Assignment 8: Listen to ESL Podcast 528

Simone wants to get a job, and Renaldo is calling her after the interview：

wage：a regular amount of money that you earn, usually by the hour, for work or services.
salary：money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every year. In USA, a professional job always use this word" salary".

compensation package (n.) 補償方案
(e.g.)Perhaps we can give you an attractive compensation package if the salary isn’t quite what you’re looking for.

be open to (ph.) 向……開放，願意接受
(e.g.)I’m certainly open to negotiations.

comparable (adj.) 類似的；可比較的
(e.g.)Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.

jump at (ph.) 急切地接受
(e.g.)it’s a salary that many people would jump at.

close the gap (ph.) 縮小差距
(e.g.)if there’s any way we can close the gap in salary.

ceiling for (ph.) 上限
(e.g.)Well, $60,000 is really the ceiling for that position.

doable (adj.) 可能的
(e.g.)I think it may be doable.

REFLECTION:

Listening ESL Podcast is a way like listening broadcast in the leisure time. There is a host to explain the detail in the story, and the conversation goes with a slower speed. The stories is more pratical be used in dairy life.