day 9study and work

study and work

Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of something and give an overall view; retell a story about tutoring and read a practical explanation aloud.

words to say

• 兼职 jiānzhí · part-time job; to moonlight
• 收获 shōuhuò · gains, what you get out of it
• 耽误 dānwu · to delay, hold up
• 精力 jīnglì · energy
• 体力 tǐlì · physical strength
• 平衡 pínghéng · balance; balanced
• 本领 běnlǐng · skill, ability
• 实践 shíjiàn · practice; to put into practice
• 接触 jiēchù · to come into contact with
• 积累 jīlěi · to build up, accumulate

sentences

• 兼职既能挣钱，又能积累经验。 · A part-time job earns you money and gives you experience.
• 好处是能接触社会，坏处在于会耽误学习。 · The upside is contact with the real world; the downside is that it can get in the way of study.
• 假如工作太多，就没有精力学习了。 · If you work too much, you’ll have no energy left for studying.
• 可见，关键是要平衡学习和工作。 · Which shows that the key is balancing study and work.
• 通过实践，他学到了很多本领。 · Through hands-on experience, he learned a lot of skills.

say it after the voice

• 大学生做兼职，既能挣一些钱，又能积累工作经验。 · A part-time job lets students earn some money and gain work experience.
• 好处是能接触社会，坏处在于容易耽误学习。 · The upside is contact with society; the downside is that it easily gets in the way of study.
• 假如每周工作太多，就没有足够的精力学习了。 · If you work too much each week, you won’t have enough energy to study.
• 由此可见，在学习和工作之间，最重要的是找到平衡。 · So between study and work, the most important thing is finding a balance.

questions to answer

• 你怎么看边上学边工作？ · What do you think of working while you study?
• 大学生该不该向父母要生活费？ · Should university students ask their parents for living expenses?
• 暑假打工还是去旅行？ · Summer holidays: a job or travelling?

a passage to retell

• To earn some money, a university student tutored a shy child in maths. To explain each problem clearly, she first had to understand it properly herself. She often prepared until late at night. A year later the child’s marks had gone up, and her own had gone up even more. So teaching someone else means learning it twice.

a passage to read aloud

想让学习、工作和休息都不耽误，关键在于安排。第一步，在周日晚上把下个星期要做的事都写下来，分清哪些最重要。第二步，给每件事定一个时间，比如上午上课，下午兼职，晚上复习两个小时。第三步，每天至少留出一段时间休息或者运动。很多人觉得休息是浪费时间，其实，休息好了才有精力。只要坚持几个星期，你就会发现，平衡的生活好处很多，也会变得更加丰富多彩。