Presenter
Yooyyaa, gara English Together Afaan Inglizii waliwajjinii mata duree tibbanaa irratti mari’annuufi qooqa barachuun si barbaachisuu si qoonnutti baga nagana dhufte.

Ani Amayyudha, Saami fi Toom nagaa jettanii?

Sam
Hello, I’m Sam.

Tom
And I’m Tom. Welcome to today’s program!

Presenter
Har’a waa’ee haalli hojiii jijjiiramaa jiraachuusaafi kanumaanis kan ka’e jireenya keenya keessatti ‘Careers’ hojiiwwan meeqa akka qabaannu dubachuuf jirra.

Egaa deebiin maal ta’a sitti fakkaata? Namni tokko giddugaleessaan umurii hojii hojjetu keessatti hojiiwwan hagamii jijjiira sitti fakkaata?  

a)     2-5

b)     5-7

c)     7-10

Boodarra deebii siif kennina.

Sam
Mmm, I don’t know! What do you think, Tom?

Tom
Mmm, I’m not the right person to ask, really. I don’t like change. 

Presenter
Gaarii, waan kessa dabrbuun sirra ture sitti fakkaata, Tom. Gabaasa ‘BBC Radio 4’ waa’ee akkaataa jireenyi namoonni hojiin dabarsan ‘working lives’ jijjiiramaa jiraachusaa daran nutti hima kana caqasi.

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What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question that we all get asked as little kids. When we’re five years old, it’s this fun game, but as we get older we start to believe that we need to narrow our focus and devote our lives to one thing. But that is becoming less and less true.  In such a rapidly changing economy, it makes sense to assume that more and more of us will be changing careers or holding down several careers at the same time. So is one career enough anymore?

Tom
Wait a minute. “Holding down several careers at the same time”? What exactly are they saying?

Presenter
Well, “holding down” a career or a job jechuun career or a job qabduun milkaa’uua. They’re saying that you would have “several” heddu careers, or more than one job, at the same time.

Tom
So, I’d hold down this job, and then one or two others, as well? When would I sleep?

Sam
I don’t think it means you’ll be working full time on all of these jobs, Tom! 

Presenter
Yeah, you would probably have two or three part time jobs. 

Sam
The report also says we might have one job at a time, but switch careers after a few years.

Presenter
“Switch” jecha biraa “change” jechuuf itti fayyadamnuudha.

Sam
Exactly, so you could switch from this job, to being a lawyer, for example. Actually, you’d make a great lawyer, Tom! You could argue for a living!

Tom
Maybe…maybe, I should. So, what’s wrong with having a job for life?  My uncle was a farmer all his life, and my mother was a nurse for all her life. They devoted themselves to one thing and they did it very well.

Presenter
“To devote ourselves”. Jechuun ofkeenya kennuudha. And I’ve devoted myself to making you laugh, Tom.  One day!

Sam
Maybe you can still devote yourself to one area of work, like medicine, for instance, but have more than one career in that area. 

Presenter
Sirrii! Egaa gaafii armaan dura si gaafanne haa’ilaallu. Namni tokko giddugaleessaan umurii  hojjetee jiraatu keesstti hojiiwwan meeqa jijjiira sitti fakkaata? Istaatistiiksiin jijjiirraa hojii akka eerutti deebiin b) 5-7 ti. Still not convinced, Tom?

Tom
I just don’t understand how switching jobs 5-7 times is good – good for you or good for your employer.  They’ll train you in something, and then you become good at it, and then you leave!

Sam
But you can still take what you’ve learned in one job and bring it to the next one. For people like me, who are into lots of different things, this is great news!

Presenter
“To be into”. Jechuun keessatti argamuu ykn hirmaachuudha. But, Sam, you’re into too many things! How would you choose your next career?

Tom
Yeah, Sam, you change your mind all the time.  Last week you were into working with animals, this week you’re into working in a restaurant. What’s it going to be next week?

Sam
Actually, I’ve been reading lots about…

Tom
Yeah, what is it? Here we go!

Presenter
Ammas kunootikaa ishiin!

Atihoo? Al tokkotti hojii tokkoo ol ‘hold down’ gootamoo, ‘to devote yourself to’’ hojiima tokkotti xiyyeefatta?

Barnoota torban kanaa goolabuun dura jechoota har’a dubbachaa turre haa’ilaallu -hundisaanii haala hojjii waliin walqabatu. ‘to hold down a job’ hojii tokko cimsanii hojjechuu; ‘to switch careers’ hojiiwwan jijjiiruu; ‘to devote ourselves to something’ waan tokkotti ofkennuu fi ’to be into something’ wantokko keessa seenanuu ykn hojjechuudha.

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