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Do today’s kids make terrible entry-level workers? 【T1】That’s a question much on employers’ minds as graduation season kicks off
Do today’s kids make terrible entry-level workers? 【T1】That’s a question much on employers’ minds as graduation season kicks off
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2019-06-10
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问题
Do today’s kids make terrible entry-level workers? 【T1】
That’s a question much on employers’ minds as graduation season kicks off and young adults begin their first full-time jobs.
We’ve all heard the stories: assistants who won’t " assist," new workers who can’t set an alarm, employees who can’t grasp institutional hierarchies.
Bosses who toiled in the pre-Self Esteem Era salt mines have little patience for these upstarts. 【T2】
A popular advice columnist had some choice words last week for a young employee who dismissively waved her sandwich at a superior requesting back-up during a critical meeting.
The young woman explained that she was on her lunch break. Moreover, she noted, being "errand girl" wasn’t in her job description.
It’s easy to laugh off these anecdotes, but there are some complex reasons for the lack of familiarity with work norms. 【T3】
For one thing, many twenty-something adults have never held a menial summer job, once considered training wheels for adult life in the American middle class.
It was once common to see teenagers mowing lawns, waiting tables, digging ditches, and bagging groceries for modest wages in the long summer months. 【T4】
Summer employment was a social equalizer, allowing both rich and financially strapped teenagers to gain a foothold on adulthood, learning the virtues of hard work, respect and teamwork in a relatively low-stakes atmosphere.
But youth employment has declined precipitously over the years and young people are losing a chance to develop these important life skills in the process. 【T5】
Teenagers and twenty-somethings are the least skilled members of the work force, so it’s not surprising that they would be edged out in a recession by more reliable full-time workers.
【T1】
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答案
随着毕业季节来临,年轻人开始从事他们第一份全职工作,这是许多雇主脑海里都有的一个问题。
解析
该句中的动词词组“kick off”是理解的重点和难点。根据本句主语“graduation season”——“毕业季节,毕业季”这一敏感词汇,考生也应该能够顺理成章地猜测出“kick off”意为“到来,来临”;另外,根据as从句中的and一词连接的并列关系,也可以大致猜出“kick off”的语义。
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