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Tina Sawaya: This is what I first saw
R: Unlike most job seekers it took only week for twenty-seven year old Tina Sawaya to find a teaching job. The catch? The job is in Shanghai.
It's a move she's eager to make since she currently juggles a teaching job and waiting tables to make ends meet.
T: In China I'll be making about two thousand dollars US a month, erm, but the cost of living is about three hundred dollars a month.
They provide me with Health Insurance which is huge right now also.
R: Sawaya started teaching two years ago something she always wanna to do.
She had been working as an investment manager but when the economy and her workload grew without more pay she switched careers.
Now she finds herself in a profession skill back by badget cut in cities and states across the US.
T: Years ago when I started thinking about teaching abroad it was equal to the United States. It was like Ok I'm doing that in the United States and I can do some thing in China.
R: Now
T: Now, it ... it's a better opportunity .. to go abroad.
R: And she's not alone. The company that hire Tina, English First, reported 30 per cent increase in applications.
A simular recruter "Reach to teach" says it's seen more applicants for positions in China, Taiwan and South Korea.
It's typical to say just how many American were seeking work over sea since there are no hard numbers.
And it's totally some recruting firms report an increase executives and managers looking East particulary towards China.
Robert Damon: What's going on and it is really incredible if you think about it, wouldn't anybody work in a country where GDP grow on 9 per cent is considered slow.
R: Robert Damon of Korn/Ferry International says there's been demand for infrastructure work consumer and industrial products in China.
Not all job seekers were out of work but rather some are seeking adventure. Adventure is part of Tina Sawaya is looking for. But she says concerns over the economy are dominating many people her age.
T: We're believing our government, everything is gonna pa.. out soon. It's just a rough time. Erm, but ... at this point ... I think you gather doing that is .. for you to survive. Erm, and .. it's kind of what I'm doing.
R: Mary Snow, CNN, New-York.
T: I mean, the place where I work is higher than .. House
Vocabulary
Job seeker - British English someone who does not have a job and is looking for one
Catch - informal a hidden problem or difficulty
the catch is (that)
To juggle jobs - to try to fit two or more jobs, activities etc into your life, especially with difficulty
juggle verb BrE /ˈdʒʌɡl/ ; NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡl/
1) жонглировать
2) стараться удержать в руках, не уронить
3) делать (несколько дел) одновременно, совмещать, балансировать (нужды семьи и работы)
4) а) подтасовывать, искажать, передёргивать (факты, слова) б) заниматься подтасовкой, фальсификацией
To make ends meet - to have only just enough money to buy the things you need
Huge - extremely large in size, amount, or degree[= enormous]
To sour - if a relationship or someone's attitude sours, or if something sours it, it becomes unfriendly or unfavourable
sour adjective BrE /ˈsaʊə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈsaʊər
To scale back - to reduce the amount or size of something
Application - a formal, usually written, request for something such as a job, place at university, or permission to do something
Recruiter /rɪˈkruːtə/ - somebody whose job is to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job etc
Anecdotally /ˌænɪkˈdəʊt(ə)llɪ/ - consisting of short stories based on someone's personal experience
GDP /dʒiː diː ˈpiː/ - gross domestic product
the total value of all goods and services produced in a country, in one year, except for income received from abroad [↪ GNP]
Rough - a rough period is one in which you have a lot of problems or difficulties [= tough]
rough adjective BrE /rʌf/ ; NAmE /rʌf/
Hard numbers - язык цифр
Because eBay and others don't like to talk about fraud, hard numbers are scarce.
Hard numbers are accurate, verifiable numbers.
.. as opposed to guesses, assumptions, approximations, etc.
to wait tables - работать официантом
waiting tables to make ends meet
Comprehension Check
1. How old is Tina? How mush time did it take her to find a teaching job?
twenty-seven year old
it took only week
2. What’s the catch?
The job is in Shanghai
3. Why is she eager to make this move?
she currently juggles a teaching job and waiting tables to make ends meet.
4. How much money will she be making in China? What’s the cost of living there?
2000
300
5. What other job was she also doing? Why did she change her job?
She had been working as an investment manager but when the economy and her workload grew without more pay she switched careers.
6. How was the situation about teaching different in the US several years ago? And now? What does the statistic say about job seekers?
7. Which jobs has there been the demand for?
demand for infrastructure work consumer and industrial products in China.
8. What does Tina think of this situation?
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