【Yourparentsalwaystellyouthatagoodeducationisthekeytoabrightfuture.Thepromiseyoumadetofinishyourschoolinghasbeencompleted.Anotherfewyearsinsomecollegeclassroomjustdoesn’tsoundtooattractive;sowhatareyour】

　　Yourparentsalwaystellyouthatagoodeducationisthekeytoabrightfuture.Thepromiseyoumadetofinishyourschoolinghasbeencompleted.Anotherfewyearsinsomecollegeclassroomjustdoesn’tsoundtooattractive;sowhatareyourchoices?Let’ssee,ChoiceOne—Youcanlivewithyourparentsanddonothing.OrChoiceTwo—Youcouldgetyourselfajob.Ofcourse,thereareotherchoices,butforthislittlediscussion,we’lljustsupposethattheyaren’trelated(有关的).

　　OK,soChoiceTwoisobviouslygoingtobemoreeffective.Youwillfinallyentertherealworld.Well,hopefullyhighschoolhelpedtogiveyousomekindofanideaofwhattypeofjobyouwouldliketoenter.Ifnot,thenitwouldbeagoodideatospeakwithanexpertworkinginthefieldyoumaybeinterestedinbeforeyoujumpintoajobthatyouwon’tlike.Gainingknowledgecanbegoodbyhelpingyoufindthejobthatyouwillenjoydoing.Anotherreasontogetsomevaluedthingsbeforeworking.Internships(见习)orvolunteeringareusuallyagoodplacetostart.

　　Ifyouarereadytobeginajobafterhighschool,youwillsavemoneyfromcollegecostandhappilymakingalivinginyourchosenjobs.Fromanotherpointofview,jumpingintotheworkforce(劳动力)issometimestheonlywaytoseeforyourselfifyouarereadytoworka40-hourweekyet.Ifyoudecidethatfulltimeworkisnotwhatyouarereadyfor,thenthismayadvisethatyoushouldgobacktoauniversityandgetacertificate.

　　Twodifferent

　　Twodifferent

　　choices

　　◆Thefirstoneisthatyoudonothing,justlivewithyourparents.

　　◆Thesecondoneisthatyoucouldgooutto 小题1:.

　　The 小题2:of

　　startingajob

　　◆Speakingwithotherpeopleforadviceaboutthejobyoumay

　　showsomeinterestin.

　　◆Gettingknowledgecanbegoodtohelpyoufinda(n) 小题3:job.

　　◆Internshipsorvolunteeringareagood 小题4:.

　　Theadvantagestobeginajobafterhighschool

　　◆Oneisthatyouwillnot 小题5:forcollegecost.

　　◆Anotheristhatjumpingintotheworkforceissometimesthe

　　onlywaytohelpyoumakesureifyouarereallyreadytowork.