Salaries
11/1/2023 10:30:00 PM
Do you know?
- Salt was so precious in ancient Rome, it made up a portion of a soldier’s pay, which is where we get the word salary from, (from the Latin for salt, sal).
- Nowadays, a salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract.
Let's explore more in the following passage!
Let's learn some new words before you read the passage:
Listen and complete the passage.
| private | insurance | benefits |
| enter | professions |
In the United States, it is usually not a good idea to ask someone, "How much money do you earn?" Many people think that their salary is information. However, you can find out the typical salary for different jobs on the Internet.
What jobs offer the best pay? In the United States, like doctors, dentists, and pilots receive the highest salaries. Why is that? This makes sense considering the extensive years of study and training required to these fields. On the other hand, which jobs have the lowest pay? The lowest-paying jobs are often linked to the food industry. For instance, cooks in fast-food chains and waiters are among those with the lowest salaries in the country.
Of course, your salary is not just the money you earn every week or month. In many jobs, you get a salary and . Benefits are additional things given by your employer, like health and paid holidays. These benefits can represent about 25% of an employee's total salary. For example, someone with a $40,000 salary plus benefits is really earning around $50,000. That's a lot of extra money!
Read the text and answer the questions.
Salaries
In the United States, it is usually not a good idea to ask someone, "How much money do you earn?" Many people think that their salary is private information. However, you can find out the typical salary for different jobs on the Internet.
What jobs offer the best pay? In the United States, professions like doctors, dentists, and pilots receive the highest salaries. Why is that? This makes sense considering the extensive years of study and training required to enter these fields. On the other hand, which jobs have the lowest pay? The lowest-paying jobs are often linked to the food industry. For instance, cooks in fast-food chains and waiters are among those with the lowest salaries in the country.
Of course, your salary is not just the money you earn every week or month. In many jobs, you get a salary and benefits. Benefits are additional things given by your employer, like health insurance and paid holidays. These benefits can represent about 25% of an employee's total salary. For example, someone with a $40,000 salary plus benefits is really earning around $50,000. That's a lot of extra money!
What are questions about salaries generally considered in the United States?
- Impolite
- Thoughtful
- Challenging
According to the text, doctors or dentists are the best-paying jobs because _____.
- tuition fees at medical schools are generally high
- such professions require a long time to be mastered
- these employees do not have as many benefits as others
What are NOT listed as the lowest-paid jobs in the USA?
- Lobby attendants
- Fast food cooks
- Waitpersons
What does the text say about benefits?
- Benefits are only offered to excellent employees.
- Benefits are the same as an employee's base salary.
- Benefits are extra advantages offered by companies.
Build your vocabulary by learning these intensive phrases/idioms
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in a bracket. You must use between THREE and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the word given.
These soldiers have died fighting for the independence of their country. (PRICE)
=> These soldiers have for their country's freedom.
Rearrange the words in a correct order to make a complete sentence (kéo từng từ/cụm từ về vị trí đúng để tạo thành câu hoàn chỉnh).
Go get me a stapler - tape won't _____ with a tear this big.
- make waves
- do the job
- force the issue
- come to light
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The boss is quick to give you the what for if you make even a minor mistake.
- compliment
- criticize
- evaluate
- appraise