Today we’ll learn some vocabulary related to jobs.
My three little sisters are dreaming of becoming confectioners in the future, unlike our elder sister who is a chimney sweep.
My uncle always wanted to be a tradesman. He became a welder and now he welds everything that can be welded, whether someone asks him to do so or not.
Amanda is a beautician. She’s now dating Bill, who is a garbageman. They both live in the same city.
George has two jobs. He works as a blacksmith and occasionally as a locksmith.
Mike’s a railroader and he loves his job. Next year he’ll have been working for thirty years for the railroad company.
Here’s the vocabulary summary:
| confectioner | a person or business that makes or sells confections (such as chocolates and candies) |
| chimney sweep | a person who cleans the insides of chimneys |
| tradesman | a person who works in a job that requires special skill or training |
| welder | a person whose job is to weld materials together |
| weld | to join pieces of metal together by heating the edges until they begin to melt and then pressing them together |
| beautician / cosmetologist | a person whose job is to give beauty treatments to women by washing and cutting hair, applying makeup, etc. |
| garbageman / garbage collector | a person whose job is to collect and remove garbage |
| blacksmith | a person who makes or repairs things made of iron (such as horseshoes) |
| locksmith | a person whose job is to make and repair locks |
| railroader | a person who works for a railroad company |
