Job and business

538
A: What do you do for a living?
B: I'm with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
A: What position do you hold?
B: I'm in charge of the sales department.

539
A: What time do you have to be at work?
B: By nine o'clock.
A: Then what time do you get off?
B: Usually I'm off by about five o'clock.

540
A: Do you know Miss kobayashi Naoko?
B: Yes, the name rings a bell, but I can't place the face.
A: She is in charge of overseas marketing.

About Occupations

541
A: What's your occupation?
B: I'm a lawyer.
A: Do you work for yourself or a firm?
B: I have my own office in Ikebukuro.

542
A: What do you do, if I may ask?
B: I'm unemployed at the moment.
A: What do you do for the time being?
B: For the time being I'm busy job-hunting.

543
A: Who do you work for?
B: I work for NHK.
A: Really? How do they treat you?
B: Great, I'm very happy with them.

544
A: My father is a blue collar worker.
B: What does he do?
A: He works for Toyoda.

545
A: What's the starting salary where you work?
B: It's not much.
A: Oh, yeah? I thought your company paid well.
B: That's what everybody thinks.

546
A: My professor runs a restaurant on the side.
B: Oh, I didn't know that. What's it called?
A: It's called Beijing.
B: What is it? It sounds Chinese.
A: That's right. It's a Chinese restaurant.
B: How does he manage both school and the restaurant?

Talking about jobs

547
A: He's always thinking about his business.
B: What does he do?
A: He's in the import-export business.

548
A: Let's share the money fifty-fifty.
B: I think that's more than I want to share. 思ってた以上の金額ですね。
A: Yes, but I know all the ins and outs of the business. え、しかし私も収入と支出関係はすべて把握していますからね。
B: You've got a point there. 言う通りです。

549
A: My business cost me a great fortune. 私はこのビジネスにかなり投資しています。
B: You are on your way up, aren't you? 今伸び続けていますよね？
A: Yes, but it took years of hard work. はい。でも数年間かなり苦労しました。
B: I guess you need money to make money. 金が金を招いてくれると思いますよ。

550
A: What has your husband been up to lately?
B: He's just spinning his wheels.
A: How do you manage to eat?
B: We have a lot saved up.

551
A: The company went broke.
B: No! What's going to happen?
A: We have to file for bankruptcy.
B: How are you going to support your family?

552
A: These days life isn't easy for those in the oil business.
B: When do you think it will get better?
A: I don't have the slightest idea.
B: So what is going to happen to our economy?
A: It will be the same for a few years.

Expressions of wealth and poverty

553
A: He's got more than enough money.
B: That is because he was born with a silver spoon (in his mouth).
A: How does he use it?
B: He invests a lot of it, and gives some to charity.

554
A: He lives from hand to mouth.
B: Why does he have to live like that?
A: Because he doesn't have a dime to his name.
B: What a tough life!

555
A: He's got money coming out his ears.
B: What does he do for a living?
A: I don't have the slightest idea.

Listen and repeat the short version.
1. Where did I put my key?
2. What did you do last night?
3. When did he arrive?
4. Who did she give them to?
5. Why did we have to leave?