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Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most
of the
1 are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and
2 . The pay is usually poor, but most
people work abroad for the
3 of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American
summer camps, and, of course, there are
4 jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not easy now to find work. "
5 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very
few openings," says Althea Ellis, an adviser on
6 for students."If you work with a family in Italy, you'll
have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak
7 .
British students only have a language
8 for jobs in the USA and Australia."
9 enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The
two teachers with the children had never been
10 . One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill
and was
11 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the
12 they made, and what's
worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only
13 evening of the entire trip."I did visit a lot of new places,"
she says,"but it wasn't worth it. The pay was
14 and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!"
"The trouble is, students expect to have a(n)
15 time of it." Althea Ellis points out. "After all, they see it
as a
16 . In practice,
17 , you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的)
work. You'll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In other words, you'll work
if it's convenient for the company that
18 you. But you have
19 employment rights. As soon as the holiday
season 40 , they'll get rid of you."
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