Learning a Skilled Trade
Jeannine: What are you going to do now that you’ve graduated from high school?
Orlando: I’m going to Trade school. My father was a stone and brick Mason and my brother is a Mechanic, but I think I’m going to try something different.
Jeannine: Like what?
Orlando: Maybe I’ll study to become an Electrician or Plumber. Those are skills that are always In demand.
Jeannine: Don’t they have long Apprenticeships?
Orlando: Yes, but it’s better than Training to be a Machinist or Technician. It’s easier to open your own shop as an electrician or plumber.
Jeannine: With your skills, you can always get a job as a Carpenter.
Orlando: I think carpentry is a Dying art. Most people don’t get furniture or other things Custom-made anymore.
Jeannine: You know, you could always take a completely different Path, learning a completely different Skilled trade.
Orlando: Like what?
Jeannine: You could become a medical or Dental technician or even get a Cosmetology degree.
Orlando: Are you serious?! Would you want these hands cutting your hair?
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- Значение идиомы trick of the trade [trick of the trade] {n. phr.}, {usually in plural}, {informal} 1.A piece of expert knowledge; a smart, quick, or skillful way ofworking at a trade or job. Mr. Olson spent years learning thetricks of the trade as a carpenter. Any one can learn how to hangwallpaper, but only an expert can show you the tricks […]...
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