CH04

I work 6 days a week.  I'm not as busy on the weekend. I'm tired sometimes. 

Objective: Talk about your work hours, and when you’re busy or tired from work

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The text will be repeated three times: fast, slow, fast.

Text translation

Challenge: Listen while following the translation all the way through

Part 1

I’m Jiya. You know, I work online.

I didn’t study Chinese in univiersity, but I teach Chinese. I teach you guys Chinese.

I work Monday to Saturday. I work six days a week. (lit. I Monday to Saturday work. I one week work six days)

My job is often very busy.

I’m busy on Mondays, busy on Tuesdays, also busy on Wednesdays, also busy on Thursdays,

not that busy on Fridays, also not that busy on Saturdays.

I’m very busy, but I’m not tired. I’m not tired every day,

because I like my job, so I think teaching Chinese is not tiring.

I don’t need to work on Sundays.

Part 2

My boyfriend, you know, he works in a tech company.

He didn’t study computer engineering in university, but he’s an engineer.

He works on Monday to Friday. He works five days a week.

His job is not very busy.

He’s often busy on Mondays, also often busy on Tuesdays, also often busy on Wednesdays,

but often not that busy on Thursdays, also often not that busy on Fridays.

He’s not busy. He’s not often busy, but he said that he feels tired every day.

He said that because he doesn’t like his job, so he often feels tired.

He doesn’t need to work on Saturdays and Sundays.

Part 3

How about you? What do you do for work?

Do you work online? What did you study in university?

What day to what day do you work? How many days do you work a week?

Is your job often busy? Which day are you busy? Which day are you not busy? Which day are you less busy?

Do you often feel tired? Do you feel tired every day? Why?

Do you like your job? Which day do you not need to work? Which day do you need to work?

How about your siblings? How about your parents? How about your boyfriend? How about your girlfriend?

How about your husband? How about your wife?

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