Neil's difficult summer job in Canada 🫛 | Practise your listening with Real Easy English

BBC Learning English · 5:25 · Sep 21, 2026

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  1. Neil, have you ever had a bad or difficult job?

    尼尔,你有没有做过糟糕或困难的工作?

  2. I'm sure we're going to hear about it a bit later, because that's what we're talking about today in Real Easy English.

    我确定我们稍后会听到,因为这就是我们今天在《轻松学英语》中要讨论的话题。

  3. Yes, and people should remember that they can get a free worksheet for this podcast at BBCLearningEnglish.

    是的,大家应该记住,可以在BBCLearningEnglish上免费获取这期播客的练习册。

  4. So Neil, tell us all about your bad or difficult job.

    那么尼尔,跟我们详细说说你的那份糟糕或困难的工作吧。

  5. Well, what happened was I found a job picking beans on a student holiday while I was in Canada.

    嗯,事情是这样的,我在加拿大度假时找到了一份摘豆子的工作。

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