Stress at work
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Hello, I’m NAME_3 and this is 6 minute English. Today we’re talking about stress. Stress at work. And I’m here with the very relaxed NAME_4.
NAME_5, yes our topic today is about difficult jobs – they can make you feel really stressed.
And NAME_2 as usual I have a question for you.
Okay, well now I am feeling stressed! What’s the question?
Okay, here we go. Which of these three jobs is considered the most stressful? Is it
a) a broadcaster
b) a teacher
c) a pilot
Which of those three jobs is considered the most stressful?
Oh that’s a very tricky one. I won’t say broadcaster because I’m usually not very stressed.
Teacher....I think can be extremely stressful because you’ve got lots of people with you all the time who you’ve got to control.
Pilot is probably quite scary because you got to.... you are responsible for lots of lives but I’m going to go with teacher because
I think day to day it’s quite a stressful job.
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NAME_1: Okay, we’ll check your answers in a few minute. But first here’s NAME_6 talking to people on the streets of London. Some workers in London are very stressed out! Here’s NAME_6 talking to her first stressed out worker. What’s her job?
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Right, let’s find some stressed out people in London. What stresses you out at work?
Everything!!!!!
What do you do?
I work as a waitress at a hotel.
So that’s a stressful job?
Well, it can be.
What’s stressful about it?
Well, just getting everything done on time and getting all the customers fed at the same time and it’s really busy and things like that.
Well, she’s a waitress. She works in a restaurant in a hotel and she says her job can be stressful sometimes.
Well if it’s a busy restaurant and there’s a lot to do that can be really stressful. And I’m sure some customers can be difficult, you know when they complain about the service or the food.
And there’s a lot to do. Getting everything done – that’s stressful. You’re listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com.
Now NAME_2, so you don’t think your job is stressful.
I think it’s sometimes stressful but it’s really not too bad. But there is a lot do and that sometimes stressful but lots of jobs are like that.
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NAME_1: Well let’s hear more from NAME_6 who is asking our question - what stresses you out at work?
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