting jobs?

Neil
Well, my sister is a teacher. She teaches in schools. And my wife is a florist.

Georgie
Wow. What's a florist?

Neil
A florist is somebody who makes designs with flowers for events like weddings, funerals, parties and that kind of thing.

Georgie
Oh, wow. So she must be quite creative, then?

Neil
Yes, she is. She loves making things look nice, she's good at it.

Georgie
Ah, that's nice.

Neil
Georgie, what is your dream job? What job would you love to do?

Georgie
I really like this job that we have. But my dream job is a travel photographer because I really like travelling and I really like taking photos. So that's a great combination I think for a job. What about you?

Neil
Oh, I would definitely be a professional sportsman of some kind.

Georgie
OK!

Neil
Or a rock star!

Georgie
Do you play any instruments?

Neil
Yeah, I play guitar. I'm probably slightly better at guitar than I am football or cricket. Definitely not professional standard.

Georgie
Let's look at some of the vocabulary, about jobs we learned during the conversation.

We've had nurse, someone who assists doctors and helps patients in hospital.

Neil
We heard estate agent, someone who sells or rents houses and flats.

Georgie
Retired, someone who stops working, usually because of their age.

Neil
We heard counsellor, someone who talks to people who have problems to help them feel better.

Georgie
And florist, someone who creates designs with flowers and sells them.

Neil
Thanks for listening to Real Easy English for more from us try The London to Edinburgh Challenge.

Georgie
It's an easy English series where three people race from London all the way to Edinburgh Castle and it's great for learning simple English phrases, grammar and vocabulary.

Neil
Find it on our website: bbclearningenglish.com.

Georgie
Bye for now.

Neil
Goodbye. 

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