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One Minute English - Intermediate Level - B1

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Did you have a part-time job when you were younger?

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The question that I'm answering is did you have a part-time job when you were younger?

The answer to this is I've had a few part-time jobs, but I'll talk about my first part-time job, which is delivering the newspaper. So, in 1994, when I was still in high school, every Wednesday, I would take a whole stack of newspapers in a trolley and go around the neighborhood and put all these newspapers into people's letter box. Now, it's the local paper, and unfortunately now, the local paper doesn't exist anymore, but I do have those memories when I had to walk around in the rain, had to walk around in the hail, had to walk around in the sunshine on those hot 30 degree days to deliver these newspapers after school without fail.

So, that is my first part-time job.

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How to Practice Vocabulary

  • Review the vocabulary.
  • Complete the blanks below with correct words.
  • Check your answers. Correct any wrong answers!

a whole stack of

Meaning: A large number or amount of something, usually papers or objects piled together.

Examples:

  1. I have a whole stack of books to read this summer.
  2. She carried a whole stack of papers to the office.

trolley

Meaning: A small cart with wheels used to carry things.

Examples:

  1. He pushed the trolley full of groceries at the supermarket.
  2. The airport provides trolleys for passengers to carry their luggage.

letter box

Meaning: A box where mail is delivered at a house or building.

Examples:

  1. I checked the letter box this morning, and there were two letters.
  2. The postman put the package in our letter box.

walk around

Meaning: To move around an area on foot without a specific destination.

Examples:

  1. We decided to walk around the city and explore new places.
  2. She loves to walk around the park in the evening.

without fail

Meaning: Always; every time, without exception.

Examples:

  1. He calls his mother every Sunday without fail.
  2. She arrives at work early without fail, no matter the weather.

hail

Meaning: Small, frozen balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm.

Examples:

  1. The car was damaged by the hail during the storm.
  2. We had to stay inside because of the heavy hail.

Vocabulary Quiz

Complete the sentences with the vocabulary above.
whole • trolley • letter
around • fail • hail
  1. The strong storm cracked our window.
  2. Please post this envelope in the box.
  3. My son, without , falls asleep by midnight.
  4. He has a stack of books by his bed.
  5. I like to walk the neighborhood at night.
  6. We need a to move these heavy boxes.

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