Multiple Careers

6 Minute English

语言学习

2017-04-13

6 分钟
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  • Hello and welcome to Six Minute English, the program where we bring you an interesting topic and six items of vocabulary.

  • I'm Neil.

  • Today, we're talking about jobs.

  • And I'm Dan.

  • And specifically, we're looking at the trend for having more than one job.

  • Yes, on that note, Dan, will you ever ask this question as a kid,

  • what do you want to be when you grow up?

  • Do you remember your answer?

  • I want it to be a ninja turtle.

  • And you, doesn't surprise me.

  • I think I want it to be a professional football.

  • I want it to play for England.

  • Well, for many people, that question gets harder.

  • The older they become.

  • It's one reason why more and more people have what we call portfolio careers these days, so they can do a bit of everything.

  • A portfolio, as a noun, means a case for carrying large pictures.

  • Or it can mean the collection of pictures themselves.

  • But we also use it as an adjective to describe groups of certain things.