ID de réservation
17947717
Quand ?
12th August 2025
Horaire ?
10:30am - 11:00am
Notes
SUBJECT/TOPIC: salary & pay
VOCAB / EXPRESSIONS
Time in / Time out – when you start and finish work (often recorded with a card or machine).
Track – to follow or monitor (e.g., "We need to track expenses").
Gross (Brut) – total amount before deductions.
Net – amount after deductions (e.g., after taxes).
Expensive – costing a lot of money.
Quality of living – general well-being, comfort, and standard of life in a place.
Director of the company – a senior leader in charge of part of a business.
CEO – Chief Executive Officer, the top leader of a company.
Higher executives – senior managers and leaders in a company.
White-collar jobs – office-based professional work (lawyers, bankers, corporate workers).
Blue-collar jobs – manual labor jobs (factories, construction, physical work).
Pink-collar jobs – service jobs (bartenders, waiters, retail, often lower wage).
Industry they are working in – the type of business field (technology, hospitality, healthcare, etc.).
GRAMMAR
Use "work in" for industries:
“She works in finance.”
“They work in the hospitality industry.”
Use "work as" for job roles:
“He works as a director.”
“She works as a waitress.”
Compare gross vs. net with "before" and "after":
“My gross salary is €3,000, but after taxes my net salary is €2,400.”
Contrast collar job types with "while/whereas":
“White-collar workers often work in offices, whereas blue-collar workers usually work in factories.”
PRONUNCIATION
Gross /ɡrəʊs/ – watch the "gr" blend, not "grow-ss".
Net /net/ – short, clear vowel.
Executive /ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv/ – stress on the second syllable: zeK-yə.
Collar /ˈkɒl.ər/ – short first syllable, not “koh-”.
Industry /ˈɪn.də.stri/ – stress on the first syllable.
CEO – say each letter clearly: C-E-O.
Expensive /ɪkˈspen.sɪv/ – stress on the middle syllable: ex-PEN-sive.