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You are going to read an article in which four young people describe their first summer job. For questions 1-10, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once.
My first summer job
Four young people describe their first summer jobs
Tomás
I spent last July picking strawberries on a farm about twenty minutes from my town. I’ll be honest: I only applied because I wanted to buy a second-hand motorbike, and the farm paid better than the café in the high street. I thought it would be easy money. By the end of the first week, my back and knees complained every time I bent down, and I was going to bed at nine like a little kid. The work itself was the same thing hour after hour, so a couple of us invented competitions, like who could fill a tray fastest or find the biggest strawberry, just to keep ourselves going. I wouldn’t say it changed my life. I still want to study engineering, as I did before, and I’m certainly not planning a career in farming! But I did get the motorbike.
Which person unexpectedly found themselves in sole charge of other people?
Which person had a particular purchase in mind when they took the job?
Which person discovered that they were more sociable than they had believed?
Which person managed to solve a problem that they had not caused?
Which person underestimated how hard the job would be on their body?
Which person says the experience has changed their plans for the future?
Which person got the job without going through the usual selection process?
Which person wishes they had been more willing to admit what they didn’t know?
Which person was not given the role they had originally hoped for?
Which person describes how they and others made a dull task more bearable?
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