Roughly £40,000.

大約 4 萬英鎊。

I'm on £15 an hour. £42,000. £17,000 a year.

我的時薪是15英鎊 42000英鎊一年一萬七千英鎊

And I'm on £40,000 a year.

我的年薪是 4 萬英鎊。

I think last year about £27,000 on tax return.

我想去年的報稅額約為 2.7 萬英鎊。

Can you tell me what your salary will be if you're a job? £36,000.

你能告訴我你的薪水嗎？

There are a lot of places you do go into that will say they're not advertising but they'll take people on.

有很多地方你去了，他們會說他們不是做廣告的，但他們會收人。

If you go in and say I really want a job they'll go alright we'll see what we can do.

如果你進去說我真的想要一份工作，他們就會說好吧，我們看看能做些什麼。

The cost of living in Brighton is quite high.

布萊頓的生活成本相當高。

I'm living at home for a year person so...

我在家裡住了一年，所以...

Parents are giving the thumbs up.

家長們紛紛豎起大拇指。

Hi everyone, hope you're all well and welcome to a new episode of Easy English.

大家好，希望你們一切都好，歡迎收看新一期的《輕鬆英語》。

Today I wanted to ask the question about jobs.

今天，我想問一個關於工作的問題。

I wanted to know what people do to make a living in the UK, how they train for that job, if they even have a university degree, what advice they have for getting on the job market, and also the taboo question, how much do they make?

我想知道人們在英國靠什麼謀生，他們是如何接受職業培訓的，他們是否有大學學位，他們對進入就業市場有什麼建議，還有一個禁忌問題，他們的收入是多少？

Before we get started, if you're a regular viewer of Easy English but you're not yet a subscriber, then quickly hit the button below.

在我們開始之前，如果您是《輕鬆英語》的常客，但還不是訂閱者，請快速點擊下面的按鈕。

Here we go.

開始了

What do you do for a living?

你靠什麼謀生？

I work in tech.

我從事技術工作。

And whereabouts is your work?

你的工作在哪裡？

So I actually work remotely.

是以，我實際上是遠程工作。

I live in London in Chiswick.

我住在倫敦的奇斯威克。

We have an office in Euston opposite Google.

我們在 Euston 谷歌對面有一個辦公室。

But predominantly I work remotely out of Chiswick.

但我主要是在奇斯威克開展遠程工作。

Okay.

好的

And then can I ask, what is your salary?

然後我能問一下，你的薪水是多少嗎？

Yeah, sure.

是的，當然。

So I make a split between base salary and then commission as well.

是以，我的收入既有基本工資，也有佣金。

So I make £65,000 from my base salary and then another £40,000 on top of that.

是以，我的底薪為 65,000 英鎊，除此之外還有 40,000 英鎊。

Could you tell me what you do for a living?

能告訴我你的職業嗎？

Yeah, I've just graduated so I'm just about to start a job working in finance in London.

是的，我剛剛畢業，所以馬上就要開始在倫敦從事金融工作了。

Congratulations.

祝賀你

And whereabouts in London will you be working?

您將在倫敦的什麼地方工作？

In Stratford.

在斯特拉特福

Okay, great.

好的，很好

And then if you don't mind me asking, can you tell me what your salary will be of your job? £36,000.

然後，如果你不介意我問的話，你能告訴我你的薪水是多少嗎？

I'm a secondary school teacher, local, and I teach physics.

我是一名中學教師，在在地教物理。

So yeah, that's kind of the...

所以，是的，這是一種...

In Brighton.

在布萊頓

In Brighton, yeah. And then would you mind, if you don't mind, me telling me how much you earn in your salary?

在布萊頓 如果你不介意的話，能告訴我你的薪水是多少嗎？

Roughly £40,000.

大約 4 萬英鎊。

Okay.

好的

I am Head of Geography, so I'm a secondary school teacher.

我是地理教研組長，所以我是一名中學教師。

Could you tell me what your salary is?

你能告訴我你的薪水是多少嗎？

I don't know.

我不知道。

I'm a cleaner.

我是個清潔工

I work on building sites.

我在建築工地工作。

So I go into a building, like the new builds, and rip up all corex and all the packaging on everything and then we clean it thoroughly.

是以，我會進入一棟建築，比如新建的建築，撕掉所有芯材和所有東西的包裝，然後徹底清理乾淨。

And then we go back again and we do another clean.

然後我們再回去做一次清潔。

Yeah, and then I do intertenancies.

是的，然後我就做租戶間的工作。

So when people move out of houses, we go and clean them.

是以，當人們搬出房子時，我們就去打掃衛生。

And students...

學生們...

Yeah, you must be busy.

是啊，你一定很忙。

Student accommodations, they're the messiest, but yeah, we go in and we clean it all and make it right.

學生宿舍是最亂的，但我們會進去清理乾淨，把它弄好。

It varies.

各不相同。

I'm on £15 an hour, but it depends on how many hours we do.

我的工資是每小時 15 英鎊，但這取決於我們工作的小時數。

I can earn like £140 a day or...

我每天可以掙 140 英鎊，或者...

It all depends.

這要看情況。

It depends.

這要看情況。

If it's an intertenancy, it's less.

如果是互租，那就更少了。

So it all varies.

是以，情況各不相同。

You get busy periods probably, like end of terms and stuff.

你可能會遇到繁忙期，比如學期結束之類的。

Yeah, definitely.

是的，當然。

The building site's more money than intertenancies, but it varies.

建築工地的租金比租戶間的租金要高，但也不盡相同。

I work for Surrey Farm Rescue Service in the control room up at Surrey, covering east, west and Surrey.

我在薩里農場救援隊的控制室工作，負責東、西和薩里地區。

Oh, wow.

哦，哇

Cool.

酷斃了

Nice job.

幹得漂亮

Yeah.

是啊

And can I ask for free to say no, how much do you make in your salary? £42,000.

我可以免費問一句嗎，你的薪水是多少？

Do you want to go first because it's boring?

你想先走是因為無聊嗎？

So, both work in recruitment.

是以，兩人都從事招聘工作。

I work in the back office doing onboarding and compliance and reading through contacts.

我在後臺辦公室工作，負責入職、合規和閱讀聯繫人資料。

I work for a German-based satellite manufacturer.

我在一家德國衛星製造商工作。

So I hire engineers who essentially design hardware for space.

是以，我聘用的工程師基本上都是為太空設計硬件的。

I'm on an internal salary and I'm on about £17,000 a year.

我拿的是內部工資，年薪約為 1.7 萬英鎊。

And then, yeah, I get a kind of delivery commission bonus at the end of the year as well.

然後，是的，我在年底還能拿到一種配送佣金獎金。

I've got you now.

我抓住你了

So it's based on the hires I make for the company.

所以，這是以我為公司招聘的員工為基礎的。

Nice.

不錯。

And I'm on £40,000 a year.

我的年薪是 4 萬英鎊。

I'm a painter and decorator.

我是一名油漆工和裝修工。

Last year I had a gap of three months.

去年，我有三個月的空白期。

I chose not to work for three months.

我選擇了三個月不工作。

I think last year it was about £27,000 on tax return.

我想去年的報稅額大約是 2.7 萬英鎊。

I am a psychologist.

我是一名心理學家。

And my next question, feel free to tell me to bugger off.

我的下一個問題，你可以讓我滾蛋。

Would you mind telling me your salary as a psychologist?

你能告訴我你作為心理學家的薪水嗎？

Yes.

是的。

To bugger off.

開溜

Okay.

好的

I'm sorry.

對不起

No, no, it's good.

不，不，這很好。

No, I'm not telling you my money.

不，我不會告訴你我的錢。

That's good because in some countries it's completely fine to say salary.

這很好，因為在有些國家，說工資是完全沒問題的。

Yeah.

是啊

But in Britain it's a bit more of a taboo now. Yes.

但在英國，這已成為一種禁忌。 是的

I think in Britain it is a bit of a taboo.

我認為在英國，這是一個禁忌。

There is a lot of assumption and that's why I just rather keep it private.

有很多假設，這就是為什麼我寧願保持隱私。

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如果您想通過我們的 YouTube 視頻提高英語水平，那麼您知道嗎，您可以成為 Easy English 視頻會員，在這裡您將獲得額外的學習資料和練習，幫助您提高英語水平。

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您只需登錄 www.easyenglish.video.org 成為會員。

There you'll be presented with many ways to improve your English with us, whether it's with our podcast, conversation calls or videos.

在那裡，您將看到許多與我們一起提高英語水平的方法，無論是我們的播客、對話電話還是視頻。

By joining our video membership, not only are we going to give you access to our exclusive Discord server, you're also going to get transcripts, vocabulary lists, audio-video downloads, plus our worksheets.

加入我們的視頻會員，不僅可以訪問我們的專屬 Discord 服務器，還可以獲得文字稿、詞彙表、音頻視頻下載以及工作表。

Our worksheets take the more extensive vocabulary and slang used in our vocabulary lists and we create a small quiz for you, filling in the blanks and guessing the odd ones out.

我們的工作表採用了詞彙表中較為廣泛的詞彙和俚語，併為您製作了一個小測驗，讓您填空和猜測單詞。

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只要登錄 www.easyenglish.video.org 成為會員，每月只需支付 5 英鎊，就能獲得我們全部 YouTube 目錄的所有服務。

Now back to the video.

現在回到視頻。

What would you say, if someone was to try to get a job in London, would be a minimum salary they should be looking to get?

如果有人想在倫敦找一份工作，您認為他們應該得到的最低工資是多少？

I think minimum, if you want to have a nice life in London, but you're sensible, is probably £40,000, £45,000 I would say is the bare minimum.

我認為，如果你想在倫敦過上好日子，但你又很理智的話，最低限度應該是 4 萬英鎊或 4.5 萬英鎊。

Would you say that is a sustainable amount of money to live in the UK or specifically London maybe?

您認為在英國，特別是在倫敦，這樣的生活費用可以承受嗎？

I would say in London it's pushing it, it's just about maybe scrape by, but I'm living at home for a year first.

我想說，在倫敦，這已經很艱難了，也許只能勉強度日，但我要先在家裡住上一年。

Clever.

真聰明

Parents are giving the thumbs up.

家長們紛紛豎起大拇指。

Okay, so then what would you think would be an acceptable wage to live and survive in London and enjoy a nice life?

好吧，那麼您認為在倫敦生活、生存並享受美好生活的可接受工資是多少？

I think £40,000 a year as a single person, you can live a reasonable life, but that probably wouldn't be enough to get you on the housing ladder or save much of the future or anything like that.

我認為，作為一個單身人士，每年 4 萬英鎊的收入可以讓你過上合理的生活，但這可能不足以讓你踏上住房階梯，也無法為未來或類似的事情積攢很多錢。

I think around that value, around £40,000 is what you'd be looking for, for a nice life and buying things that you want I guess.

我想，為了過上好日子和買到稱心如意的東西，這個價值（4 萬英鎊左右）應該是你想要的。

If you're coming to become a teacher, your starting salary is going to be mid £20,000, mid-20s probably for starting out as a newly qualified teacher.

如果你想成為一名教師，你的起薪將在 20,000 英鎊左右，對於剛獲得教師資格的人來說，起薪可能在 20 多萬英鎊左右。

I've been teaching for 20 odd years, so you need to look for something that is going to give you a good salary so that you can enjoy living by the sea.

我已經教了 20 多年的書，所以你需要找一份能給你高薪的工作，這樣你才能享受海邊的生活。

How much would you say would be, in Brighton and the UK, what would be a decent wage that means you could live a happy life, if you lived on your own as well? £30,000 a year I would say.

在布萊頓和英國，如果你也獨自生活，你認為多少錢的工資才算體面，意味著你可以過上幸福的生活？我覺得是一年 3 萬英鎊。

What would be a good wage that you'd have to earn to live a nice life in your opinion?

在你看來，要過上好日子，你必須掙多少錢？

Gosh, I don't know, what would you say?

天哪，我不知道，你會怎麼說？

I don't really know. £30,000 plus?

我真的不知道。3 萬多英鎊？

Yeah, plus.

是啊，再加上。

For Brighton?

為了布萊頓？

Yeah, plus.

是啊，再加上。

Oh, probably £40,000.

哦，大概是 4 萬英鎊吧。

Okay.

好的

It's just enough.

這就夠了。

And is that the case across the whole of the UK do you think?

您認為整個英國的情況都是這樣嗎？

That £40,000 is a good minimum?

4 萬英鎊是最低限額嗎？

I think it's an average pay for working full-time.

我認為這是全職工作的平均工資。

Okay.

好的

Rent and bills in a two-bed flat was about £2,200 a month.

一套兩居室公寓的租金和賬單大約為每月 2,200 英鎊。

Yeah.

是啊

Yeah, okay.

好吧

So, £40,000 plus is kind of a bit on the bread line.

是以，4 萬多英鎊有點高不可攀。

Yeah.

是啊

Probably.

也許吧

And how does that compare to the rest of the UK if you understand?

與英國其他地區相比，你能理解嗎？

Well, we've got friends that live up in Sheffield and my friend's managed to buy a house on her own, on her family.

我們有朋友住在謝菲爾德，我的朋友靠自己和家人的努力買了一棟房子。

So that's the £200,000.

這就是那 20 萬英鎊。

That's the £200,000.

這就是那 20 萬英鎊。

And it's a three-bedder.

而且是三居室。

Yeah.

是啊

I can feel the resentment.

我能感覺到怨恨。

But you pay to live down here, don't you?

但你花錢住在這裡，不是嗎？

Yeah.

是啊

I mean, it's amazing, it's by the sea, Brighton's got such a good social thing going on.

我的意思是，這裡很棒，靠海，布萊頓的社交活動也很豐富。

Living in the south of England is super expensive.

英格蘭南部的生活費用超級昂貴。

Did you have to get a degree?

你必須獲得學位嗎？

Yes.

是的。

Did you study for it?

你學習過嗎？

Yes.

是的。

Specifically psychology?

特別是心理學？

Yes.

是的。

Both in Italy and here.

無論是在意大利還是在這裡。

And is that necessary to be a psychologist?

而這是成為心理學家的必要條件嗎？

To be a qualified clinical psychologist, yes.

要成為一名合格的臨床心理學家，是的。

What did you do in order to get your job, like education-wise?

為了得到這份工作，你做了哪些教育方面的工作？

Did you go to university?

你上過大學嗎？

Yeah, I studied psychology, which I think helps for my role because it helps me understand myself and also people.

是的，我學過心理學，我認為這對我的角色很有幫助，因為它能幫助我瞭解自己，也瞭解他人。

Do you think you even need to have a degree in order to work in most fields, outside of, you know, being a doctor or something like this?

你認為在大多數領域工作，除了醫生或類似職位外，還需要學位嗎？

Other than those things, I would say absolutely not.

除此以外，我認為絕對不會。

I would say, in terms of sort of work practicality and apprenticeship or things like that, probably more practical in most cases.

我想說的是，就工作實用性和學徒制或類似的東西而言，在大多數情況下可能更實用。

But you should go to uni if you want to for the experience.

但如果你想積累經驗，就應該去上大學。

Do you have to do a degree to become a teacher?

當老師必須要有學位嗎？

Is it advised to if you wanted to get into that job market?

如果您想進入該就業市場，建議您這樣做嗎？

Yeah, you would need a degree to become a teacher.

是啊，當老師需要學位。

It's not always in the subject that you're looking to teach in.

這並不總是你想要教授的學科。

So a lot of teachers who do teach physics didn't do a physics degree.

是以，很多教物理的老師都沒有物理學位。

But it is desirable and I think makes you a more desirable candidate.

但它是可取的，我認為它能讓你成為更受歡迎的候選人。

But do you think it helps to have a degree in general to start?

但您認為擁有學位是否有助於開始工作？

No.

不

I don't think that's a requirement anymore.

我認為這已經不是必要條件了。

There's so many jobs that you can do now that doesn't need further education.

現在有很多工作都不需要繼續深造。

Because you can learn on the job.

因為你可以在工作中學習。

There's apprenticeships and lots of other jobs where you can train and tradesmen and all kinds of jobs where you don't need to have a university education to do.

還有學徒和許多其他工作，你可以在那裡接受培訓，還有技工和各種工作，你不需要受過大學教育就可以做。

Like entry level positions?

比如初級職位？

Yeah, because going to university is super expensive.

是啊，因為上大學太貴了。

So you need to really want to do that.

所以，你必須真的想這麼做。

There's so many other jobs that you can do that don't require that high level of education.

你還可以做很多不需要那麼高學歷的工作。

Would you say that people need to have a degree nowadays, do you think?

您認為現在的人需要學位嗎？

I don't think so, no.

我不這麼認為。

You think entry level and apprenticeships?

你認為是初級和學徒？

I think that's the way forward is learning actually on the job.

我認為這才是真正在工作中學習的方向。

Did you study to do this specifically or did you need a degree to do this?

您是專門為了從事這項工作而學習的，還是需要學位才能從事這項工作？

No, neither of us went to university.

不，我們都沒上過大學。

Do you have any advice in terms of how to get a job?

您對如何找工作有什麼建議嗎？

Any tips or tricks?

有什麼技巧或竅門嗎？

Just keep looking, don't give up.

繼續尋找，不要放棄。

Don't just look online and just think, you know, go in and ask places.

不要只是在網上看看，然後就想，你知道的，進去問問吧。

Because a lot of people don't advertise, so just go in and ask.

因為很多人都不做廣告，所以只要進去問問就知道了。

If you feel like you want to do something somewhere in a certain shop, go in.

如果你覺得想在某個店裡做什麼，就進去看看。

I think because degrees are diminishing in value very much, unless you're going to go to quite a well regarded university, you'd probably be better off looking at alternative qualifications.

我認為，由於學位的價值正在大幅縮水，除非你打算去一所頗受好評的大學，否則最好還是選擇其他的學歷。

They're going to be more practical but you're in less debt.

它們會更實用，但你欠的債更少。

You need to make sure that you look around.

你需要確保你四處看看。

Look around for what you're actually interested in and don't necessarily settle on the first thing that you see.

環顧四周，尋找你真正感興趣的東西，不一定非要選擇第一眼看到的東西。

Obviously depending on what you're looking for, but there are a lot of jobs out there in various markets and it does require a little bit of weighing up your options.

顯然，這取決於你在尋找什麼，但在不同的市場上有很多工作機會，這確實需要權衡一下你的選擇。

Don't just settle on the first thing you see, I think.

我認為，不要只滿足於第一眼看到的東西。

Hard work, hard work pays off.

艱苦奮鬥，功夫不負有心人。

Hard work pays off in whatever you do, whatever job you do.

無論做什麼，無論做什麼工作，努力都會有回報。

If you work hard, you will succeed and never give up really.

只要努力，就一定會成功，永遠不要放棄。

Just keep persevering and you will eventually get to where you want to be.

只要堅持不懈，你最終會達到自己想要的目標。

Very nice of you to say.

你說得真好。

What advice would you give in order to get the jobs that you had or similar?

為了獲得您曾經或類似的工作，您有什麼建議？

I reckon if you get given an opportunity and you don't think you can do it, just give it a go anyway and learn as you can.

我認為，如果你得到了一個機會，但你認為自己做不到，那就放手一搏，盡你所能去學習。

Don't be afraid to ask questions.

不要害怕提問。

Work hard.