中小学生应做兼职工作吗？等2则外刊阅读与训练--2023届高三英语二轮复习.docxVIP

外刊精读精练 中小学生应做兼职工作吗？ 导读： 以前，英国中小学生在校学习期间会寻找一些简单的兼职零工，一方面给自己赚些零花钱，而更重要的是从中获取生活经验。而如今，在校期间做兼职的学生人数越来越少，这是为什么呢？本集《外刊精读》探讨学生在校期间打零工的利与弊。 一、语篇泛读 Vocabulary: Work experience 词汇: 工作经验 When you were at school, the last thing you probably wanted to do was spend your weekends going to work. There was homework to do, sport to play and fun to be had. But our parents probably persuaded us to find a job to earn some money and get some?life experience. When I was a teenager I had a?paper round:?delivering newspapers to peoples homes. I then progressed to a?Saturday job?in a supermarket:?stacking shelves?and working at the?checkout. Today in the UK you are allowed to work from the age of 13, and many children do take up?part-time?jobs. Its one of those things that is seen almost as a?rite of passage. Its a taste of?independence?and sometimes a useful thing to put on your CV. Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing your money. So, thats no bad thing! Some research has shown that not taking on a Saturday or holiday job could be?detrimental?to a person later on. A 2015 study by the UK Commission on Employment and Skills found that not participating in part-time work at school age had been blamed by employers organisations for young adults being?ill-prepared?for?full-time employment. But despite this, recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years. So, does this mean that British teenagers are now more afraid of?hard graft? Probably not. Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will?hinder?their performance at school, and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results - and a good job in the long term. However, Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told BBC News that Properly?regulated?part-time work is a good way of helping young people learn skills t