[ti:The Different Ways to Use the Word ‘Work’] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Tien, [00:05.20]who is from Hanoi, Vietnam. [00:08.68]Dear VOA, [00:10.24]I'm Tien. Nice to meet you. [00:13.76]I read many ways to use verb "work." [00:19.16]For example: work at, work in, work for, work with,...etc. [00:27.24]Please explain clearly for each situation. [00:30.88]Thanks a lot! Tien, Vietnam [00:33.08]Dear Tien, [00:34.20]Thank you for your email. [00:35.84]"Work" has several usages. [00:39.56]It can be a verb, noun or adjective. [00:44.80]The examples you asked about used "work" as a verb. [00:51.00]The structure is verb + preposition + noun. [00:57.44]Here is a simple example sentence: [01:00.76]Fred works at a restaurant. [01:03.36]This means Fred has a job at a restaurant. [01:08.32]He is a restaurant employee. [01:11.40]We often use the "work at" combination [01:15.60]when someone asks us the question "What do you do?" [01:19.80]But we also might use "work + in," like in this example: [01:26.44]I work in the telecommunications industry. [01:30.20]Let's continue with that imaginary discussion. [01:33.80]Me too! I work for Verizon. [01:37.72]Oh! You work with our main competitor! [01:41.40]There are lots of prepositions that "work" with the verb work. [01:47.52]For example, did you know a person can "work under" someone? [01:53.60]Listen again to our telecommunication workers: [01:58.96]Do you know Pamela Jackson at Verizon? [02:01.72]She is my supervisor! [02:04.64]I work under her at the New York headquarters! [02:08.80]Really? We worked on a project together years ago. [02:12.96]But we worked out of Dallas, Texas. [02:16.48]"Work" also combines with other words to create phrasal verbs. [02:21.84]A phrasal verb combines a verb [02:25.00]and another word to create a meaning [02:27.56]different from what each individual word suggests. [02:33.40]We have used a few phrasal verbs in this report. [02:37.16]Can you find them? [02:39.12]Maybe you can even work out their meaning. [02:43.36]Thank you again for the question, Tien. [02:45.96]We always want to work toward [02:48.56]a better understanding of American English! [02:52.20]And to our listeners everywhere, [02:54.40]what question do you have about American English? [02:58.52]Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com. [03:05.00]And that's Ask a Teacher! [03:07.68]I'm Armen Kassabian. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM