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    This article introduces a variety of popular and creative careers, including doctors, firefighters, lawyers, and artists. It features beginner-friendly English listening passages designed to help learners progressively improve their listening skills while mastering vocabulary related to different professions.

    Practice listening easily with 15 minutes a day! This book selects 2-minute short passages with moderate difficulty, suitable for beginners. Through four stages—“pre-listening, keyword catching, sentence-by-sentence understanding, and overall retelling”—learners gradually grasp over 90% of the content. Consistent practice leads to qualitative improvement, greatly enhancing your English listening skills! Below is a collection organized by qicai.com of some listening materials starting from the easiest level, suitable for junior and senior high school students (beginner level).

    There are many different jobs that you can choose from. You can be a doctor or a nurse. You could work in a hospital or doctor's office. You might be a firefighter and put out fires. A policeman enforces the law. An actor plays roles on stage or in the movies. You could drive a taxi or be the pilot of an airplane. What kinds of things do you like to do? You might want to be a sales clerk in a store. Maybe you are good at a sport. You could be a baseball player or a hockey player.

    Being a dentist is a good job. A dentist fixes teeth. If you are good at arguing, you might want to be a lawyer. Do you like to fix people's hair? You could be a hairdresser or a barber. If you are good with your hands, you might want to be a carpenter or a mechanic. If you like to travel, you could be a stewardess or a travel agent. You could be a teacher or a photographer.

    Are you artistic or creative? You might want to be an artist or a writer. You could work on construction and build houses. You could look after animals and be a veterinarian. If you like to cook, you could be a cook or a chef. There are so many places to work and so many jobs to do. Maybe you could fix computers or work in a library. You could wash windows or be the captain of a ship. There is no limit to what you can be.

Vocabulary Guide

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  • captain

    noun

    1. a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

    Synonym: headwaitermaitre d'hotelmaitre d'

    2. the pilot in charge of an airship

    Synonym: senior pilot

    3. the naval officer in command of a military ship

    Synonym: skipper

    4. a policeman in charge of a precinct

    Synonym: police captainpolice chief

    5. an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

    6. the leader of a group of people

    e.g. a captain of industry

    Synonym: chieftain

    7. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

    Synonym: mastersea captainskipper

  • chef

    noun

    1. a professional cook

  • lawyer

    noun

    1. a professional person authorized to practice law
    conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

    Synonym: attorney

  • mechanic
  • veterinarian

    noun

    1. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

    Synonym: veterinaryveterinary surgeonvet

  • photographer

    noun

    1. someone who takes photographs professionally

    Synonym: lensman

  • firefighter

    noun

    1. a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

    Synonym: firemanfire fighterfire-eater

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