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Speaker 1: Someone recently asked me if teaching English was a side hustle. Really,

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I hustle, that's for sure, But this is my only job.

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And check this out. I got my foot in the

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door in nineteen ninety four in Japan. Wow, time flies.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast eight fifty one. Summer

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Jobs Teens, lifeguards, and ice cream trucks. Hello and welcome.

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Thanks for joining me for another episode of the Happy

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English Podcast. I'm your English teacher, Michael, and and I'm

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so glad you're here with me for another episode in

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our summer series about American culture. It's week seven, and

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today we're talking about something that's kind of a rite

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of passage in the US summer jobs. Now, not everyone

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does this, but in the US it's pretty common for

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high school or college students to work part time during

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the summer. You'll see teens working at grocery stores, summer camps,

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fast food restaurants, and yes, lifeguarding at the local pool.

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It's a classic image, right, a teenager in sunglasses sitting

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in that tall chair blowing a whistle. Yep, that's a

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summer job. I still remember my first summer job. I

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worked in a pizza shop. I had to be there

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by like ten o'clock in the morning to help prepare

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for the day. I landed that job through a friend

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of a friend. And that's your first phrase for today,

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to land a job. Yeah, we use land as a verb.

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When you go fishing and you bring your flounder from

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the sea to the land, you can say that you

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landed a flounder, and it's not easy to catch a

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fish with this image. When you land a job, it

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means you get hired for that job, especially if it

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was hard to get or if you were lucky to

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get it, like Jenny finally landed a summer job at

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the mall. Here's another one. My cousin landed a job

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as a lifeguard. He gets paid to sit by the pool.

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You get the idea. It's like catching something valuable. Now,

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Summer jobs usually mean hard work. Even if you're just

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scooping ice cream or folding T shirts at a store,

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you've got to show up on time, smile at customers,

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and deal with the not so fun stuff too. That's

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where another great expression comes in hustle. In this context,

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hustle means to work fast and work hard, not in

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a stressful way, but in an energetic, go get them

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kind of way. When I was working that pizza shop job,

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I had to hustle during the morning to grate the

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cheese and prepare the sauce for the day. It was

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non stop from the moment the door has opened, and

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you'll hear people say things like, in this restaurant, if

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you want to make tips, You've got I got a hustle.

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Tom's sister hustled all summer at that cafe and saved

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up for a new laptop. Hustling is all about that

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summer job energy, and recently we use the phrase a

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side hustle to talk about a second job or some

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part time work someone does in addition to their main job.

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Some examples of side hustles or selling stuff on online

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auctions or being the neighborhood dog walker. Of course, some

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summer jobs pay more than others. When I was in

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high school, my friend got a job mowing lawns in

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the neighborhood. He totally raked in the cash. That's the

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next one. Rake in. To rake in money means to

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make a lot of it, often quickly or easily. Think

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of raking leaves, but instead you're raking in money. Not

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bad right, Like lifeguards at that beach rake in over

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twenty dollars an hour. Tom's sister raked in tips working

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at that fancy coffee shop. Now, with a summer job,

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you're not always going to rake it in, but sometimes

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you can, especially if you're willing to hustle. Now, let's

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be real, not every summer job is amazing. Sometimes you

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end up with a really bad boss or a boring position.

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My buddy Paul once had a job that he hated

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at a bagel shop. The manager was super rude and

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the schedule kept changing. One day, he got so fed

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up that he quit on the spot. And that's our

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next phrase. It on the spot. When you do something

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on the spot, you do it immediately and usually without

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prior preparation. So if you have a summer job that

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you don't like, you might just quit on the spot.

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That means you leave the job immediately without notice. It's

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not always the best idea, but sometimes people just can't

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take it anymore, like Paul quit the bagel shop job

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on the spot after the boss yelled at him in

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front of a customer. Hopefully you won't have to use

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that one yourself, but it's good to know. And finally,

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here's one more important phrase, especially for younger people starting out,

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get your foot in the door. When you get your

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foot in the door, your taking the first step into

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a career or a company, even if it's a small role,

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and summer jobs can totally do that. Let's say you

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want to work in fashion, maybe you get a summer

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job folding clothes at a retail store. It's not glamorous,

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but it helps you get your foot in the door.

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Or maybe you want to go into the computer business

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and you land a summer job at a local IT company.

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That's your foot in the door. Like my cousin working

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at a summer job at that bookstore helped her get

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her foot in the door in publishing. And Frank well,

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he started by washing dishes, but doing that got his

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foot in the door in the restaurant business. Getting your

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foot in the door, it's all about opportunity. So whether

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you're scooping ice cream, guarding the pool, or driving the

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ice cream truck. Yeah, that's a real summer job too.

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Summer work in the US is often seen as a

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big step toward adulthood. It teaches responsibility, how to deal

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with people, and sometimes how to make a little cash

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and hustle through a hot summer. Okay, before we go,

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let's recap today's expressions. When you land a job, you

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get hired. When you hustle, you work hard and fast.

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When you rake in money, you earn a lot of money.

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When you do something on the spot, like you quit

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on the spot, you leave a job immediately. Lastly, when

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you get your foot in the door, well you start

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a career or an opportunity with an entry level job.

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All right, that's it for today's episode. Thanks for hanging

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out with me, and I'll catch you next time. And hey,

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whatever you're doing this summer, don't forget to bring that hustle.

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